Przeobrażenia w sferze ekonomicznej, społeczno-kulturowej i politycznej w wymiarze lokalnym i globalnym składają się na złożoność uwarunkowań procesu kształtowania (się) poczucia tożsamości współczesnego człowieka. Podjęte rozważania zawierają opis profili tożsamości kulturowej badanych uczniów ze szkół średnich oraz próbę interpretacji ich wyborów tożsamościowych w odniesieniu do zastanych układów społeczno-kulturowych w miejskim środowisku lokalnym.

I dwell here and live but they didn’t teach me about this. On problems of local and regional education in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship

In the paper the problem of improper functioning is undertaken of local and regional education in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The issue emerges from interviews conducted with museum staff members, culture animators, and residents of some municipalities during three research projects in years 2015–2022. The starting point for the discussion is the assumption that local cultural heritage is a valuable resource that, if properly used, can foster local development, while omitting it in educational practices weakens the potential of local communities. On the basis on the analysis of in-depth interviews and focus groups, the factors underlying the weakness of local and regional education in the voivodeship are distinguished: historical (complicated past) and contemporary, which include neglecting the education system, permanent underfunding of cultural institutions, but also difficulties related to intergenerational transfer and negative demographic trends. I present regional education as an element that potentially strengthens the integration of local communities and economic development: knowledge about the past improves the processing of heritage into resources used in the arena of territorial marketing. I also attempt to demonstrate that the fragmented past of the voivodeship, which as a result of an administrative decision has merged historically different areas and traditions, can be a potential that, by combining regional and multicultural education, can be a value used in sustainable development processes.