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sub-Project Poland
This sub-project examines how Polish artists and cultural practitioners respond to the socio-political polarisation and the “culture wars” in their country. How do they attempt to contribute to “peacebuilding” in the sense of positive peace? The study is empirically oriented and, on the basis of on-site research, describes various approaches to achieving positive peace through
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Alienation-building. Counterintuitive Art Initiatives Against Culture Wars in Contemporary Poland
Jörg Scheller was invited by the University of Groningen (NL) to present and discuss art projects from present-day Poland that oppose the rampant polarization between internationally oriented left-wing liberals and nationally oriented right-wing conservatives. His lecture “Alienation-building. Counterintuitive Art Initiatives Against Culture Wars in Contemporary…
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Central Eastern Europe and Geopolitics
In his new article “Ostmitteleuropa ist ein Bollwerk des Realitätssinns” (in German) for the magazine Schweizer Monat, Jörg Scheller argues that Central Eastern European perspectives have long been marginalized in Western Europe, especially in the context of geopolitics.
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Counter-intuitive Peacebuilding: An Encounter with Artist Daniel Rycharski in Rural Poland
In 2024, Jörg Scheller met Rycharski in his home town of Sierpc and interviewed him. The artist, who is openly gay and an activist for queer rights, but also a devout Christian, lives and works in rural Poland amidst the electorate of Poland’s national conservative…
