PROJECT YOUNG CITIZEN - EXPLORING SOCIAL CAPITAL IN OUR CITY Authors: Kamila Pazura Beata Boczkowska Michał Tomaszewski

As part of the Comenius project we are involved in a project of the Centre for Civic Education - Young Citizen. Its aim is to explore social capital in our city and later use the results of the research in our own project. What and why?

Beginning At the beginning we arranged meetings and talked on various topics related to the places and institutions that work for the city.

Beginning The list of institutions and places.

Beginning

Further work After that, we carried out surveys in different places and institutions. We talked with the people who work there.

Further work We presented the results of our study on a map. We marked on it symbolic as well as dangerous places and those where people help each other and where decisions are made.

Further work - map

Aim of our project As a result of the interviews, we found out that in our city there aren’t enough initiatives to commemorate the most important people. That's why we decided to change it. We want to commemorate Professor Michael Langiewicz. He was the first headmaster of our school. He also received the medal of the Righteous Among the Nations for having saved Jews during World War II.

Interviews - PTTK One of the institutions that could help us in the implementation of the project is the Polish Society of Tourism (PTTK). Working for PTTK expands your knowledge about your own region, often thanks to your assistance in organizing games or competitions, or designing commemorative paths. That is why we thought that the people working there, being experienced in such activities, could help us in our project.

Interviews - Museum Another institution is the Museum of Western Mazovia. In our interview we learned that the museum is mainly visited either by elderly people interested in history, or by organized groups of schoolchildren, more rarely by young people. At the museum operates the Collectors Club, whose members are mainly elderly people. During the club meetings, the members talk about their acquisitions and exchange them. They may have information about professor Langiewicz and can help us in the project.

Interviews - Museum

Interviews - Society of Friends of Żyrardów The next organization that we chose is the Society of Friends of Żyrardów. During meetings, its members talk about historic buildings, events and people who once did something worthy of respect and what we should commemorate. The Society of Friends of Żyrardów wants the residents of our city to become interested in its history, because it is really worth exploring. After the interview, we thought that these people may have a lot of information that would be useful to us in our project and they could be willing to help us in its implementation.

Interviews - Society of Friends of Żyrardów

Workshops Recently we have taken part in workshops for the whole group involved in the project. Thanks to the workshops we are now ready to work on our ideas and begin to implement our project.

Workshops

Thanks for your attention

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