Published: 2024-12-17

Museum as a verb. An example from Łódź

Sebastian Latocha , Kamil Ludwiczak
Journal of Urban Ethnology
Section: A city in a museum - a museum in a city
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE22.2024.007

Abstract

The subject of the text are “museum performatives” in which the community of Józef Montwiłł-Mirecki housing estate in Lodz is involved, i.e. their experience in various projects related to a museum in action. The authors of the text construct the analytical category of a “museum as a verb”, developing the theoretical concept of culture as a verb as proposed by Ryszard Nycz, and adapting it to reflection on the role of the museum in the right to the city. The method, following Nycz’s concept, is not a classic analysis, but a probing that comes from the area of verbally understood culture. The research was inspired by community ethnography and collaborative ethnography. The need for recapitulation of the involvement of the local community in museum performatives is the reason behind this article.

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urban politics, right to the city, culture as a verb, museum, community ethnography, Józef Montwiłł-Mirecki housing estate in Lodz

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Latocha, S., & Ludwiczak, K. (2024). Museum as a verb. An example from Łódź. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 22, 109–121. https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE22.2024.007

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