DOMOLOGY • Lecture by Prof. Marcin Napiórkowski “Stories that give hope”

Domology: “eko” (Greek oikos) means “house”

We invite you to a week of ecological activities in our five branches — the House in the Aleje, the Artistic Workshops, the Rotating House of Culture in Jazdow, the Intergenerational Club Café and the Stage in Smolna.

October 11, Sunday, 17:00-18:00 — lecture

Admission is free

Marcin Napiórkowski will talk about how stories shape our thinking about the world and the future. And about what stories we need to talk about ecology, change and a shared home with hope.

After the lecture, at 18:00-19:00 we invite you to the concert “Neighbors from the ground floor” by Anna Jurkiewicz with the guest participation of Jacek Szczepank. The concert will take us on a journey into the world of soil and its small inhabitants, combining: voice, field recordings, electronics and improvisation on flutes. Admission is free.

Marcin Napiórkowski — semioticist, structuralist. She is interested in contemporary mythology, collective memory and popular culture. GDP since 2004.
He teaches classes related to contemporary culture and semiotics and a lecture for foreigners interested in learning about Polish culture entitled Poland 101: Beginner's Guide to Polish Culture, History and Society.

Author of scientific books:

Modern Mythology (2013, 2018),

The Power of Imagination (2014)

Rise of the Dead. History of memory 1944-2014 (2016),

Code of Capitalism (2019),

Turbopatriotism (2019),

Fix the Future (2022),

1989 Positive Myth (2024).

As a columnist he constantly collaborates with “Tygodnik Powszechny”, but he has also published in “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Rzeczpospolita”, “Polityka”, “Krytyka Polityczna”, “Więzi” and “Znak”, among others. Sometimes interesting finds are also shared on the blog mitologiawspolczesna.pl.
He likes to experiment with new forms. Co-author of several plays related to the theme of collective imagination and memory, including Lwów nie oddamy (Siemaszkowa Theatre, Rzeszów 2018) telling about difficult Polish-Ukrainian relations from the perspective of the anthropology of memory or Jedzonek dedicated to contemporary conflicts around diet and agriculture (Słowacki Theatre, 2020). Co-writer and songwriter for the popular musical 1989 (Teatr Słowacki x Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre). Author of the script for the audio-series Narutowicz (Audioteka 2023) and the horror film Gościni (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2023). Since September 2024, he has been the director of the Museum of Polish History.

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