dr inż. Anna Długozima
Assistant professor at Warsaw University of Life Sciences - a researcher (PhD) and teacher. My research and professional interest include: landscape architecture, especially sepulchral art, phenomenon of cemeteries (design, cemeteries as therapeutic spaces, contemporary trends, history), thanatoarchitecture, commemorative space, sacred landscape, funeral landscape. I’m interested in spatial planning (small cities, rural areas, rural-urban continuum, rus in urbe), conservation of monuments. I’m leading the educational Section of Sepulchral Art, at the Department of Landscape Art. The aim of the section is to deepen students' knowledge on the topic of sepulchral art in its different aspects: design, management, history, symbols.
2024-09-19
- 15:00 - 18:00
- 180 min
- SYNERGY room
Workshop on the problems of contemporary cemeteries in Poland combined with a lecture on the design of modern cemeteries and places of remembrance.
The workshops are organized by PSP and IBPC with partnership of NECROEXPO fair in Kielce.
Check the detailed conference program below! Conference in Polish without simultaneous translation.
15:00 - 16:30
Lecture: "Multifunctionality as a Contemporary Paradigm in Cemetery Management. The Cemetery as an Environmentally Friendly, Therapeutic, and Inclusive Space" - Dr. Eng. Anna Długozima, Assistant Professor at the Department of Landscape Art, Institute of Environmental Engineering, SGGW.
16:30 - 18:00
Workshops and Panel Discussion with Participants: "Necessary Legal Changes in the Context of Cemetery Operations" covering the following topics:
1) Introduction - Archaic law, but still the law.
2) Problems faced by cemetery managers under current legal conditions.
3) Proposed amendments to the Cemetery and Burial Act: rights to a grave, repatriation of bodies and ashes for burial from abroad, burial of ashes, exhumation, removal of graves, and tombstones.
4) Summary.
The workshops and panel will be led by Dariusz Dutkiewicz, Director of the Institute of the Funeral and Cemetery Industry, Jarosław Wydmuch, Director of the Municipal Cemetery in Częstochowa and the Municipal Funeral Service in Częstochowa, and Adam Franczyk, Office Manager of the Municipal Cemetery in Częstochowa
