Memory Activism and Advocacy

Cultural studies and art historian, PhD, translator, playwright, and literary manager at the Stanisław Wyspiański Silesian Theatre in Katowice. He has co-created theatrical productions as an adapter and dramaturge for both canonical and contemporary titles, including at the Silesian Theatre, Zagłębie Theatre in Sosnowiec, and K. Dejmek New Theatre in Łódź. He has also worked on radio plays, outdoor spectacles, and web series. He has twice served as curator of the substantive program for the National Festival of Directorial Art INTERPRETATIONS (2018, 2022). As an expert and substantive collaborator, he has worked for numerous cultural institutions nationwide. He is the author of texts for exhibition catalogs and the National Centre for Culture's toolkit on best practices in audience research. Formerly a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "Estetyka i Krytyka," he is now associated with the editorial boards of cultural magazines "Czas Kultury" and "Fragile." He is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Media Arts at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

President of the Cukerman's Gate Foundation. She graduated in cultural studies from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and is a certified guide in the Silesian Region. Karolina completed postgraduate studies at the Department of Judaic Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She holds a teaching certificate from the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem. Since 2016, she has also been the director of the House of Memory of Jews of Upper Silesia (Museum in Gliwice).

Reporter and editor specializing in Eastern Europe and Upper Silesia. Author of the investigative books "Kajś. Opowieść o Górnym Śląsku" (Nike Literary Award and Nike Readers' Award, nomination for the Angelus Central European Literary Award, Ambassador of New Europe Award, and Witold Pilecki International Award; translated into Silesian) and "Królowie strzelców. Piłka w cieniu imperium" (translated into Ukrainian; adapted into a play performed at the New Theater in Zabrze). Playwright of "Nikaj" (Zagłębie Theater, directed by Robert Talarczyk) and "Weltmajstry" (Korez Theater, directed by Robert Talarczyk). Originally from Gliwice, currently residing in Katowice.

Social researcher, sociologist. Interested in research on culture, social change and the impact of technology on lifestyles. She gained experience at Kantar and Ipsos in Paris, where she led global projects combining quantitative and qualitative research and machine learning. She currently works with cultural institutions and social organisations such as the Theatre Institute, the School with Class Foundation and the Orange Foundation.

A transdisciplinary artist focusing on issues such as insecurity, intersectionality, the right to the city, ecology, common goods, collective action and creative anarchism. She creates paintings, collages, installations, objects, costumes, videos and participates in various group artistic activities. In her works she uses cuttings, scraps, elements and stories that are excluded, rejected and marginalised.

She co-creates literary and artistic projects focusing on the culture of memory, contemporary literature and the intersection of literature, art and social issues. Her artistic practice includes participatory projects, literary translation, film experiments and sound art.

Co-founder and director of The Urban Memory Foundation in Wrocław, dealing with the heritage of the pre-war Jewish community of Breslau. Manager, fundraiser, cultural activist and Jewish Studies researcher.

Anthropologist, researcher, co-author of the Laboratorim museum initiative and „Museums for the climate”. President of Fundacja Zapomniane, which deals with finding and locating forgotten, unmarked graves of Holocaust victims.