What are the types and sources of anger? How does it evolve from an individual to a collective emotion? Can public anger be constructive? When can it be destructive? Who does it usually concern? Who feeds it? How can you cope with it? Should it be politicised or, on the contrary, suppressed and kept private? The point of departure in the debate is the contemporary history of anger in Poland.
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FORUM: MOVEMENTS OF RESISTANCE
In 2020, a wave of social protests spread around the world. The killing of George Floyd provoked huge anti-racist demonstrations in the United States. In Belarus, the rigged elections led to protests against Lukashenko. And in Poland, the ruling of the Constitutional Court tightening the abortion law triggered the 2020 women’s strikes. Despite the raging pandemic and lockdown, thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate resistance to the unjust practices of state authorities. But resistance does not always have to take the form of street demonstrations. Sometimes it is expressed in everyday gestures and rituals that help restore a human dimension to a world marked by conflict. Resistance can be private or public, temporary or permanent, local or global.
During this year's Forum, we will discuss the strategies of resistance movements, with particular emphasis on the 2020 events. We will focus on their aesthetic aspect (public demonstrations can be treated as performative acts, whilst the very word movement implies fluidity and choreography). We will also examine their socio-political dimension.
The debates and meetings will be moderated by journalists Karolina Lewicka (Radio TokFm) and Michał Nogaś (Gazeta Wyborcza).
Program of the meetings: MOVEMENTS OF RESISTANCE
18.06, 17:00, Community of the Outraged, Dorota Piontek, Marta Lempart, Krzysztof Podemski, Jakub Wygnański, Karolina Lewicka
19.06, 17:00, The Street as a Stage, Dariusz Kosiński, Hanna Mamzer, Przemysław Sadura, Karolina Lewicka
20.06, 17:00, Slavery in Poland, Kacper Pobłocki, Michał Rauszer, Karolina Lewicka
21.06, 17:00, Who Is Jakub Szela?, Paweł Demirski, Radosław Rak, Michał Nogaś
22.06, 17:00, A Guide to Anger, Przemysław Czapliński, Andrzej Leder, Michał Nogaś
23.06, 17:00, Planetary Change, Paulina Kramarz, Jan Sowa, Michał Nogaś
24.06, 17:00, Responsible for the City, Jan Mencwel, Michał Nogaś25.06, 17:00, A Poet of Resistance, Ryszard Krynicki, Michał Nogaś
26.06, 17:00, Empowering Nature, Filip Springer, przedstawicielka Client Earth, Karolina Szczypek, Michał Nogaś
27.06, 17:00, The New Middle Ages, Edwin Bendyk, Grzegorz Lewicki, Karolina Lewicka