Tomasz Sikorski Collection on Graffiti in Poland

The photo collection on graffiti in Poland has been gathered by Tomasz Sikorski since about 1970. The great part of the approximately 1 500 photos was made in years 1970-1990. Sikorski has been up-to-date documenting the paintings occurring on the walls of Polish cities, both artistic and dominated by the political message, created by professionals as well as people without artistic background. On his photographies, one can see works by, among others, Włodzimierz Fruczek, Faustyn Chełmecki, „Major” Waldemar Fydrych”, Jacek „Ponton” Jankowski, Alexander Sikora, Krzysztof Skarbek and Sikorski himself.

Ort:
- Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1970
Besondere Beispiele:
- Graffiti in the underground passage in Warsaw, Rozdroże square. Photograph, 1989.
- Włodzimierz Fruczek painting on the street in 1974, photograph.

Tramps' songs

The tramp song, like other forms of art, is an integral part of the tramp subculture, faithfully capturing its character. The present collection includes tramp song lyrics collected between 1980 and 2017, some of which may date from even before 1980. Dozens of tramp songs are recorded in songbooks, on tapes, CDs, and DVDs and represented here.

Ort:
- Martin, Slovakia
Themen:
- Alternative Lebensstile und Eigensinn im Alltag
- Musik (Rock, Punk, Alternative Musik, Klassik, etc.)
Gründungsdatum:
- 1989
Besondere Beispiele:
- Flag

Tramps' written materials

This voluminous collection covers the whole history of tramping and represents the vitality and flexibility that enabled the movement to persevere in Czech and Slovak lands until the present day.Tramp literature offers insight into the unique and multifaceted world of tramp creativity, and this collection contains poetry, prose, essays, journals, personal diaries, and drawn comics, including comic cartoons by the author Lexo. The collection of tramps' written materials includes volumes of the tramp magazine Severkaas well as non-periodicals; the latter are mostly books (both official publications and samizdat), but also songbooks, tramp chronicles, and journals – or “cancáky.” Items in the collection date back to the years 1979 through 2017, some of them being possibly even older.

Ort:
- Martin, Slovakia
Themen:
- Alternative Lebensstile und Eigensinn im Alltag
- Samisdat and Tamisdat
Gründungsdatum:
- 2003
Besondere Beispiele:
- History of Tramping

Transnational Roma Networks Ad-hoc Collection at CNSAS

The Transnational Roma Networks Ad-hoc Collection at CNSAS comprises documents created or collected by the Romanian secret police, the Securitate, about the transnational relations of the Roma community. From among the members of this community who willingly assumed this identity, two leaders and activists, Nicolae Gheorghe and Ion Cioabă, stood out during the 1980s. They were among the few people in communist Romania who had the courage to rise up against the aggressive policy of forced assimilation of Roma that threatened their survival as a distinct ethnic and cultural group. As a result, their stand against discriminatory treatment of Roma people in communist Romania brought them into close collaboration with foreign researchers and Roma transnational organisations, also interested in the fate of the persecuted Roma.

Ort:
- București Strada Matei Basarab 55, Romania 030167
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- Letter from Nicolae Gheorghe (alias “Alexandru Danciu”) to Le Matin, in French, 30 March 1982
- Memorandum of Ion Cioabă and Nicolae Gheorghe to Vasile Vâlcu, prime-vice-president of the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania, 11 October 1982

Trasa W-Z Archive

Trasa W-Z Archive includes over 900 hours of Polish rock recording from the 1980s, with predominance of punk bands performing on the famous Jarocin festival. It also contains photographs, fanzines, leaflets, and posters. Thanks to the activities of its owner (Robert Jarosz), the collection reaches wider public through exhibitions, books and record releases.

Ort:
- Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- n.a.
Besondere Beispiele:
- Siekiera (band), On All Fronts of the World, 1984 (2011). Music album
- Wasążnik, Michał; Jarosz, Robert. Generation (Generacja), 2010. Book