Field Notes from Participant Observation at the Mały Festiwal Wielkiej Literatury, Katowice (29 November 2025)

This file contains field notes from participant observation conducted during the Mały Festiwal Wielkiej Literatury in Katowice on 29 November 2025. The notes document several festival events, including discussions on Silesian-language translation, gender perspectives in Upper Silesian literature, alternative histories of the region, the reception of the writer Horst Bienek, the role of theatre in Silesian culture, and a panel with nominees for the Silesian Literary Award Honoris Krauza. The dataset includes contextual metadata, observational descriptions of the discussions and audience responses, and preliminary analytical reflections concerning the Upper Silesian literary field, language politics, and regional cultural identity. The field notes are written in Polish