During the first two weeks of March, our Principal Investigator, Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, served as a tutor at a workshop organized by the Polish Children’s Fund in Lusławice in southern Poland.
The Krajowy Fundusz na rzecz Dzieci, or the Polish Children’s Fund, is an exceptional organization that has been making a significant impact for nearly 40 years. The Fund supports talented students in Polish schools, helping them develop their cognitive, artistic, and musical talents. It provides a platform for these students to deepen their knowledge, broaden their horizons, and integrate various fields of science and art. The Fund collaborates with hundreds of scientists and artists from the best universities, research institutions, and art schools in Poland. This collaboration provides students with access to a wealth of knowledge and expertise. The Fund encourages community engagement, with many former beneficiaries becoming volunteers to give back to the organization.
Karolina, as one of them, frequently engages in various activities. This time, she was involved in several activities connected to the topic of post-displacement heritage. She gave a guided tour of two WW1 cemeteries in the region, discussing how various parts of memorial architecture can be interpreted. Together with students, they also watched and discussed the film “Prawo i pięść” by Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski, which depicts the reality of post-war Recovered Territories. Karolina also gave a lecture on the meanings behind objects and landscapes of the Recovered Territories.
Furthermore, as the Fund aims to collaborate with the local community, she also engaged in a series of workshops and lectures at the local Secondary School Complex named after Józef Piłsudski in Zakliczyn. One of these was a workshop she led entitled “How to read monuments?”.
