Ćwiczenia z mieszkania. Praktyki, polityki, estetyki
An Exercise in Housing: Practices, Policies, Aesthetics
Contributor(s): Weronika Parfianowicz (Editor), Anna Wandzel (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: housing; housing estates; anthropology of everyday life; anthropology of things; architecture; Warsaw
Summary/Abstract: The topic of housing is presented from the perspectives of anthropology and the history of culture. The authors present images of accommodation in popular films, TV series, and magazines; housing flats as the subject and space of artistic creation; everyday practices of the tenants, especially in those flats which are too small; as well as proposed solutions to some of the problems of housing policies.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3596-6
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3588-1
- Page Count: 206
- Publication Year: 2018
- Language: Polish
Wizje mieszkań w polskim kinie akcji. Przypadek "Pitbulla" Patryka Vegi
Wizje mieszkań w polskim kinie akcji. Przypadek "Pitbulla" Patryka Vegi
(Visions of Home in the Polish Action Films. The Case of "Pitbul" by Patryk Vega)
- Author(s):Oliwia Mimi Bosomtwe
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:17-33
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Patryk Vega; Pitbull; housing; action films
- Summary/Abstract:In this article, I describe and interpret the visions of home offered by Polish director Patryk Vega in a series of his action films directed for several years. My goal is to present a short critical study of the housing phenomenon in a section of his creative output. There is a visible contrast between his first picture "Pitbull" (2005) and following parts screened in theatres in 2016. Vega began with an effort to portray the dramatic state of public officers’ housing conditions. His later movies became blockbusters inspired by American action cinema, but a case of the visions of apartments remained. A sad picture of poor housing was replaced by fantasies about gangsters’ mansions.
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Kultura mieszkania w Japonii – trzy obrazy
Kultura mieszkania w Japonii – trzy obrazy
(Culture of Living in Japan – Three Pictures)
- Author(s):Weronika Szulik
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:35-47
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Japan; Like Father; Like Son; Rent a Cat; My Neighbour Totoro; flat; film
- Summary/Abstract:The article analyses three films "Like Father, Like Son" (2013), "Rent a Cat" (2012) and" My Neighbour Totoro" (1988) which depict various pictures of the housing culture in Japan reflecting the dynamics of transformations of contemporary society – both the patriarchal model ("Like Father", "Like Son") and its crisis ("Rent a Cat"). Moreover, one of them reveals longing for the time of harmony between man and nature ("My Neighbour Totoro").
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Witajcie w moim domu – analiza wybranych formatów prezentujących prywatne przestrzenie mieszkalne
Witajcie w moim domu – analiza wybranych formatów prezentujących prywatne przestrzenie mieszkalne
(Welcome to My Home – Analysis of Selected Formats Devoted to Private Living Spaces)
- Author(s):Maja Głowacka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:49-62
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:anthropology of dwelling; Pierre Bourdieu’s class theory; interior design media; class aspirations; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The article discusses selected popular formats presenting private living spaces. The author examines the described examples focusing on the function that such columns, programmes fulfil both for their characters and audience. Employing Pierre Bourdieu’s class theory in the analysis allows setting the material in the social context and demonstrating that many a time the role of the formats the article is devoted to is to confirm the status or stimulate aspirations.
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Sąsiad jako obcy, sąsiad jako zły – spojrzenie na życie wspólnotowe osiedla blokowego na przykładzie serialu internetowego "Klatka B"
Sąsiad jako obcy, sąsiad jako zły – spojrzenie na życie wspólnotowe osiedla blokowego na przykładzie serialu internetowego "Klatka B"
(Neighbour as a Strange Man, Neighbour as a Bad Man – A Look at Community Life of a Block Housing Estate on the Example of the Web Series “Klatka B” [Staircase B])
- Author(s):Mateusz Tarwacki
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:63-77
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:weak images; strong images; images of the weak; residential neighbourhood consisting of large blocks of flats; post-PRL housing estate; web series; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The paper is an examination of the life of residents of block housing estates as a closed, not always friendly community. The author attempts to find the sources of negative perceptions of neighbourly life using the concept of “long-term residency” and the theory of strong and poor images as well as images of the weak. A visual example analysed in the paper is the web documentary series "Klatka B" [Staircarse B] breaking the common patterns of well-known comedy series such as "Świat Według Kiepskich" [The World Accoring to the Kiepski Family].
