Poszerzanie bez uprzedzeń. instytucje lokalne i podziały społeczne w nowym dyskursie o kulturze
Widening Without Prejudice. Local Institutions and Social Divisions in the New Discourse on Culture

Summary/Abstract: In the first part of the article the reconstruction of a new polish discourse on culture is presented and the most important topics and central concepts of this debate are carefully discussed. Then, the different internal contradictions and weaknesses of the program of “widening the field of culture” are listed. They concentrated on two major issues: omitting the class dimension of cultural (non)participation and ignoring the role of public cultural institutions in local communities. As a result of critical analysis of the discussed articles and research reports a new program of research on cultural participation is proposed. The new program intends to supplement the discussed approach by setting up methodology of ethnography of public cultural institutions and class differentiation of cultural practices. The program is not only discussed in the form of theoretical and methodological thesis or assumptions but also presented as case study of its implementation in author’s field research that was a part of study of harvest events organization in Northern Poland (Warmia).

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