The development of cultural policies in Poland after 1989 : ministerial concepts (I)

The article refers to the development of cultural policies in Poland after the collapse of the Communist era in 1989. The main topic of the text is a critical approach to the succeeding ministerial concepts of cultural changes planned for the transition period. The author explores various documents and governmental papers published by the Polish Ministry of Culture as well as some national programmes, actions and declarations. The article presents a broad overview of the nature of changes in Polish culture since 1989 until 2014. This was an especially troublesome period. The Polish artists, activists and operators moved from the centrally-organised political and cultural system to the decentralised liberal democratic country, in which the freedom of expression was guaranteed and a new management system was introduced and adopted