Remembering and preserving in times of war - Cultural Guardians project visits the Viadrina
How do you protect cultural heritage in times of war, how does the work in museums continue when bombs fall and how do you prepare for reconstruction? Seven representatives from Ukrainian museums are currently travelling through Poland, Brandenburg and Berlin with questions like these in mind as part of the "Cultural Guardians" project. On 2 and 3 September, they met with Prof. Dr Paul Zalewski and the KIU – Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukraine Studies at the Viadrina.
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In addition to the city tour of Frankfurt (Oder), the participants attended a workshop with Prof Dr Paul Zalewski on monument protection at the Viadrina and went on an excursion to Neuzelle. They had previously visited museums in Warsaw and Łódź. Following this study trip, the participants spend one week visiting cultural institutions in Poland, Berlin and Brandenburg to accompany their colleagues and exchange ideas with them.
The project receives financial support from the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation and the Wüstenrot Foundation.
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