Based on the research programmes carried out within the framework of WAC – Center for Regional and Anthropological Research, the present study aims to analyse the issue of how the interpretation of Szeklerland is shaped by the regional and extra-regional actors responsible for the representation of countryside and the forming of discourses on the one hand and by the regional social conditions and processes (everyday life of the settlement) on the other. Following an indicative presentation of the area the study will provide a brief preview of the Institution’s research aimed at the investigation of the everyday life in Szeklerland.