Abstract
AbstractThe aim of this chapter is to discuss social representations of rural settlements in Poland revealed through sketch maps and semi-structured individual interviews. Presented research has been conducted in 21 villages, carefully selected on the basis of the Historical Atlas of Rural Areas in Poland, to collect a set of representative examples from different historical periods and from different cultural regions of Poland. The study reveals the way that inhabitants of selected villages perceive their living space, meanings they assign to specific places in their neighbourhood both from an individual as well as a collective perspective. Presented research shows that besides dynamic changes of rural spaces and rural lives, many elements remain stable, permanently inscribed into the rural landscape and social relationships. The chapter confirms that social representations are of great importance in the study of individual human-environment relations, having many cognitive and practical functions, expanding the research perspectives with the issue of subjective space.KeywordsSpatial representationsRuralitySpatial perceptionTerritorial identityPoland
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