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Marlena Nikody is a Ph.D. student in the Doctoral School in the Humanities at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She is affiliated with CARMAH, where she serves as a researcher in the project Challenging Populist Truth-Making in Europe: The Role of Museums in a Digital 'Post-Truth' European Society. Her work integrates academic research with public engagement through museum education and curatorial practices.
Marlena is pursuing her doctoral studies at Jagiellonian University, with no prior academic degrees explicitly detailed in the text.
Her research interests focus on:
- Reparative educational practices in historical museums to counteract populist museology
- Critical analysis of social memory and its institutional representation
- Art education addressing democracy and historical awareness
- Curatorial approaches to heritage ownership and rural identity
- Exploring intersections between art, authoritarianism, and resistance
- Documenting post-regime cultural legacies
In terms of honors, Marlena holds the STER Programme Scholarship from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). She has also contributed to collaborative initiatives such as:
- Co-developing MOCAK Museum’s educational program
- Curating exhibitions like The Polish Phantom (on post-regime documentation) and Philosopher and Photographer (showcasing Roman Ingarden’s work)
- Participating in SSHRC-funded research on Thinking Through the Museum: Difficult Knowledge in Public
- Co-organizing the Matrix exhibition analyzing women’s representation in the history of science
Marlena collaborates with the Utopia Home – International Empathy Centre and has engaged with the Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum through curatorial interventions. She is involved in associated projects including TRACES (curating digital images), CHAPTER (Polish folk art and the Holocaust), and Mindscapes. Her academic activities also include contributing to CARMAH’s Teaching Museum Lab and Kino initiatives.
