O kulturalizm heterogeniczności kulturowej. Ku antropologicznej klasyfikacji cudzoziemców w Poznaniu

For the Culturalism of Cultural Heterogeneity: Towards the Anthropological Classification of Foreigners in PoznańThis article discusses the premises and outcomes of the ethnographic project “Foreigners in Poznań: Cultural Heterogeneity in Big Cities on the Example of Poznań”, by asking about the place of ethnicity (fundamental for anthropological studies) in the research of cultural heterogeneity. The independent qualitative analysis of empirical material demonstrates that even if generally ethnic identities do not determine directly the identifications of foreigners in Poznań, then the pan- or interethnic identities are a key to understanding how immigrants organise themselves or are organised in groups or categories. An account of cultural heterogeneity through the prism of cultural identities offers a purely anthropological alternative or at least an addendum to socio-economic classification of foreigners implemented within this project.