Chapter Szklarska Poręba – the Polish highlanders’ imaginarium and the Giant Mountains locality, or, a functional contradiction

This article delves into the examination of Szklarska Poręba, a tourist town nestled at the foothills of the Giant Mountains in the region of Lower Silesia, which before the Second World War had been part of German territory and was called Schreiberhau, becoming a part of Poland during the post-war...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1565022025-03-07T15:22:42Z Chapter Szklarska Poręba – the Polish highlanders’ imaginarium and the Giant Mountains locality, or, a functional contradiction Kurpiel, Anna city ethnographic research cultural anthropology city in an interdisciplinary perspective urban studies This article delves into the examination of Szklarska Poręba, a tourist town nestled at the foothills of the Giant Mountains in the region of Lower Silesia, which before the Second World War had been part of German territory and was called Schreiberhau, becoming a part of Poland during the post-war reshaping of borders. The study’s principal objective is to scrutinise practices concerning the complex legacy of a locale steeped in the global-local dynamics of the tourism industry. The paper explores the transplanting of Podhale highlander folklore into the Giant Mountains region, which is interpreted as a spectral continuation of the post-war colonisation of the western territories, as well as the quest for local references and the associated dilemmas of dealing with an inherited, unfamiliar heritage. Based on an analytical review of selected case studies and practices, the concept of “functional contradiction” is introduced, serving as an attempt to articulate and encapsulate the spectrum of phenomena concurrently present in Szklarska Poręba and thus contributing to a broader understanding of cultural dynamics in such settings. 2025-03-07T15:22:41Z 2025-03-07T15:22:41Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383314099_2152 9788383314099 9788383314082 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156502 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/763 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-408-2.11 This article delves into the examination of Szklarska Poręba, a tourist town nestled at the foothills of the Giant Mountains in the region of Lower Silesia, which before the Second World War had been part of German territory and was called Schreiberhau, becoming a part of Poland during the post-war reshaping of borders. The study’s principal objective is to scrutinise practices concerning the complex legacy of a locale steeped in the global-local dynamics of the tourism industry. The paper explores the transplanting of Podhale highlander folklore into the Giant Mountains region, which is interpreted as a spectral continuation of the post-war colonisation of the western territories, as well as the quest for local references and the associated dilemmas of dealing with an inherited, unfamiliar heritage. Based on an analytical review of selected case studies and practices, the concept of “functional contradiction” is introduced, serving as an attempt to articulate and encapsulate the spectrum of phenomena concurrently present in Szklarska Poręba and thus contributing to a broader understanding of cultural dynamics in such settings. 10.18778/8331-408-2.11 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383314099 9788383314082 173-187 open access
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cultural anthropology
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urban studies
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Chapter Szklarska Poręba – the Polish highlanders’ imaginarium and the Giant Mountains locality, or, a functional contradiction
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