Archeologia zatroskania. Staropolskie kalendarze w działaniu

Archaeology of worrying. Old Polish almanacs in action

An analysis of Old Polish astrological almanacs that combines various scholarly traditions, such as elements of microhistory, anthropology of print and literacy, or the sociological theory of time. The author focuses on an anthropological understanding of the cultural practice and its implications for the functioning of memory, rationality and self-reflection, as well as the perception of time.

Keywords: old Polish culture, history of reading, astrological almanacs, microhistory, cultural history, time, literacy.

Dr Ada Arendt – cultural expert, cultural historian, translator. Assistant at the Department of History of Culture at the Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw.