Dziedzictwo i awangarda. Problemy identyfikacji i to¿samooeci u progu XXI wieku

In the article "Heritage and Avant Garde" problems were mentioned connected with so called globalisation, modern form of universal-ism and multi-pronged monopolization of economy, culture and art and also architecture and town-planning which intensified in the second half of the 20 th century and at the turn of the 20 th and 21st century. According to the author since the end of the Second World War "our world" has started to rapidly transform as a result of science development (especially technology), common and fast communication, uniformisation forms of goods exchange, world banks cooperation, omnipresent advertising and easy access to media, so called mass-media. A important issue, especially for architects, restaurateurs and town-planners, was also mentioned, namely: identity of a town or a settlement as an evolutionary historical structure in various way colligating past and present and creating a future. Many factors were listed which defined individualism of each town or settlement. The author stresses that there are no easy solutions or simple formulas. In the end a series of elements were presented which stand for discriminating regional characteristics, underlying the tradition of culture and art in a widely apprehended historical and geographical region.