3 Minute Poland

Polish National Identity National Identity is the constructed idea of a bond between members of a particular nation. This is constructed through the use of a “National Mythos” that brings together people of different races, languages, and religions to a (semi) unified whole (Fisher, 2018). This illusion of national unity is created and supported through the growth of industrialization, and the necessity of a shared language and cultural idea that comes from that (Theories of Nationalism and National Identity, 2018). National identity is not natural, but instead is a growing and changing thing that evolves with the needs of a particular nation in response to particular troubles in order to support it. When it comes to Poland, many of the ideas that form its national identity stem from the nation’s deeply religious past. For instance, the first concept of “Poland” as a unified idea traces back to the conversion of the first Polish king, Miezko in 966 to Catholicism (Glinksi, 2016). While...

Here is a quick 3 minute rundown on what I've learned about the nation of Poland so far!

       Welcome to my blog! My name is Nick Friesen and I am a Sophomore at Seattle University. Since its debut in 1994, the country of Poland has participated in the Eurovision song contest 22 times. This blog will be focusing on the history of Poland within the context of Eurovision and on it's national identity as a whole. Poland and Polish culture—as my friends know—have been a longtime interest of mine, and I'm interested to start learning more about how Poles view themselves through Eurovision.