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Miejsce – pamięć – edukacja. Perspektywa Lucimia i Węgrowa
Place – Memory – Education. The Perspective of Lucim and Węgrów

Author(s): Wiesław Theiss
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Lucim;Węgrów;memory;art;

Summary/Abstract: This retrospective analysis is conducted in a parallel (albeit not comparative) configuration of two art so-cial-educational programmes realised in Lucim (since 1977) and Węgrów (from 1987). The objective of the programmes involved the activisation of the local community around the local culture and tradition of the Polish village (Lucim) as well as the local history and social memory of a small town (Węgrów). The foundation of the presented analysis consists of selected conceptions of the comprehension of the locality (small homeland), local culture, “memory site”, and the pedagogy of memory as well as the premises of social (participatory) art and methods of social-cultural animation. The article discusses basic premises, goals, and selected forms of the “Lucim campaign” interpreted as a process of community education and the acculturation of the local community. The same perspective was applied for presenting selected forms of the implementation of the “Węgrów programme”, with emphasis put on the place and role of local memory in shaping civic stands and social involvement. The presented text is a contribution to the problem of socially engagée art as well as the theory and praxis of community education and the pedagogy of memory.

  • Issue Year: 327/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 83-93
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish