Relacje Międzykulturowe (Sep 2020)

Dziedzictwo kulturowe wspólnot lokalnych w tradycji ustnej

  • Tadeusz Paleczny

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12797/RM.01.2020.07.04
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1(7)

Abstract

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Cultural Heritage of Local Communities in Oral History. The Base of Constructing the Social Memory Local communities construct their own cultural heritage on the base of speaking traditions means as oral history. Each small community protects its own set of symbols and elements of tradition, including belief, dialect and private stories and anecdotes. The oral history performs a function of a part of social memory and sustains close social bonds among members of small communities. The article concerns the oral history’s role in preserving the cultural identity of small local communities.

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