Open AccessOdczytując palimpsest miejski. Na przykładzie Katowic
Author(s) -
Krystian Węgrzynek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
z teorii i praktyki dydaktycznej języka polskiego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-9577
pISSN - 0208-5011
DOI - 10.31261/tpdjp.2020.29.03
Subject(s) - palimpsest , german , ideology , reading (process) , narrative , architecture , space (punctuation) , literature , history , sociology , aesthetics , art , linguistics , visual arts , philosophy , politics , political science , law
The article invites the readers to approach the city itself as a text of culture. We are to read it alongside other narratives/narrations (literary, artistic, and cinematic) devoted to it. The author traces how Katowice’s space has been transmuted into politically- and culturally-charged places, by distinguishing consecutive layers of the palimpsest (Polish village, building patterns of German and Polish times: the old and the new). The foregoing examples allow the author to indicate the traces of conceptions and ideologies reflected by architecture. He also includes some methodological recommendations/tips pertaining to reading the space.