An international quarterly published in Polish and English, it is the only forum of its kind for debate on heritage, culture, the present and the future. The magazine focuses on such issues as the idea of a place and related reflection, space and its meanings, the avant-garde of memory, the geography of imagination, or the memory of modernity. The pretext for these considerations is provided by Central Europe, a region whose experience and cultural dilemmas are both unique and relevant to contemporary debate.
Central Europe is a conscious choice, a question of our world view, though also of our community of experience – our own and that of our neighbours. Herito is a further chapter in our fascination with this very special region of the Old Continent, where political borders have always changed faster than cultural borders. Central Europe is not a territorial region with clearly demarcated borders; it is our fortune. The Central European identity is founded on contradictions that have combined repeatedly to produce creative tension. The material and non‑material fruit of this tension today is our common heritage, the product of cultures, ideas and values accumulated and fused over centuries. No less a part of this heritage is our own memory and identity – for heritage is nothing other than the use of the past to serve contemporary purposes. – Prof. Dr. Jacek Purchla, chief editor.
Central Europe is a conscious choice, a question of our world view, though also of our community of experience – our own and that of our neighbours. Herito is a further chapter in our fascination with this very special region of the Old Continent, where political borders have always changed faster than cultural borders. Central Europe is not a territorial region with clearly demarcated borders; it is our fortune. The Central European identity is founded on contradictions that have combined repeatedly to produce creative tension. The material and non‑material fruit of this tension today is our common heritage, the product of cultures, ideas and values accumulated and fused over centuries. No less a part of this heritage is our own memory and identity – for heritage is nothing other than the use of the past to serve contemporary purposes. – Prof. Dr. Jacek Purchla, chief editor.