To touch the past... About the regional biographical and literary project Local biographies. We write biographies of local heroes from Turek and the Turek County

Abstract

The main idea of this article is the educational project entitled The local backgrounds. We are writing the biographies of the local heroes from Turek and Turek County conducted by students of Tadeusz Kosciuszko High School in Turek with the cooperation of the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. The author presents the story of cooperation in writing biographies and documentation – from the choice of the local character, through collecting the material and ways of showing it, to the final result, namely, public presentations and publishing the book containing nine biographical sketches illustrating activists, people of local history of the 20th and 21st century. The article tells the story of meeting the heroes and witnesses of the events and places connected with these people. The author also displays the methods of work enabling students to apply the skills of writing diverse forms of biographies. The material was illustrated with the fragments of sketches drawn by students and photographs taken during the realization of the project.