Community Archive for Heritage Activism in Central and Eastern Europe | Społeczne archiwum aktywizmu na rzecz dziedzictwa w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej
The aim of the archive is to document and digitise heritage activist practices in Central and Eastern Europe and to disseminate them as good practices. The archive focuses on practices carried out by civic organisations, informal groups and individuals, and it encompasses both past and present activities. One of the main tasks of the archive is to show how the social awareness of heritage protection and social responsibility for heritage in the region is changing. The issue of using archives and archival research in heritage activist activities has been debated internationally, but at the same time there are no archives dedicated to documenting such activities. The Community Archive for Heritage Activism in Central and Eastern Europe is the first to focus on this issue. The archival resources are collected by acquiring existing materials (including community campaigns in the region) and by evoking sources (documenting events, recording accounts, memories and testimonies). The materials are available in Polish and English.
The archive is part of the nationwide network of community archives – one of Europe’s largest and most active networks. The network is managed by the Centre of Community Archives in Warsaw – a hub for the Polish community archive movement.
The initiator and coordinator of the archive is dr Joanna Dziadowiec-Greganić.
