Józef Półturzycki in the face of folk high schools. Notes on the basis of the renewal of Polish folk high schools in the years 2016–2022

Abstract

The authors dedicate their text to the memory of Professor Józef Półturzycki, recalling his contribution as the author and editor-in-chief of the “Andragogy Yearbook” and the inspirer of activities aimed at preserving the knowledge of folk high schools in the social (and academic) memory from the 1990s to the second decade of the 21st century, i.e. at the time when these institutions were almost forgotten. The sketch touches on selected threads regarding the revival of the Polish folk high school movement on the basis of the Folk High Schools Development Programme for the years 2020–2030 and the Polish Network of Folk High Schools (PNFHS). The participation of both authors in the 1st All-Polish Folk High School Festival in Koszałkowo in the summer of 2022 was the inspiration to take up these issues.