10/09/2025
A reminder that tonight, is our next PGSNYS meeting at 7 PM, in person at Erie 1 BOCES, 355 Harlem Road, West Seneca.
After the business meeting, there will be a presentation by Justyna Orlikowska titled "The Four Seasons in Folk Culture in Poland".
Summary: What was it like to live as a peasant in a 19th- and early 20th-century Polish village? How did the seasons of the year impact daily activities? Each season had its own assigned tasks, work, and holidays, involving the whole family or even a village. During the lecture we will talk about how the ritual year looked in the villages of Poland in the past, what kind of religious and agrarian holidays were celebrated, as well as how the cycle of agricultural and farm work went.
Presenter bio: Justyna Orlikowska is an anthropologist, educator, and researcher who has been affiliated since 2009 with the Stowarzyszenie Pracownia Etnograficzna [Ethnographic Laboratory Association, SPE], a non-governmental organization that brings together ethnographers and cultural anthropologists focused on both traditional folk culture and contemporary times. At the SPE, Ms. Orlikowska conducts workshops for children and youth and trainings for cultural staff, and assists in the development of educational materials. A graduate of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Warsaw, she deals with qualitative research and implementation of local diagnoses for cultural institutions. She is involved in national and international projects concerning broadly understood cultural heritage, local traditions and regional cultures, as well as projects about multiculturalism and contemporary trends in anthropology.
