Obraz rolnictwa Spytkowic i Ryczowa w dokumentacji Obozu Naukowo-Badawczego z 1968 r.

Abstract

THE IMAGE OF AGRICULTURE IN SPYTKOWICE AND RYCZÓW IN THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE 1968 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CAMP

In 1968, during an ethnographic scientific research camp, interviews were conducted with the residents of Spytkowice and Ryczów. The questionnaires collected by the researchers are stored in the Archives of the Ethnographic Museum of S. Udziela in Kraków. These archival materials contain a range of information about the daily lives of the residents of Spytkowice and Ryczów. Due to the limited number of interviews conducted, they cannot be considered representative; however, the collected responses are extremely valuable as they give voice to the direct participants of rural daily life. One of the researched topics was local folk architecture, charactersed by single-track houses with thatched roofs and multi-sided barns. The population was primarily engaged in agriculture and work outside the village. Residents recalled farming methods, including ridge ploughing, which is no longer practiced, as well as the tools used. Considerable attention was devoted to animal husbandry, particularly the communal grazing of cattle on municipal pastures. The use of horses and cows as draught animals was also discussed. The research camp participants were interested in both draught transportation means, such as carts and sleds, and manual ones, like wheelbarrows.