The article juxtaposes two perspectives guiding the perception of ethnographic shows, namely, a contemporary and an earlier one. The article uses the example of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows, staged in 1906 in the Polish territories under Austrian rule. Deriving from present criticisms of ethnographic shows and their interpretation through the prism of colonial studies, the author examines the types of reception of such performances met in places in which the inhabitants did not identify with colonialism. Analyzing reactions to the Wild West shows published in the Polish-language dailies, the author offers an interpretation of these performances as foreign, distant from the local social context, and evoking antipatriotic acts. While presently, criticism of ethnographic shows inspires reflection on human rights and equality, the article looks at how the philippics directed against Buffalo Bill’s performances contributed to the promotion of patriotic attitudes by the intellectual elites of the time.

这篇文章并列了两种引导民族志学表现的观点，即当代的和较早的观点。本文以布法罗·比尔（Buffalo Bill）的《狂野西部》节目为例，该节目于1906年在奥地利统治下在波兰地区上演。作者从对民族志表演的当前批评以及通过殖民研究的角度对其进行的解释得出，作者考察了在居民不认同殖民主义的地方遇到的这类表演的接受类型。通过分析在波兰日报上发表的对“狂野西部”节目的反应，作者对这些表演进行了解释，认为这些表演是外国的，与当地的社会环境背道而驰，并引发了反爱国主义的行为。目前，对民族志节目的批评激发了对人权与平等的反思，