Object structure
Title:

Stereotypes in the Service of Anthropological Inquiry: Pilgrims From Ukraine in the Kalwaria Pacławska Sanctuary

Subtitle:

Ethnologia Polona 38 2017 (2018)

Creator:

Baraniecka-Olszewska, Kamila

Publisher:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Date issued/created:

2018

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

pilgrimage ; Roman Catholicism ; collective memory ; ethnic stereotypes ; anthropological interpretation

Abstract:

This article tackles the question of Polish-Ukrainian relations in the Roman Catholic sanctuary in Kalwaria Pacławska, located very close to the Polish-Ukrainian state border. It discusses how not taking a firm stand in debates on the multi-faith history of the cult site, and excluding some pilgrimage groups from an official religious discourse constructed by the sanctuary authorities, results in a certain otherizing and exotizing of these groups. Focusing on relations between Polish Roman Catholic pilgrims and pilgrims of various Christian faiths coming to Kalwaria Pacławska from Ukraine, I analyse the role of ethnic stereotypes, prejudices, collective memory and current historical policy in anthropological interpretation. Suggesting an interpretation of fieldwork data that goes beyond the context of Polish Ukrainian relations and, although not denying this context as a background of field research, I propose a complementary understanding of the processes observed in the field, namely as the defence of authenticity of religious experiences

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Relation:

Ethnologia Polona

Volume:

38

Start page:

89

End page:

106

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Text

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Article

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application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0137-4079

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Language:

eng

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