Vol 11 (2011): Ethnology at the border
The volume, as part of research on the contemporary cultural and social reality in ethnic and regional borderlands, has been divided into three parts. The first part presents the history of the ethnology programme at the University of Silesia. The process of formation of the team of lecturers and the process of setting research directions and creating research plans have been presented. Also short scientific biographical entries of the staff of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology have been presented. The second part is composed of articles representative for the authors’ profile of interests, concerning the issues of socio-cultural borderlands, ethnicity and identity, anthropology of the contemporary city, traditions and cultural transformations of rural areas. The third part contains information material: a list of conferences organised by the Cieszyn centre and a list of PhD and MA theses.
