Piętnaście lat istnienia ośrodka etnologicznego w Uniwersytecie Śląskim

Abstract

The Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Ethnology and Cultural Education of Silesian University was created in 1995. Although it is one of the youngest ethnological academic centers in Poland, it has already created its specificity, much different than in other ethnological centers in Poland. Most of all this results from research interests of its employees who are concentrated on the issues of cultural and ethnical borderlands as well as on the issues of contemporary socio-cultural changes, including the role which is played by tradition in the life of modern society. The strong point of the Institute is research conducted in Poland, Central Europe (mostly Polish-Czech and Polish-Slovak borderlands), Africa (Sudan) and recently also in Serbia. Institute’s achievements over last 15 years oblige to further, consistent efforts to preserve its status on the map of Polish ethnological centers, to improve research efficiency and to strengthen the scope and the model of international cooperation. Being the implementation of the postulates to create the permanent ethnological research center in Silesia, it has the opportunity to become the important center integrating the research on cultural phenomena and processes in Central Europe.