MKJO - Learning through common sense 2300-KJO-40/LCS

The main subject of the course will be an analysis of local ways of functioning of memory in its various dimensions, with particular emphasis on regional contexts. The student will learn how cultural memory is constructed (but also communicative, vernacular) and learn how to reproduce it (formal and informal education). In addition, you will become familiar with the different concepts and traditions of memory research. The relationship between memory and local identities will be set against the background of the social history of the approach to local identity in Poland and broadly understood cultural identities (ethnic and national identity, discourse on minorities). An important element of the course will be the analysis of specific examples of the functioning of local memories. Particular attention will be paid to various forms of memory expression and their dissemination.
The topics to be discussed include:
1.Concepts of memory (cultural, social, memory frames, vernacular)
2. Reproducing memory (formal, non-formal and informal education)
3. Material carriers of memory
4. Media and memory (memory cinema)
5. Social history of cultural identities
6. Cultural memory as an “anti-colonial” reaction (Silesian identity)
7. Cultural memory and commodification of heritage (highlanderness)
8. Regional identity and post-globalization (ethnic rap, punk)
9. Regional education and memory
10. Active forgetting