The SIEF Summer School 2022 has focused on expressions of urban heritage in Warsaw, Poland. It has been hosted by the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Warsaw.
Programme
Day 1 – Monday, 27 June
Venue: Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw, Żurawia 4, Warsaw
09:30 Welcome addresses
10:00 Opening keynote lecture: Professor Regina Bendix, Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany: Owning the Present and Crafting Futures
Light snacks/ coffee/ tea
Venue: Palace of Culture and Science, pl. Defilad n/number, Warsaw
- Meeting with Mr Michał Krasucki, the City of Warsaw’s Conservator of Historic Monuments
Lunchbreak
- Afternoon: Fieldwalk 1: Constructing Warsaw ‘s Heritage; Dr Ewa Klekot, University SWPS, Warsaw
Day 2 – Tuesday, 28 June
Venue: Museum of Warsaw, Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw (main venue in the Old Town Square)
10.00 Keynote lecture: Dr Michał Murawski, University College of London: Is Socialist Realism (De)Colonial? The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, 1952-2022
Light snacks/ coffee/ tea
- Meeting with the Museum representative: Museum of Warsaw’s policy towards heritage; visit to the museum
Lunchbreak
- Afternoon: Fieldwalk 2: Natural Heritage in the City of Warsaw with the focus on the Right Bank; Dr Iwa Kołodziejska, University of Warsaw
Day 3 – Wednesday, 29 June
Venue: Polin Museum of History of Polish Jews, ul. Anielewicza 6, Warsaw
10.00 Keynote lecture: Professor Nevena Škribić-Alempijević, University of Zagreb: Imagining Futures in Postindustrial Cities
Light snacks/ coffee/ tea
- Meeting with the Museum representative, Dr Tamara Sztyma: Museum’s policy towards heritage of Polish Jews; visit to the museum
Lunchbreak
- Afternoon: Fieldwalk 3: The Right Bank’s Jewish Heritage; Ms Agata Maksimowska and Dr Maria Cieśla, The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences.
Day 4 – Thursday, 30 June
Venue: Museum of Warsaw Praga District, ul. Targowa 50/52, Warsaw
10:00 Keynote lecture: Dr Hanna Schreiber, University of Warsaw: Intangible heritage, global heritage production regimes and the problem of the commons
Light snacks/ coffee/ tea
- Meeting with the Museum executive Katarzyna Kuzko-Zwierz: Museum as a social actor in heritage sphere; visit to the museum
Lunchbreak
- Afternoon:Fieldwalk 4: Food as heritage on the Right Bank; Dr Renata Hryciuk, University of Warsaw
Day 5 – Friday, 1 July
Venue: Museum of Warsaw Praga District, ul. Targowa 50/52, Warsaw
10.00 Keynote lecture: Dr Alessandro Testa, Charles University in Prague: The Politics of Cultural Heritage Making in Former-socialist Central-eastern Europe: Prague and the Czech Republic
Light snacks/ coffee/ tea
- Visiting the Praga craftspeople and their workshops, Ms Katarzyna Chudyńska-Szuchnik, Museum of Warsaw Praga District
Lunchbreak
- Afternoon: Fieldwalk 5: Grochów: between the local identity and gentrification; Professor Sławomir Sikora, University of Warsaw and Dr Karolina Dudek, Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw
Day 5 – Saturday, 2 July
Venue: Museum of Warsaw Praga District, ul. Targowa 50/52, Warsaw
10:00 – 13:00 Final workshop and discussion, convenors: Dr Ewa Klekot (USWPS), Dr Iwa Kołodziejska (UW), Dr Helena Patzer (UW)
