Published: 2020-10-06

Attempting to read the urban palimpsest. The case of Katowice

Krystian Węgrzynek Logo ORCID
Section: Literary and Cultural Education
https://doi.org/10.31261/TPDJP.2020.29.03

Abstract

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.

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Węgrzynek, K. (2020). Attempting to read the urban palimpsest. The case of Katowice. Z Teorii I Praktyki Dydaktycznej Języka Polskiego, 29, 41–55. https://doi.org/10.31261/TPDJP.2020.29.03

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Vol. 29 (2020)
Published: 2020-10-06


ISSN: 0208-5011
eISSN: 2353-9577
Ikona DOI 10.31261/TPDJP

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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