Fundacja Pogranicze: performans i polskie rubieże
The Borderland Foundation: Performance and Polish Borderlands
Author(s): Ian WatsonContributor(s): Aleksandra Sobczak-Koevesi (Translator)
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Borderland Foundation; Jedwabne massacre; Jan Tomasz Gross; multiculturalism; Polish borderlands identity;
Summary/Abstract: The author outlines an image of conditions cohesive with the principle of the Borderland Foundation promotion of social tolerance and multi-culture upon the basis of a strategy of group involvement and cultural activity that produced Neighbors, a book by Jan Tomasz Gross, linking a local and national perspective. The events in Jedwabne, a village in north-eastern Poland – similar to Sejny but with a totally different history – define the area of joint identity, stressing the threats lurking in rampant hostility against an ethnic and national background.
Journal: Konteksty
- Issue Year: 352/2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 85-95
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish
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