Poland


  • 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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  • Symposium: Art in Times of Culture Wars, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts, Poznan, 2023

    a picture of an eagle with a moustache reminiscent of the one worn by salvador Dali. The picture is very reduced, featuring only three colours: white, red and yellow. It lists the names of the participants

    This symposium invited artists and scholars from Poland who are concerned with the country’s ongoing culture wars about issues such as e.g. abortion or blasphemy laws, LGBT rights, migration, freedom of speech, role of the church. The aim was to present and discuss their respective…

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