The focus of this article is on the ethnic shows organized in Poznań, a middle-sized European city that was part of the network of German Völkerschauen between 1879 and 1914. The author places the ethnic shows in the context of modern urban experience, where the establishment of zoological garden space enabled direct interactions between actors, animals, and the audience, thus creating a distinct sensory world, a kind of enclave within an urban landscape. Based on the local press coverage, the article tracks the changes over time in how the shows evolved in form, theme, and message when covering the expanding numbers of touring groups that provided live lessons of exotic people as entertainment. A close reading of varying accounts of the Polish- and German-language press indicates that some of the described episodes were perceived differently. The article presents ethnic shows from the vantage of the rapidly transforming city at the turn of the 20th century in accordance with the economic and cultural trends operating there.

本文的重点是在波兹南​​举办的族裔表演，波兹南是欧洲中型城市，曾是德国弗尔克绍恩（Völkerschauen）网络的一部分在1879年和1914年之间。作者将族裔表演置于现代城市体验的背景下，在这里，生态花园的建立使演员，动物和观众之间可以直接互动，从而创造了一个独特的感官世界，在其中形成了一个飞地。城市景观。根据当地媒体的报道，当报道越来越多的巡回演出团体提供娱乐活动的过程中，随着时间的推移，这些展览会在形式，主题和信息方面发生了变化，这些巡回演出提供了外国人的现场课程。仔细阅读波兰语和德语语言的各种报道后，发现所描述的某些情节感觉有所不同。