Hybridity as a Tool for Promoting Polish Culture Abroad. “The Anglo-Polish Cultural Exchange” in Practice

The aim of the article is to present the phenomenon of hybridity from a cultural perspective, which is present at the level of activities related to the promotion of Polish culture abroad. The article refers to Barbara Fatyga’s concept of “living culture”, in which individuals, social groups and institutions create more or less permanent cultural practices. Today, these activities take place in a hybrid reality, combining cultural practices in the real world and those initiated on the Internet. This article presents these two ways of understanding hybridity, drawing on the case study of the “Granville-Skarbek Anglo Polish Cultural Exchange” project, which provides a platform for combining elements of Polish and British culture in a joint activity. The project was launched in 2022 as a space to showcase the relationship and interface between the two cultures over the past 200 years.