Niebaśnie. Bolek, Lolek i modernizm techniczny
Non-fairytales: Bolek, Lolek, and Technological Modern- ism

Summary/Abstract: The TV series Bolek and Lolek (Bolek i Lolek) was immense- ly popular both in Poland and abroad. In this article, the author argues that its popularity was based on the idea of technological modernism that the series embraced. By technological modernism the author understands the pro- gressive, technology-centred rearrangement of human environment and ways of living. Technological modernism determined the transition from agriculture to an urban, industrial society, which was taking place in the second half of the 20th century. Bolek and Lolek helped children orient themselves in this new world, providing them with role-models and teaching them technology-based cultural practices. The author analyses the construction of spaces and their relation to real urban and rural spaces in Poland, and the role technology plays in the life of the protagonists.

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