Does Culture Matter?

Is culture important?

5 sessions

This interdisciplinary series will ask you to wonder, in the words of the poet Wislawa Szymborska, if the important thing is more important than the unimportant thing.

We will discuss current and burning issues from a broad perspective and even deal with the tension between the dynamic essence of culture and preservation measures. We will be asked strange questions such as "What is culture?" And think seriously about the importance of boredom. We will tour the corridors of decent cultural institutions and some side alleys, and read the writings of thinkers and creators, who liked to read the writings of other creators and thinkers.

The program of the meetings

1.the questionWhat is culture?Accompanying humanity promotes Dana. We will go on a short historical journey following

This question, from those distant days to the 21st century.

2. The museum: between preservation and degeneration| When was the first museum established and for what? What has changed in his position?

The history of the museum over the years? And what will museums look like in the next centuries?

3. The concert hall, or: a brief history of the pretzel| What makes a group of people different from each other

Gather in the hall and listen to music?

4. On the importance of boredom| We will examine a series of works of literature that speak in praise of boredom.

5. Kitsch and comfort| How do we find comfort in a world full of kitsch?

*The lecture will be held on Zoom, a link to the lecture will be sent to mobile / email