Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego

Flood is not an episode in the history of the Netherlands, but a recurring fact of nature and social experience. The Dutch struggle against water (this metaphor seems to dominate the descriptions of the Netherlands) is not only troublesome and strenuous, but its significance also happens to be asse...

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Main Author: Sebastian Latocha
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: University of Silesia Press 2018-07-01
Series:Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne
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Online Access:https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/SEIA/article/view/9675
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description Flood is not an episode in the history of the Netherlands, but a recurring fact of nature and social experience. The Dutch struggle against water (this metaphor seems to dominate the descriptions of the Netherlands) is not only troublesome and strenuous, but its significance also happens to be assessed in a positive way. In the literature indicated by the author, fascination with the capriciousness of the element of water and Dutch water engineering (satisfying a tourist‘s appetite?) takes prece‑ dence over the catastrophic and empathic discourse of lamentation. The article is an interpretation of the Dutch model of struggling against the element of water through the prism of anthropological categories of culture and nature. The exemplifications come from travel literature, tourist guides and scientific monographs, the reading of which shows that the mutual relationship (symbiosis) of the water element and cul‑ ture, the mentality of the Dutch who struggle with nature is the reoccurring concept scheme. What is the main feature of the aquatic element is the ambivalent influence of water on Dutch culture. It is Dutch fairy tales that may prefigure this ambivalence.
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spelling doaj.art-16e4eb91bedc4ab1b3a38f1ff1b82b422022-12-22T03:32:34ZcesUniversity of Silesia PressStudia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne2353-98602018-07-01181810.31261/SEIA.2018.18.03Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznegoSebastian Latocha0Wydział Filozoficzno-Historyczny Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej Uniwersytet Łódzki ORCID:  Flood is not an episode in the history of the Netherlands, but a recurring fact of nature and social experience. The Dutch struggle against water (this metaphor seems to dominate the descriptions of the Netherlands) is not only troublesome and strenuous, but its significance also happens to be assessed in a positive way. In the literature indicated by the author, fascination with the capriciousness of the element of water and Dutch water engineering (satisfying a tourist‘s appetite?) takes prece‑ dence over the catastrophic and empathic discourse of lamentation. The article is an interpretation of the Dutch model of struggling against the element of water through the prism of anthropological categories of culture and nature. The exemplifications come from travel literature, tourist guides and scientific monographs, the reading of which shows that the mutual relationship (symbiosis) of the water element and cul‑ ture, the mentality of the Dutch who struggle with nature is the reoccurring concept scheme. What is the main feature of the aquatic element is the ambivalent influence of water on Dutch culture. It is Dutch fairy tales that may prefigure this ambivalence. https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/SEIA/article/view/9675tourismwater engineeringfloodpolderNetherlands
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Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne
tourism
water engineering
flood
polder
Netherlands
title Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
title_full Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
title_fullStr Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
title_full_unstemmed Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
title_short Przyjaciel czy wróg? Ambiwalencja wody na przykładzie wybranych opisów niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
title_sort przyjaciel czy wrog ambiwalencja wody na przykladzie wybranych opisow niderlandzkiego budownictwa hydrotechnicznego
topic tourism
water engineering
flood
polder
Netherlands
url https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/SEIA/article/view/9675
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