The concept of “imagined communities” is at the center of photographer Allan Sekula’s recent exhibition, Polonia and Other Fables, at The Renaissance Society in Chicago via Imagined Communities: The Polish Diaspora | Britannica Blog.
“Obecną falę emigracji można nazwać diasporą zawiedzionych. Cwierć miliona młodych ludzi szykuje się w najbliższym czasie do wyjazdu z Polski. Prawie 300 tys. wyjechało już w ostatnich czterech latach. To tak, jakby z naszego kraju zniknęły dwa roczniki absolwentów wszystkich wyższych uczelni! Nawet jeśli wielu z nich kieruje się złudzeniami co do zachodniego raju socjalnego, … Continue reading Diaspora zawiedzionych
Globally about Poland Complaint Department – Take A Number. [emigration poland – Google News ] Climate Change: Talks Could Learn From Indigenous Groups – News from Indian Country Climate Change: Talks Could Learn From Indigenous GroupsNews from Indian Country, WI – 3 hours agoAs the United Nations readied for a key climate change meeting in Poland during … Continue reading Farewell to 2008
You see, my good man, it all depends what is foreign to whom. I love your jargon, even though this neo-bolshevik newspeak is very difficult to translate. “Z racji przekroczenia granicy obcego państwa”? “Usiłujecie się kreować na jakąś nieokreśloną nację”? My goodness, this sounds quite like the late Andrei Yanuarievich Vishinski, the late Joseph Stalin’s … Continue reading It all depends what is foreign to whom
On Governance, Reign and Breams – the Vilification of Polonia translation No one with a grown-up experience of life in Poland under the Communist rule should have the slightest difficulty in recognising propaganda techniques used today to demonise the global Polish diaspora, collectively known as Polonia. We had once known this surreal, Orwellian newspeak quite well, … Continue reading On Governance, Reign and Breams – the Vilification of Polonia
Current mood: intimidated Current music: http://www.platforma.pl/trzepak/cpm/ Compulsory Citizens of the non-conscious kind CyberExpress 28/6/2003: ” So, you were born outside of Poland, elsewhere in the world. But at least one of your parents or grandparents was Polish. You’ve never been to Poland – hell, you can’t even speak the language. Well, guess what? You’re a … Continue reading Compulsory Citizens of the non-conscious kind 2
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