Researching of is still one of our main interests. During the “City and Culture” Conference, we’ll continue to investigate this topic with a special focus directed to the participants of our projects. We all well know that they are not homogenous and they change from season to season. Having that in mind, we’d like to update our knowledge about them and to engage them in the research process often based on extraordinary methodologies. You’re kindly invited to join us during the “Great questions -simple answers? Compromise in practical cultural research” workshop lead by Natalia Brylowska from the Instytut Kultury Miejskiej in Gdańsk. The workshop will be held on the 18th of October.
The goal of the workshop is to find an answer to a question: How to engage (or not) the audience in the search for the answer to our questions and problems. We will work on skills and knowledge about the practice of cultural research using alternative sources, methods and tools.
You’d like to know more about how to develop meaningful research questions, search for sources of knowledge and verify them or how to choose the right method of research on specific issues? You’re looking forward to getting to know more about creating alternative research tools and methods or customizing traditional research tools to your needs? This workshop was designed for you!
Profile of the participant: the workshop is suitable for anyone who seeks for answers in their everyday work not always by using cultural research: cultural managers, producers, PR and social media managers, activists, young cultural researchers (advanced sociologists practising the field of cultural research may not find new techniques but experience in working with professionals in the cultural field). Workshop will be lead in Polish.
Participants are requested to bring their own laptops, as they will be useful during the workshop.
Natalia Brylowska – cultural researcher and manager. Graduated from Jagiellonian University in the fields of comparative cultural studies and cultural management. Works in the City Culture Institute in Gdańsk as a member of Cultural Observatory specialises in research, participative consultations and evaluation projects. Coordinates social diagnosis in the Sieć Kultury educational programme. Conducts a PhD research about career paths of young visual artists n Poland as a doctoral student in the Institute of Culture at the JU. The core of her interests are studies of the art scene and relations between art, Culture and the city. Author of: „Artists-Workers. The Role of Culture in Revitalisation of Gdańsk Shipyard” (2012), „Arts Incubators – New Type of Cultural Institution (2013), „Only Access, Only Flow? Practices of Art on the Internet”(2016) co-author of the research „Trajectories of Professional Success. Artists’ Strategies of Adaptation in the Cultural Field” (2015).
