ĄĘ – [Wirtualny] Festiwal Języka Polskiego w Gruzji
ĄĘ – [Virtual] Festival of the Polish Language in Georgia

Contributor(s): Piotr Kajak (Editor), Tomasz Wegner (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Virtual Festival of the Polish Language in Georgia; Polish as a foreign language; Polish culture; Polish language teaching; Polish-Georgian contacts
Summary/Abstract: The publication sums up the first four editions of "ĄĘ". [Virtual] Festival of the Polish Language in Georgia, organized in 2020–2022 by the Polish Institute in Georgia, the Polish Embassy in Georgia and the Polonicum Centre of the University of Warsaw. The authors discuss the idea of the Festival and the character of subsequent editions, each of which had a watchword, a notion key to getting to know a sphere of the Polish culture. In the autumn of 2020 that word was hope, the spring of 2021 was a time of futurological considerations centred around the works of Stanisław Lem, in the autumn of 2021 the participants looked into the notion of home in the Polish language and culture, and the spring of 2022 was devoted to tastes and aesthetics and to the works of that year’s patron, Bruno Schulz. The authors have shown how the experiences of a cultural institution familiar with local realities and an educational institution which in its daily activities deals with research and didactics can go hand in hand. The publication also features interactive links to all the video footage of the Festival’s lectures and workshops. Bringing this material together not only serves to document the Festival but also renders it available to teachers, students, and everyone interested in learning Polish as a foreign language.

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