Icelandic chapter in the Polish book: a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland

• Published in: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
• Main Authors: Helga Ólafs, Anna Wojtyńska
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: Ośrodek "Pamięć i Przyszłość" - "Remembrance and Future" Centre 2016
• Subjects: iceland; poland; polish migration; oral history; lifestor; Sociology (General); HM401-1281; History (General); D1-2009; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26774/wrhm.151; https://doaj.org/article/9030890760c64c9e8dfe2153e2bd18b4

The paper presents a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland based on one example of a woman, called Irena. Her biography served for an anthropological analysis used in biographical approach in social sciences with the assumption that the story of one life of a particular person can give some general knowledge – in this case about migration patterns and experiences. The story of Irena presented in this article is also an interesting example of the narrative journalism, since the biography is presented like a non-fiction essay, written by a journalist who accompanied Irena for several months during her stay in Iceland and was actually a part of her migration experience.