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Niematerialny świat Dul-dul at. O procesie zanurzania w świat Innych, o relacjach, ludziach i innych bytach
Author(s) -
Sylwia Pietrowiak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
etnografia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-9537
pISSN - 2392-0971
DOI - 10.26881/etno.2021.7.16
Subject(s) - ignorance , narrative , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics
This essay is a non-linear record of memories from the author’s anthropological field- work in southern Kyrgyzstan. The research concerns a place called Dul-dul at, a site of petroglyphs with a dominant motif of animals interpreted as a pair of horses. The area at the foot of the rock with petroglyphs is also a pilgrimage and ritual site for healing and spiritual practices. The narrative of memories shows the transformation not only of the place of research, but also of the researcher: between the first stay (in 2006) to the last (in 2019). Subsequent studies reveal the dependencies of people involved in social rela- tions on the material and non-material world of Dul-dul at. Consecutive memories reveal layers of knowledge and ignorance, and how the researcher penetrates the community of the Others and the way they perceive the world.