Katarzyna Piotrowska
Katarzyna Piotrowska obtained a doctoral degree in architecture and urban planning in the field of landscape architecture at the Kraków University of Technology and a master's degree in the same field at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. She started her professional career in 1999 in the Centre for the Protection of Historic Landscapes in Warsaw, which she continued in the National Institute of Cultural Heritage. She was responsible, among other issues, for implementation of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, heading the Centre for World Heritage as well as representing Poland in the World Heritage Committee during Poland’s term of office. Currently, she works for Kraków Municipality as deputy director of the Department of Culture and National Heritage.
Sessions auxquelles Katarzyna Piotrowska assiste
Mercredi 31 Août, 2022
Le canal de Soulanges est une infrastructure, localisée sur la rive nord du Saint-Laurent, qui a été ouverte au trafic maritime en 1900, succédant alors au « vieux canal » de Beauharnois (établi depuis 1843 sur la rive nord du Saint-Laurent). Le canal de Soulanges a été abandonné en 1959, alors que s’ouvrait l’actuelle Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent qui relie les Grands Lacs à l’Atlantique. La conception du canal de Soulanges est due à l’ingénieur Thomas Monro (1831-1...
In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-wing populism. Drawing on studies of memory and heritage, I argue that right-wing populists have cornered the market on talking about the past of deindustrialised communities. They have successfully misrepresented this rich and complex history to fuel rage, resentment, fear and reactionary nostalgia. Indeed, ‘the past’, and in particular the industr...
Jeudi 1 Septembre, 2022
This lecture will argue that the landscapes of industrial heritage that can be found in different parts of the world are directly related to the place-specific trajectories of deindustrialization. In other words: the different ways in which deindustrialization impacts on local communities has a direct bearing on the emergence of forms of industrial heritage. I will differentialte between deindustrialization paths and related industrial heritage regimes in a) Anglo-...
