Marsz Niepodległości, czyli o złożoności i wielowymiarowości tego wydarzenia z perspektywy koncepcji heterotopii Michela Foucaulta
Independence March, or on the Complexity and Multidimensionality of this Event from the Perspective of Michel Foucault’s Concept of Heterotopia

Summary/Abstract: The annual, nationwide “Independence March” taking place on the anniversary of Poland regainingindependence has become a phenomenon and the only event of its kind at that time. It brings together– in the physical sense – thousands of Poles. However, it is even more engaging in symbolic terms. Theresearch aimed to analyze the Independence March as a heterotopic space according to Michel Fou-cault and, more precisely, to refer to four of the six principles of heterotopia proposed by the Frenchphilosopher. The first two principles apply to society in general and, therefore, were not analyzed inrelation to the event of the Independence March. The remaining four were successfully used to reflecton it more deeply. Research has shown that the “Independence March” is an example of heterotopia,and what distinguishes it from other previously studied spaces with heterotopic features is the simul-taneous variability and spatial stability, the range of influence, the multitude of ways of entering itsspace and the significant function it performs because of its complexity.

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