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The paper deals with the contemporary museum landscape on the territory of historical Masuria. Assuming - first of all - that the historical pillars of Masurian identity before the Second World War comprised the Polish language and evangelical denomination, and - secondly - that museums are institutions whose purpose is to archive, select and present artifacts as well as construct narration about the cultural memory of the group, the author of the article poses the question of the current presence of evangelical themes at the exhibitions of selected Masurian museums. An exhibition is understood here as a message addressed to receivers, and therefore the author uses the method of semiotic analysis of the visual stratum of selected exhibitions. The choice of the exhibitions discussed in the article is limited to museums located at operating evangelical churches (Museum of the Reformation in Mikołajki [Germ. Nikolaiken]) or in former sacral buildings abendoned by Protestants after 1945 (exhibitions on the premises of the opan-air ethnographical museum in Olsztynek [Germ. Hohenstein]).
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This article considers the contemporary museum landscape in the territory of historical Masuria. Assuming – first of all – that the historical pillars of Masurian identity before the Second World War were the Polish language and the Protestant faith, and – secondly – that museums are institutions whose purpose is to archive, select and present artefacts as well as construct narratives about the cultural memory of a group, the author considers the question of the presence of Protestant themes in the exhibitions of selected present-day Masurian museums. An exhibition is understood here as a message addressed to receivers, and therefore the author uses the method of semiotic analysis of the visual stratum of selected exhibitions. The choice of the exhibitions discussed in the article is limited to museums located at operating Protestant churches (the Museum of the Reformation in Mikołajki) and in former sacral buildings abandoned by Protestants after 1945 as well as a reconstruction of a parsonage (exhibitions on the site of the Folk Architecture Museum and Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek)
Studia Religiologica
Visible, Unrecognisable – Recognisable, Silenced? Representations of Evangelism in Permanent Museum Exhibits in Masuria2020 •
The article addresses representations of the Evangelical denomination at contemporary permanent museum exhibits in the region of Masuria, inhabited between 1525–1945 by a Protestant majority. Applying semiotic analysis, the author presents the outcomes of field studies in the local museums in Olsztyn, Mikołajki, Mrągowo, Ogródek, Szczytno, and in the open-air museum in Olsztynek. The principal research question is the issue of visibility and recognisability of Evangelism-related items at permanent exhibits. The author concludes that there are three types of omissions in the presentation of the history of Masurian Evangelicals. The silencing of the Protestant past of Masuria results from the cultural colonisation that took place after 1945 and from identifying Evangelicalism with Germanness in the common consciousness of the currently dominant Polish Roman Catholic community.
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World War II and the subsequent period of communist rule severely diminished the amount of historic Jewish architecture in Poland. It is estimated that in the mid-1990s there were about 321 synagogues and prayer houses in the country, all in various states of preservation. This article examines two case studies of synagogues that were salvaged by being transformed into Judaica museums. The first of these is the synagogue in Łańcut and the second concerns the complex of two synagogues and one prayer house in Włodawa. The article contains an analysis of both examples from the perspective of the following factors: the circumstances under which the institution was established, the place that the history and culture of Jews took in the Museum’s activity, the way that Judaica collections and exhibitions were constructed, the substantive, educational, and research activities that were undertaken, as well as the issue of what place these monuments occupy in the town’s landscape.