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Bogdan Gîrbovan „10/1”. 10 pięter, 10 mieszkań, 10 portretów
Bogdan Gîrbovan „10/1”. 10 pięter, 10 mieszkań, 10 portretów
(Bogdan Gîrbovan 10/1, 10 storeys, 10 flats, 10 portraits)
- Author(s):Ewa Mielczarek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:81-86
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:Bohdan Gîrbovan; Romania; sociological record; Zofia Rydet; documentation; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The paper is an analysis of the photographic project by Bohdan Gîrbovan entitled 10/1. The Romanian artist portrays his neighbours in the interiors of their flats in a large-panel block designed for the working class. The text is a reflection on photographic documentation, which is a kind of sociological record of contemporary Romania.
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Mieszkanie jako przestrzeń ekspresji w performansie Teresy Tyszkiewicz „Dzień po dniu”
Mieszkanie jako przestrzeń ekspresji w performansie Teresy Tyszkiewicz „Dzień po dniu”
(A Flat as Space of Expression in Teresa Tyszkiewicz’s Performance “Day After Day”)
- Author(s):Anna Pajęcka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:87-95
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:Teresa Tyszkiewicz; Day After day; David Morley; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The article examines the use of everyday space for artistic practice. The example discussed by the author is Teresa Tyszkiewicz’s performance “Day After Day” from 1980, within the frame of which she repeated the same activities in the flat space. The artist, using items of everyday use, builds a metaphor, changes their meaning and the flat itself.
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Robotnik luksusowy i jego fabryka. Krótki szkic o miejscach pracy artystów
Robotnik luksusowy i jego fabryka. Krótki szkic o miejscach pracy artystów
(A Luxury Worker and His factory. A Short Essay About Workplaces of Artists)
- Author(s):Hanna Rawska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:97-104
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:workroom; atelier; studio; works; artists; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The text examines the relationships between the creative workspace and its effects pointing to various legal and historical conditions having an impact on the contemporary perception of the issue of the workroom. The author refers to the examples of the artists whose works are heavily influenced by their workplaces. The process of art shifting to the private sphere, characteristic of, inter alia, the circle of alternative culture of the 1980s is discussed.
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Gry domowe, gry kuchenne
Gry domowe, gry kuchenne
(Home Games, Kitchen Games)
- Author(s):Anna Wandzel
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:105-116
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Elżbieta Jabłońska; art; bustling; housework; everyday life; home
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of the essay is to analyse and interpret changeable pictures of household practices in Elżbieta Jabłońska’s artistic projects of 2000–2012. The examination of photographic, performative and audiovisual representations of bustling leads not only to the questions about the status of femininity or visions of home that emerge from Jabłońska’s art, but her works are treated as lens allowing better understanding of class, gender and physical dimension of Polish everyday life in small – both urban and rural homes.
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Laboratorium w mieszkaniu? Kuchnia (nie)funkcjonalna
Laboratorium w mieszkaniu? Kuchnia (nie)funkcjonalna
(Laboratory in the Flat? (Non)functional Kitchen)
- Author(s):Magdalena Łokieć
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:119-134
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:kitchen; laboratory kitchen; studio flat; functionality; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The article discusses the issue of small kitchens and the practices of using them. On the basis of semi-structured interviews, the author describes laboratory kitchens in respect of cultural functions of this part of home. The analysis investigates how with certain space limitations kitchens fulfil their functions due to equipment, space arrangement solutions as well as strategies and tactics of using them.
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Sztuka kochania, czyli o tym, jak nie uprawiać seksu w małym mieszkaniu
Sztuka kochania, czyli o tym, jak nie uprawiać seksu w małym mieszkaniu
(The Art of Love, or How Not to Have Sex in a Small Flat)
- Author(s):Ewelina Krasicka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:135-147
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:guidance; People’s Poland; sexuality; class division; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The essay discusses the issue of guides and books on sexology which gained popularity in the times of People’s Poland. It attempts to answer the question whether the publications, in addition to the proposal to create an innovative approach to sexuality, also referred to the difficult housing reality at that time: microscopic flats and overpopulation. The paper also evaluates the books in terms of the purposes of writing them and opinions they present.
