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Epizod konstruktywny. Fundusz Rozwoju Kultury 1983–1990

Paweł Płoski

Culture Management, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2020, pp. 1-17

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843976ZK.20.002.12036

The main goal of the article is to present the first comprehensive and universal mechanism of financing of culture in Poland – state-earmarked fund, the Culture Development Fund. I present the circumstances of the birth of the idea, the creation and functioning of the Fund. This is one of the most interesting examples of cultural policy reforms in Poland – in the article I present the pros and cons of this solution. This text is part of institutional research on the organization and financing of theater in the People’s Republic of Poland.

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Serial Dyrektorzy. Dzieje prawnego unormowania statusu dyrektora teatru

Paweł Płoski

Culture Management, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2017, pp. 423-441

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843976ZK.17.027.7477

In journalistic publications about cultural policy, there is a prevailing conviction that the system change of 1989 put an end to the prosperity and carefreeness of Polish theaters and made managers of these institutions face many new problems, unknown in the days of communism. In this paper, based on the study of community efforts to strengthen the position of theater managers in relations with authorities, I argue that this view is overly simplistic and idealizes the situation of culture in the communist Poland.

The prolonged and complex efforts to determine the rules of theater manager’s work – which took more than fifty years (1958–2011) – are like a television “soap opera.” Hence the paper’s title (loosely) alluding to the Polish TV show Dyrektorzy, popular in 1970s, which portrays managers of the socialist industry, although the paper does not contain as many dramatic turns of events.

The analysis of the sources shows the unchanging ills of the Polish theatre life, which moved from socialism to capitalism, from dictatorship to democracy. Theatre managers are still forced to negotiate with authorities.

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Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza w Warszawie

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