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History in Public Space
This book focuses on various manifestations of history in public spaces: in the physical ones of various historical times and geographical places, as well as in the virtual world. It discusses how the spaces have been shaped and re-shaped, by whom and for what (not always laudable) purposes, and raises pragmatical and ethical questions for both research and practical activities in the field. By combining both micro and global perspectives, the universal role that history plays in spaces created by and for, as well as the factors determining its usages, is revealed. The authors are rooted in specific national contexts: Canadian or American, Ukrainian or Polish, British or Irish, German or Lux...
WARSZAWA Opowieść o gotyckim mieście
W serii wydawniczej, mającej w zamierzeniu składać się z czterech tomów, z których pierwszy trafił na półki księgarskie w 2020 r., autor opowiada o pasjonującej podróży w czasie, o wyprawie do dawnej Warszawy, kiedy miasto rozwijało się w obrębie murów obronnych i w ich najbliższym sąsiedztwie. W tomie pierwszym autor bierze na tapet stołeczny Zamek Królewski i jego niemal kompletnie zapomnianą, przez co jeszcze bardziej fascynującą, średniowieczną historię. W swej książce prowadzi on czytelnika krok po kroku przez zagmatwane, okryte mgłą tajemnicy dzieje rozwoju warszawskiej siedziby książęcej od końca XIII stulecia aż po wiek XVI, snując opowieść jęz...
The Stories Old Towns Tell
A fascinating journey through Europe's old towns, exploring why we treasure them--but also what they hide about a continent's fraught history Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War--some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the stories they tell about places, peoples, and nations are selective. They are never the whole story. These old towns and their turbulent histories have been key sites in Europe's ongoing theater of politics and war. Exploring seven old towns, from Frankfurt and Prague to Vilnius in Lithuania, the acclaimed writer Marek Kohn examines how they have been used since the Second World War to conceal political tensions and reinforce certain versions of history. Uncovering hidden stories behind these old and old-seeming façades, Kohn offers us a new understanding of the politics of European history-making--showing how our visits to old towns could promote belonging over exclusion, and empathy over indifference.
The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation
Winner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians. In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general acceptance inevitable? Certainly, ancient structures have long been treated with care and reverence in many societies, including classical Rome and Greece. But only in modern Europe and America, in the last two centuries, has this care been elaborated and energised into a forceful, dynamic ideology: a ‘Conserva...
