{"id":3528,"date":"2016-04-29T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:44:53","slug":"exhibition-homomigratus-understanding-human-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2016\/04\/29\/exhibition-homomigratus-understanding-human-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition \u2018HomoMigratus – Understanding human migration’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Whether someone is moving thousands of kilometres away or to another part of his own country, migration always uproots people. The exhibition \u2018HomoMigratus – Understanding human migration<\/strong>\u2019, which is being held at the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e de la Vie Wallonne<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a029 April until 11 December<\/strong>\u00a02016, provides an opportunity to take stock of these phenomena, which have existed for millennia, in order better to understand them. Several approaches are put forward with a view to putting the present situation in perspective with regard to historical migratory phenomena. The exhibition also gives a voice to immigrants from different generations and origins.\u00a0
In planning since 2011, this multidisciplinary project aims to come up with lines of enquiry and tools with a view to safeguarding and familiarising people with the individual and collective memory of a Wallonian population which is becoming increasingly cultural diverse: at present, 322,000 foreigners live in the region of Wallonia, which amounts to 9.5 % of a total population of 3,500,000 inhabitants. Wallonia has therefore earned its nickname \u2018Terre d\u2019accueil\u2019. Many Poles feauture amongst these non-native speakers. In order to gather their accounts, the Mus\u00e9e de la Vie wallonne has worked particularly closely with the\u00a0Ethnographic Museum in Krakow<\/a>, and more specifically with the ethnologist\u00a0Magda ZYCH<\/strong>, as part of a partnership supported by the WBI.

This exhibition is part of events being held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the \u2018Cooperation Charter between the Province of Liege and the Voivodeship of Lesser Poland\u2019 and the 20th anniversary of the \u2018Amiti\u00e9s belgo-polonaises\u2019. One such event is the\u00a0POLISH DAY<\/strong>\u00a0which will be held on\u00a027 November<\/strong>\u00a02016.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
<\/strong>>>>\u00a0Mus\u00e9e de la Vie wallonne<\/strong>\u00a0(Cour des Mineurs, 4000 Li\u00e8ge) –\u00a0access<\/a>\u00a0
>>>\u00a029 April\u00a0<\/strong>>\u00a011 December\u00a0<\/strong>2016
28 April 2016 – Vernissage
27 November 2016 \u2013 Polish Day !
>>>\u00a0Free\u00a0<\/strong>
Information and booking: +32 (0)4 237 90 50 | +32 (0)4 237 90 60

The Polish Institute has collorated with the Mus\u00e9e la Vie wallone on two occasions, and both times it was a resounding success:
– at the international symposium \u2018Le Mus\u00e9e d\u2019ethnographie, entre continuit\u00e9 et renouvellement<\/strong>\u2019 held on 26 and 27 February 2013 (>>> find out more\u00a0HERE<\/a>)
– at the exhibition\u00a0Dom\/Home<\/strong>\u00a0by A. Kramarz and W. \u0141odzi\u0144ska from 29 November 2014 until 31 May 2015 (>>> find out more\u00a0HERE<\/a>)

The issue of migration is at the heart of the way Poles have always thought about the history of their society. One can cite the emigration of the intelligentsia in the XIXth century and during the communist period, the return of the Poles following the Versailles treaty, debates on the Schengen area, etc. Here, contacts were established between Belgium and Poland: we know we can visit the Biblioth\u00e8que Royale de Belgique to admire the collection of medals awarded to the famous historian Joachim LELEWEL, but many are perhaps unaware that some soliders from the First Armoured Division of General MACZEK, who liberated Flanders in 1944, set up home permanently in Belgium. \u00a0The project \u2018Nasze \u015blady<\/strong>\u2019 aims to collect testimonies from these Polish emigrants who actively participated in the history of Belgium. \u00a0
>>> You can read these testimonies in Polish, French and Dutch on the page\u00a0www.naszeslady.be\/<\/a>\u00a0(Polish | French | Dutch)\u00a0

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