PROJECT YOUNG CITIZEN -EXPLORING SOCIAL

CAPITAL IN OUR CITY

Authors:Kamila Pazura

Beata BoczkowskaMichał

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?

BeginningAt 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 workAfter 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

Further work - map

Aim of our projectAs 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 - PTTKOne 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

WorkshopsRecently 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

Workshops

Thanks for your attention

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