Experiencing Cultural Visualisations: the Anthropology of (re-)Construction

1 The p resen ted te x t is an e xten d ed version o f th e pap er presen ted a t th e 36th C on feren ce on Literary T h eory Cultural Visualisations of Experience, organ ised by th e D ep artm en t o f Historical P oetics and A rt o f Interpretation o f th e S ilesian U niversity and th e D epartm en t o f Historical P oetics in th e In stitu te o f L iterary R esearch o f th e Polish A cad em y o f S c ie n ce s , Z ło ty Potok, S e p te m b e r 18 -2 1 , 2008.