“But this doesn’t look Vilamovian”: Lesser-Known Determinants of the Cultural Distinctiveness of Vilamovians [PDF]
Adeptus, 2022 Researchers who study Wilamowice regard the costume and language as the main determinants of the cultural distinctiveness of the Vilamovians. The representatives of this ethnic group themselves also presented them as the most important.
Tymoteusz Król
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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Contemporary Identity Attitudes of Young Vilamovians [PDF]
Adeptus, 2022 Vilamovians, who are descendants of thirteenth-century Germanic settlers, have retained a strong sense of their own identity for centuries. This identity developed gradually under the influence of many factors and dominant groups, and for this reason it
Justyna Majerska-Sznajder
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The Image of the First Vilamovians in the Narrative of the Wymysorys-Centric Communication Community
Sprawy Narodowościowe. Seria nowa, 2023 The legend of exotic (i.e. non-German and non-Polish) roots is an important part of the modern narrative about Vilamovians, and it is present in both academic and journalistic discourse.
Tymoteusz Król
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Wymysorys revitalisation theatre: identity and community (re)building. [PDF]
Cogent Arts HumanitThe small town of Wilamowice in southwestern Poland is home to the ethnic group of Vilamovians who speak their own endangered language: Wymysiöeryś. Amateur theatre created by the troupe Ufa fisa has been one of the most important and outwardly visible ...
Majerska-Sznajder J, Maryniak J, Olko J.
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Farmers and traders: two ethe of work, two conventions of storytelling in memory-based stories told by the Vilamovians about the Second World War and the post-war persecutions [PDF]
Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne, 2023 The Vilamovians are an ethnic group living in the town of Wilamowice in the borderland of Silesia and Lesser Poland. Literature has presented them as a homogeneous group whose members were famous for being traders, yet in reality the Wilamowice community was divided into several social strata.
Król, Tymoteusz
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An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works Concerning the Culture of Wilamowice and the Wymysorys Language, 1945–2000 and 2020–2022 [PDF]
Adeptus, 2022 This paper, the second part of a comprehensive Vilamovian bibliography, contains a list of 89 publications (1945–2000 and 2020–2022) concerning the history, culture and language of Wilamowice, a small town in the south of Poland, populated by ...
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Rozwój i stan krajobrazu językowego – przypadek języka wilamowskiego [PDF]
Adeptus, 2019 The development and current state of the linguistic landscape – the case of the Wymysorys language Wymysorys is a micro-language with Germanic roots spoken by the residents of Wilamowice, a small Silesian town located between Oświęcim and Bielsko-Biała,
Justyna Majerska-Sznajder
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Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne, 2016 What makes the Wilamowice town so unique is the original language, Wymysorys. Vilamovian was brought to Poland by the settlers from the Western Europe and survived through the historical storms in the region till today.
Tymoteusz Król
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Constructing Musical Heritage in Action: The Case of Wilamowice [PDF]
, 2022 Wilamowice, a small town in southwest Poland, is unique in many ways. It was settled in the 13th century by German tribes, and it preserved its distinct culture for a long time.
Małanicz-Przybylska, Maria
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, 2022 With forty-two extensively annotated maps, this atlas offers novel insights into the history and mechanics of how Central Europe’s languages have been made, unmade, and deployed for political action.
Kamusella, Tomasz
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