Rzeczy opowiedziane. Przyczynek do antropologii rzeczy / Narrative objects . Contribution to Anthropology of Things
Journal Title: Etnografia. Praktyki. Teorie. Doświadczenia / Ethnography. Practices, Theories, Experiences - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
The article explores the concept of narrative objects – possible to perceive only through narratives, even though they are characterized by material features like shape, scent, texture, or weight . The analysis is based on fragments of oral biographical narratives collected during fieldwork in selected villages in Lower Silesia region, in the vicinity of Legnica . In the article, two roles of objects present in narratives are recognized: where the object is a part of the narrative (something expressed in words and reduced to lan- guage) and when it appears to be a factor that goes beyond the narrative – the reason for retelling memory . Such narrative objects reveal their two–fold nature: they are experi- enced as well as constructed . Hence, they are beyond the dualistic division between what is given (data) and what is formed . Grounded in non–linguistic experience, they are are simultaneously its linguistic expression . Although they are part of language, they do not fall within the logocentric frame .
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Anna Gańko
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.26881/etno.2019.5.09
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