Postkolonialny świat w kamieniu. O „polityczności” architektury na przykładzie narracji podróżniczych Wojciecha Góreckiego

Abstract

The article examines the relationship between architecture and power structures described in Wojciech Górecki’s Buran: Kirgiz wraca na koń. By analyzing the selected architectural structures in the former USSR, the author shows that in the so-called post-communist colonial world, the power structures are unstable and resort to promoting their image through visual arts. He points out the proselytizing character of architectural projects, which are used to signify the attributes of power. By referring to ideology and postcolonial theory, the author demonstrates how both shape the national identity and order the relationship between power structures and society. He also recounts his own experience from his journeys to Russia, the Caucasus and Kazakhstan.