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“But this doesn’t look Vilamovian”: Lesser-Known Determinants of the Cultural Distinctiveness of Vilamovians

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

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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Wymysorys revitalisation theatre: identity and community (re)building [PDF]

Cogent Arts & Humanities
The 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 ...
Justyna Majerska-Sznajder, Joanna Maryniak, Justyna Olko   +2 more
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The Image of the First Vilamovians in the Narrative of the Wymysorys-Centric Communication Community

Sprawy Narodowościowe. Seria nowa
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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An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works Concerning the Culture of Wilamowice and the Wymysorys Language, 1945–2000 and 2020–2022

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 ...
Tymoteusz Król, Maciej Mętrak, Andrzej Żak   +2 more
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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

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.
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Rozwój i stan krajobrazu językowego – przypadek języka wilamowskiego

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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What is the Wymysorys Language for Vilamovians Today? Different Functions, Different Language Altitudes

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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