Report on the Oral History Seminars
Report on the Oral History Seminars

Summary/Abstract: As announced in the article Czas na analizę (Time for analysis),1 five Oral History Seminars were held in Warsaw from January to May 2023. This initiative of the Polish Oral History Association and the Qualitative Data Archive of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (hereinafter: IFiS PAN) brought a large group of researchers from various disciplines as well as representatives of cultural institutions and NGOs from all over Poland to the hospitable Staszic Palace in Warsaw. The number of people present ranged from 22 to 36 people, and sometimes there were not enough chairs in the room to accommodate everyone. Apart from the participants from Warsaw the seminars were attended by guests from Białystok, Gdańsk, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Toruń and Wrocław. They represented such institutions as: the L. Zamenhoff Centre in Białystok, the Gdańsk Museum, the Dobra Wola Foundation from Kraków, the ‘Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre’ in Lublin, the State Archives in Olsztyn, the ‘Remembrance and Future’ Centre in Wrocław. Representatives of the Pilecki Institute, the Warsaw branch of the Institute of National Remembrance, the Karta Center and the Centre of Community Archives were also present. This list of attendees shows how diverse the group of participants was, what precisely reflects the nature of oral history practised both in the academy and beyond.

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