The Library of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Mirroring ‘Official’ and ‘Unofficial’ Distributions of Knowledge, 1949–1970
The Library of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Mirroring ‘Official’ and ‘Unofficial’ Distributions of Knowledge, 1949–1970
Author(s): Karolina Łabowicz-DymanusSubject(s): Cultural history, Library operations and management, International relations/trade, Higher Education , History of Education, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Art
Published by: Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Keywords: The Library of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences; 1949-1970; Western visual and performative arts research; exchanges in the arts between Polish and Western scholars;
Summary/Abstract: The Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw served as a unique distributor of Western visual and performative arts research during the Cold War. From its foundation in 1949 until the late 1960s, the institute enjoyed a hegemonic position that allowed it to dominate intellectual exchanges in the arts between Polish and Western scholars. The institute’s library provides information concerning the circulation of art theories at that time. Through extensive private contacts, the institute collected the latest texts on artistic phenomena and theories that authorities perceived as ‘unofficial’. Analysis of the collection allows for a reconstruction of the distribution of knowledge.
Journal: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi
- Issue Year: 30/2021
- Issue No: 01+02
- Page Range: 69-86
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
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