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• Title:
  Polish organisations and national identity. Poles in Bosnia and Herzegovina today
• Creator:
  Nowicka, Ewa
• Description:
  The article is based on anthropological fieldwork basing on participant observation andinterviews conducted in 2014 during Program „Sigma” Erazmus Mundus 2 in Tuzla,Lukavac, Sarayevoand Mostar. The interviewees were the members of Polish minority inBosnia and Herzegovina engaged in Polish cultural organisations. The study aimed atunderstanding various types of bonds with Poland as a state or the culture and even familyhistories, as presented in interviews and behaviours. The author poses the question: whyintence development of Polish organisations flourished in the period of war in 1991-1995,inspite of the fact that Polish emigration to Bosnia started in the second half of 19th century. Presently the organizations are fading and even dissapearing. The author traces manifestations of Polish identity and national ties in Bosnia and presents typology, linking particular types of Polish identity withtime and character ofemigration.;
  The article is based on anthropological fieldwork basing on participant observation andinterviews conducted in 2014 during Program „Sigma” Erazmus Mundus 2 in Tuzla,Lukavac, Sarayevoand Mostar. The interviewees were the members of Polish minority inBosnia and Herzegovina engaged in Polish cultural organisations. The study aimed atunderstanding various types of bonds with Poland as a state or the culture and even familyhistories, as presented in interviews and behaviours. The author poses the question: whyintence development of Polish organisations flourished in the period of war in 1991-1995,inspite of the fact that Polish emigration to Bosnia started in the second half of 19th century. Presently the organizations are fading and even dissapearing. The author traces manifestations of Polish identity and national ties in Bosnia and presents typology, linking particular types of Polish identity with time and character of emigration.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2017 Ewa Nowicka-Rusek
• Date:
  2017.01.26
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Balcanica Posnaniensia. Acta et studia; Vol. 23 (2016); 135-150;
  Balcanica Posnaniensia Acta et studia; Tom 23 (2016); 135-150;
  2450-3177;
  0239-4278
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/bp/article/view/6317/7148
• Subject:
  Polacy na Bałkanach;
  mniejszości narodowe;
  Bośnia i Hercegowina;
  organizacje polonijne;
  tożsamość narodowa;
  Poles in the Balkans;
  national minorities;
  Bosnia & Herzegovina;
  Tha Polonia organizations;
  national identity
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/bp/article/view/6317
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text