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„Sejfy” mieszkaniowe. Próba zbadania radzieckiej tradycji przechowywania pieniędzy w mieszkaniach na przykładzie współczesnej Ukrainy
„Sejfy” mieszkaniowe. Próba zbadania radzieckiej tradycji przechowywania pieniędzy w mieszkaniach na przykładzie współczesnej Ukrainy
(Home “Safes”. An Attempt to Examine the Soviet Tradition of Keeping Money at Home on the Example of Contemporary Ukraine)
- Author(s):Olena Baranova
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:149-159
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:flat; home hiding places; money; safe
- Summary/Abstract:The article attempts to theoretically discuss and systematize the phenomenon of hiding places at Ukrainian homes and cultural practices accompanying them shaped in the Soviet times. The history and transformations of hiding places can be traced in the local jokes, anecdotes and stories. The author, on the basis of short interviews, tries to capture the cultural specificity of the hiding places and demonstrate how they impact on the Ukrainian flats, which become the space adapted, remodelled or even designed in advance to keep money at home. The study covers the age groups who have various approaches to the idea of hiding places and their role in the flat.
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Naturalność ze stocka. Popularność hygge jako współczesny fenomen mieszkaniowy
Naturalność ze stocka. Popularność hygge jako współczesny fenomen mieszkaniowy
(Naturalness from Stock. Popularity of Hygge as a Modern Housing Phenomenon)
- Author(s):Sara Herczyńska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:161-169
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:hygge; middle class; lifestyle; cosiness; flat
- Summary/Abstract:Hygge is a Danish word for cosiness which has won the Polish publishing market. In recent years, many books have been published explaining how to live according to this style. Hygge can be understood as a housing phenomenon: an important part of hygge is spending time at home and an appropriate way of furnishing the interior. The article discusses the popularity of this phenomenon in Poland. Moreover, it is an attempt to compare hygge with Biedermeier and to reflect on the class this style belongs to.
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Can Decreix: mieszkanie jako narzędzie zmiany
Can Decreix: mieszkanie jako narzędzie zmiany
(Can Decreix – Home as a Tool of Change)
- Author(s):Wojciech Mejor
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:173-182
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:post-growth; décroissance; intentional community; Can Decreix; anti-capitalism; alternative
- Summary/Abstract:The article is the case study of Can Decreix, an intentional community in the south of France in Cerbère. On the basis of ethnographic research, the author examines the community established in order to put the theoretical ideas of post-growth movement (décroissance) into practice. Particular attention is paid to the basic categories important for the community inhabitants − technology, work, simplicity and community.
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„Tu musi być taki średni poziom piękna utrzymany”. Rzecz o praktykach dekorowania klatek schodowych
„Tu musi być taki średni poziom piękna utrzymany”. Rzecz o praktykach dekorowania klatek schodowych
(“Here Must be Such a Beautiful Level of Beauty Maintained”. About the Practice of Decorating Staircases)
- Author(s):Alicja Nauman
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:183-192
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:urban anthropology; anthropology of things; aesthetics; practice; Warsaw; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The article is devoted to seemingly banal and trivial practice of taking care of staircases in Warsaw blocks of flats. Exotic plants on window sills, rows of trinkets on unneeded tables once put out by neighbours is the everyday life of many of us living in Warsaw. This reality is often too kitsch to think about it, however the author examines it and tries to answer the question about its functions and social consequences.
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Z historii WSM Rakowiec. Osiedle jako utopia i laboratorium
Z historii WSM Rakowiec. Osiedle jako utopia i laboratorium
(From the History of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative Rakowiec. A Housing Estate as Utopia and Laboratory)
- Author(s):Weronika Parfianowicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology
- Page Range:193-204
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:housing estate; Warsaw Housing Cooperative; Rakowiec; architecture; greenery; flat
- Summary/Abstract:The article discusses the history of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative Rakowiec. It presents both its beginnings connected with the interwar movement of housing cooperatives and its ideas, the expansion after the end of World War II developing the concept of a social housing estate, as well as its contemporary character. The subject of the article is the long lasting of selected architectural, urban and social ideas related to building and functioning of this type of housing complexes.
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