Since 2019 the Polish Ethnological Society on 9th February has been celebrating the Day of Ethnography, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology.
The Day was chosen in memory of the foundation of the Polish Ethological Society on the 9th of February 1895 in Lviv. The Executive Board of the Society established it as a react on the decision of the Polish Government (in 2018) to remove “ethnology and cultural anthropology” as a distinct science and to hide it in more general category called “cultural and religious studies”. As a result of activities of polish ethnologists, supported by ethnological colleagues and associations from other countries, the Government restore the autonomy of “ethnology and cultural anthropology” in 2022.
During the Day of Ethnography, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology the Society is organizing conferences, lectures, meetings, movie screenings and other activities to present to broader audience what ethnology and anthropology is and to talk on its importance. What is more, the Executive Board is collecting, mostly from the members of the Society, short footages on a given subject. This year we asked for shots on “ethnological places” related to people, memories, and histories of the Society.