Uczelnia – nie-miejsce? Poziom wiedzy społeczności akademickiej o uniwersytecie w kontekście przywiązania do miejsca
University – a non-place? Level of knowledge of the academic community regarding the university in the context of attachment to a place

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of the survey aimed at determining the level of knowledge of the academic community about university in the context of attachment to a place. In order to determine whether the university is perceived by students and academics as an anonymous non-place, the author examined the cognitive component, one of many aspects of place identity. The results of the surveys were supplemented with definitions and the current state of research on the place issues and attachment to the place. Both students and employees exhibited limited knowledge about the university at which they spend their time measured in months or years. In the case of academics, correct answers prevailed only in questions based on organisational and procedural information, as opposed to those regarding the history and current events related to the main building of the university and its closest surroundings. In the light of these answers, the university appears to be more like an anonymous non-place, without deeper symbolic and social meaning, than a place with which the academic community identifies itself and to which it is attached. The university buildings, like modern airports, stations, petrol stations, hotels, etc., are becoming very similar for the students in their experience with the university.

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