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

• Published in: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
• Main Authors: Ólafs, Helga, Wojtyńska, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ośrodek Pamięć i Przyszłość 2016
• Subjects: litt; anthro-se; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26774/wrhm.151; https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/943395.pdf; https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/943395

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.