The aim of this article is to draw attention to the complexity of the emergence of ancient and archeological collections and museums in Poland since 1918, without exploring the history of each partition. Polish archeology is particularly indebted to them since, as a scientific discipline, it developed during the times of lack of statehood after the partitions of Polish territories. The politics of the invaders, even though different in each partition, did not favor the development of scientific institutions in which archeology could have found support. Till 1918 only individual collections and museums established by scientific societies or other social organizations were developing on Polish grounds. State institutions collecting monuments aroused only after the First World War. Historical curiosity and passion for collecting constitute the basis of archeology as a science; however, it was only when people interested in the past times moved from collecting ancient items to elaborating means of using them for a rational reconstruction of ancient times that archeology began evolving into a separate discipline. It is thus fair to say that collections and museums, along with scientific societies, were the cradle of archeology. Polish archeology is particularly indebted to them since, as a scientific discipline, it developed during the times of lack of statehood after the partitions of Polish territories. The politics of the invaders, even though different in each partition, did not favor the development of scientific institutions in which archeology could have found support. In this situation, collections and museums became treasuries of knowledge of sort, and knowledge was essential for conducting research and educating future generations of archeologists. In this article, I would like to draw attention to the complexity of the emergence of ancient and archeological collections and museums in Poland since 1918, without exploring the history of each partition. The activities of collectors of Silesia and Pomerania (that in this period were not part of the Polish state) also remain outside my considerations [Jażdżewski, 1983, p. 3–6]. When examining the history of collecting and museum management in general, a reference worth making is to an inspiring essay of Krzysztof Pomian, an outstanding philosopher and historian and expert in the history of European collecting and museum activity, entitled " Archeology, Nation, History ". In this essay, he makes references to the three ways of thinking and methods of describing the past, namely, 1. Biblical history, general history, understood as the history of how all mankind was saved by Jesus Christ and the Church; 2. The history of Rome, general history, understood as the history of the unification of mankind by the Roman Empire; 3. Ethnic history that describes the history of particular nations taking into consideration their distinctiveness [Pomian, 2002, pp. 9–15]. Formed in the Middle Ages, these three perspectives are typical for Latin Christian tradition and are interconnected. According to K. Pomian, it is those three outlooks that determine the place and role of archeology in the European culture, and by doing so, they define the kind of archeological materials that are being collected. From the 11 th to 15 th century, when the inhabitants of Latin world were united in Christianity, Biblical history was the dominating one but the common past was also ancient history. It was a common practice of chronicle authors to situate the history of their nations within this history creating so called ethnogenetic legends which functioned as traditions about pagan past [Pomian, 1968, p. 14; 2002, p. 10]. Due to the process of Christianization, the latter one was becoming more and
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What happens when the Church engages in public negotiations of history by hosting and funding a museum? "The Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko Museum in Warsaw" poses this question as it is located in a church and presents the life of Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who fought against the communist regime and was murdered in 1984. Today he is perceived both as a national hero and a Catholic martyr. The article critically reviews the current exhibition and how it combines questions of history and religion.
Studies in Political and Historical Geography
Locality in the era of globalization Carriers of the memory of historical landscapes -studies on the Evangelical cemeteries of the Masuria region (Poland)2019 •
The main purpose of this article was to present contemporary narratives (social and scientific discourse) about the Evangelical cemeteries of Masuria, based on the examples of the activities under two projects, whose common denominator are the restoration of memory and the protection of cultural heritage. The present elaboration concerns selected issues of the functioning of the tangible cultural heritage in the Masuria region (in Pasym and one of the deserted villages). This piece of writing also describes how the spaces of Protestant cemeteries can be interpreted anew, especially as a result of documentative works.
Zbiór Wiadomości do Antropologii Muzealnej
The Presence and Absence of Museology Themes in the Educational Process of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Warsaw, "Zbiór Wiadomości do Antropologii Muzealnej" 2023, nr 10, s. 195-210.2023 •
The article is devoted to museology education in the Warsaw ethnological centre, from the beginning of its establishment in the 1930s. The text highlights the postulate of the first Head of the Department − Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay-Ehrenkreutz-Jędrzejewiczowa to combine field research with work with museum collections, the return of museological themes to didactics in the 1960s on the initiative of Marian Pokropek, and the subsequent museological initiatives of the centre’s employees. The conducted review made it possible to conclude that museological issues have always been present in ethnological education in the Warsaw centre, even though it has not been possible to create a uniform system of teaching them. The most popular form of their presence has been the museum traineeship. It brings students into contact with experienced museum professionals, enabling them to acquire specific skills and learn directly about the collections of a particular museum. Students who choose museology subjects do not constitute a large group, but they are interested and committed, which is often reflected in the choice of topics for their diploma theses (bachelor’s, master’s) or in their choice of career after graduation. The article is supplemented by annexes: the first concerns museum traineeships conducted between 2009 and 2022, and the second contains a list of bachelor’s and master’s theses related to museology (it covers the years 1955–2022).
Military museums in Poland - between the past and the future
Military museums in Poland - between the past and the future2020 •
Museums are a constantly developing segment of cultural tourism. Poland is in line with current trends in museums, expanding its offer and adapting it to the requirements of the world of contemporary image culture and multisensory experiences, which is increasingly dominated by technology. The authors of the paper undertook to recognise the specificity of military museums, by conducting a survey of approximately a third of all such institutions in Poland. Due to the subject-matter of their exhibitions, military museums create a broad field of research both in terms of aesthetics and museum practice, as well as the issues of shaping and maintaining collective memory and the identity of the nation. They form a special mirror in which the country's ideas and aspirations are reflected more often than any real characteristics. In reference to contemporary trends in museums, the article aims to place Polish military museums between locality and universality, education and entertainment, stability and dynamism, knowledge and experience. The results obtained allowed the authors to distinguish three groups of military museums in Poland, as well as indicate conditions conducive to the further development of such attractions in the country.
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Per un mondo più giusto. Scritti su questione femminile e socialismo (1978-2015)
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