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The 6-Moves: A New Methodology for Culture Democratization, a webinar by Maja Dobiasz-Krysiak
The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Institute of Culture Studies) invites you to a lecture and meeting with Dr. Maja Dobiasz-Krysiak on "The 6-Moves: A New Methodology for Culture Democratization", which will take place on February 20, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. (Indonesian time). The lecture and meeting will be on-line (Zoom). To participate in the event, please follow the link (here). The event is addressed to students and lecturers of the Faculty of Humanities of Andalas University in Padang, Western Sumatra, with whom our Department has been cooperating for many years.
Does formulating new research methodologies through art make sense today and how can they contribute to social democratization processes facing contemporary challenges?
Cultural animation was one of the first methods used in post-1989 Eastern Europe as part of the democratization process that started with the fall of communism in the region. Based on the British perspective of community arts, cultural animation worked with local communities engaging people in cultural/artistic projects, and believing that local involvement is the basis of a democratic society.Today, cultural animators have their own congresses and institutions, the topic is researched and taught in universities, and it receives state funding. However, for over a decade this perspective has been undergoing a theoretical crisis, focusing more on practices than on conceptual development of the perspective. This is accompanied by the crisis of participation in arts. How to strengthen and reformulate the cultural animation methodology, so that it continues to enhance the processes of democratization of culture and does not contribute to social stratification?
For the last three years, I have been conducting research on the activities of the creative and research group "Pracownia", which is a pioneer of cultural animation in Poland. I engaged artists and scholars in research residencies. Based on my research I developed a new methodology for qualitative research through art, which I called the 6-Moves Methodology. This is a shift from animation understood as engaging in active action to animating a research attitude and critical thinking.
Maja Dobiasz-Krysiak is a researcher, trainer, and animator with fifteen years of experience. She graduated from the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw with a specialization in Cultural Animation. She holds a PhD in cultural studies and is an assistant professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Since 2018, she has been an expert in the Masovian Cultural Education Program. Previously, she spent ten years working with the cultural programs of the Center for Citizenship Education Foundation. She is currently working on a book on the topic of community arts methodology.
Katedra Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej UMK w Toruniu (Instytut Nauk o Kulturze, Wydział Humanistyczny) zaprasza na wykład i spotkanie z dr Mają Dobiasz-Krysiak pt. "The 6-Moves: A New Methodology for Culture Democratization", które odbędzie się dnia 20 lutego 2026 r., o godz. 9:00 (czasu polskiego). Wykład i spotkanie odbędą się w formie on-line (Zoom). Aby móc uczestniczyć w wydarzeniu, należy skorzystać z linku (tutaj). Wydarzenie jest adresowane do zaprzyjaźnionych studentów i wykładowców Wydziału Humanistycznego Andalas University w Padangu, Sumatra Zachodnia, z którym nasza Katedra współpracuje od wielu lat, ale zapraszamy wszystkich chętnych i zaintersowanych.