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Polskie Tawarzystwo Ludoznawcze / Polish Ethnological Association (PTL afterwards) is a society of people interested in preservation and cultivation of folk culture heritage. Intangible heritage is a vital part of it. Cultural heritage has been collected and documented during fieldworks and reuslt of these acitivities has been published in the form of thousands of articles that appeared in assocation's official yearly journal "Lud" (Folk) - 93 volumes were published - hundreds of books. One of the most impressive achievments is a publication of Collected Works of Oskar Kolberg who gathered folk songs, legends, myths and fairy tales in todays Poland, Western Ukraine and Belarus, Lithuania, Eastern Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Romania and the Balkans. So far 86 volumes has been published (62 under auspieces of PTL). Intangible heritage is systematically documented and published in Association Series such as "Ethnograpfic Archives", "Folk Literature", "Ethnological Works", "Cultural Heritage" and "Ethnographic Works and Materials" (see below). Most members of PTL are professional ethnologists and anthropologists trained in collecting and preserving intangible cultural heritage. More than two hundreds members among work in academic institutions dealing with folk traditions. PTE is a meber of the World Council of Anthropological Associations Members of the Board of the Society (2008 - 2011): Professor Michal Buchowski - President Associate Professor Grazyna Karpinska - Vice-President Dr. Malgorzata Michalska· Vice President Associate Professor Teresa Smolinska - Vice President Dr. Jerzy Adamczewski - Secretary General Dr. Hubert Czachowski - Deputy Secretary-General Or. Anna Weronika Brzezinska - Treasurer Dr. Magdalena Rostworowska - Deputy Treasurer Professor Derota Simonides Dr. Andrzej Stawarz Associate Professor Jan Adamowski Recent activities: PTL organizes yearly General Assembly Meetings and scientific conferences. The last one, 87th meeting took palce in the city of Wroclaw and the topic of the conference was: "Poles Beyond Their Homeland on the Threshold of XXI Century: Various Faces of the Polish Identity". It also co-sponsors local cultural events and scholar1y conferences related to folk cuture and cultural heritage. List of publications: Periodicals: LUO - published since 1895 FOLK LITERATURE - since 1957 LODZ ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES - since 1959 Publication series: "Ethnographic Works and Materials" - since 1934, ed. 36 volumes "Ethnological works" - since 1947, ed. 21 volumes "Atlas of Polish Folk Costumes" - since 1949, ed. 38 volumes "Archives of Ethnography" - since 1951, ed. 49 volumes "Library of Popular Science" - since 1958, issued 14 volumes "Library of Exiles" - since 1991, ed. 23 volumes "Comments to the Polish Ethnographic Atlas" - Since 1993, were more than 8 volumes "Library of the Folk Literature" - since 1995, ed. 4 volumes "Cultural Heritage" - since 1996, ed. 4 volumes "Complete Works by Oskar Kolberg" - from 1968 to 1998, ed. 82 volumes