Holistic Heritage
by Towarzystwo Miłośników Historii i Zabytków Krakowa, European Heritage Hub
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About this podcast
Holistic Heritage brings conversations, opinions and thoughts on heritage from Central and Eastern Europe. Join Katarzyna Jagodzińska and John Beauchamp as they interview heritage leaders and discover the most inspiring projects from across the region. Brought to you by the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 56 episodes
- On the Road: Manifesta sheds light on Ruhr heritage · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 5For this episode we’re taking a look at the Manifesta festival and this sixteenth edition of Europe’s nomadic biennial of contemporary art.
- Traces of the Holocaust · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 25The popularity of the Schindler Factory – a branch of the Museum of Kraków – which opened 15 years ago, has since led to the creation of a new museum at the nearby KL Plaszow…
- Redefining the “Workers’ Paradise” · 55 min · Season 5 Episode 3For this episode of Heritage Hour we are in Nowa Huta, an industrial city which was built as a workers’ neighbourhood in the socialist-realist style in the late 1940s, acting as…
- Sounds of Heritage · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 24In this episode of Holistic Heritage, we open our ears to the sounds of heritage.
- New architecture in World Heritage Cities · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 23In this episode of Holistic Heritage, we look at ongoing negotiations between preserving the old and allowing new architecture in World Heritage Cities.
- Danubiana turns 25 · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 22The Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, a contemporary art space located in a serene spot on the Danube in Slovakia, is celebrating its quarter century in 2025.
- On The Road: Bulgaria’s liquid gold · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 4For this episode of On The Road, we are in the Bulgarian Valley of the Roses and the town of Kazanlak to find out more about rose production.
- Brâncuși joins UNESCO Heritage List · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 21An ensemble of sculptures in the Romanian city of Târgu Jiu by renowned artist Constantin Brâncuși is now on the UNESCO Heritage List.
- Łódź: Home of avant-garde art · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 20Muzeum Sztuki in the industrial city of Łódź in central Poland is a synonym of avant-garde and progressive art since the 1930s.
- Inside the Heritage Hub in Kraków · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 19For this episode of Holistic Heritage, we meet the team at the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe and take a look back at the first few years of the Kraków…
- Civic energy powering heritage in Kraków · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 18In this edition of Holistic Heritage, we speak to three heritage practitioners in Poland’s southern city of Kraków and what makes this city so special in terms of creating and…
- Heritage Hour: Mapping NGOs across the CEE region · 53 min · Season 5 Episode 2A new report published by the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków in collaboration with Centrum Cyfrowe reveals that cashflow, stability, and burnout are the top three…
- Regional pride highlighted by Małopolska Culture Heritage Days · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 17In this edition of Holistic Heritage, we are both in Kraków and further afield for the Małopolska Culture Heritage Days 2025, run by the Małopolska Cultural Institute, which this…
- Discussing “Participation and the Post-Museum” · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 16In the latest podcast in our “Holistic Heritage” series, John Beauchamp sits down with Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska to discuss her latest book on participation and the “post-museum”.
- Weaving our way to wellbeing with Serfenta · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 15How can we slow down and find our balance? Can heritage be the answer? We ask the Cieszyn-based Serfenta Association how to take things slow and whether traditional basket…
- On The Road: Redefining industrial heritage in Silesia · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 3In this episode, John and Katarzyna are in the region of Silesia, which holds a treasure trove of industrial heritage on both sides of the Polish and Czech border.
- Heritage Hour: Safeguarding Jewish heritage in Poland · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 1In this inaugural episode of Heritage Hour, we speak to leading experts on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland.
- Deconstructing the vernacular: Wooden architecture in Podlasie and Lithuania · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 14In this episode, we explore the plight of wooden vernacular architecture in the Podlasie region and beyond.
- Dan Perjovschi: Confronting authority in post-modern times · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 13Dan Perjovschi is a Romanian artist, writer and journalist whose simple cartoon-like drawings provoke and appeal to audiences the world over.
- Kraków nativity scenes highlight regional pride · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 12Cracovian nativity scenes, or szopki, have been a regular fixture in the city since the 19th century, and since 1937 a competition has been running for the best-made cribs.
