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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2018, 1 (139), 112–124

UDK 39:061.2(477.85/.87):902.2]”193»

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2018.01.112

Received 17.12.2017

ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE HUTSUL REGION

Patsai Tamara, candidate of sciences in history,

Senior Researcher,

Scientific secretary at the Institute of Ethnology

of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,

Svobody Avenue 15,  79000, Lviv, Ukraine.

Contacts: e-mail: tamara.patsay@gmail.com

Abstract. The article is devoted to the research of the ethnographic expeditionary activity of the Society of Friends of the Hutsul Region, actively operated in the south-eastern territories of the Polish state in 1933—1939. The main focus is on the analysis of the activities of A. Fisher as the responsible head of scientific projects. The order of preparation of field research was reproduced, factors of influence on the choice of scientific topics, sources of project financing, key executors were determined.

Keywords: Society of Friends of the Hutsul Region, Adam Fisher, Jan Falkowski, ethnographic expedition.

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