Joanna Walewska
Arts & Cultural Studies Review, Issue 1 (31), 2017, pp. 64 - 84
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.17.005.6934
This article discusses the development of the concept of “quality” in the relation to the strategies of Radio-engineering Plants “Diora” in Dzierżoniów and “Kasprzak” plants in Warsaw, which were two main producers of music equipment in the Peoples’ Republic of Poland. While taking into account the materials of Polish Newsreels and documents from both the Polish Radio and industrial plants’ archives, this analysis aims to show that the concept of “quality” was a subject of various modification and was influenced by such factors as official government’s policy and a propaganda, as well as the economical factors and social practices of users.