Scout Rally at Birmingham and Imperial Scout Exhibition 1913: Polish Scouts

Autor/in	Stepnik, Krzysztof
Titel	Scout Rally at Birmingham and Imperial Scout Exhibition 1913: Polish Scouts
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 59 (2023) 4, S.649-668 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stepnik, Krzysztof)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2021.1920987
Schlagwörter	Exhibits; International Organizations; Males; Propaganda; Ideology; Nationalism; Patriotism; Comparative Analysis; Authoritarianism; Political Attitudes; News Reporting; Newspapers; Letters (Correspondence); Foreign Countries; Journalism; Performance; History; Activities; Poland; United Kingdom (Birmingham) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ideologie; Nationalismus; Patriotismus; Autoritarismus; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; News report; Reportage; Newspaper; Zeitung; Brief; Ausland; Journalistik; Journalismus; Achievement; Leistung; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Polen
Abstract	Scout Rally at Birmingham and Imperial Scout Exhibition organised in July of 1913 by the Boy Scouts Association constituted educational propaganda of the British Empire. The term "imperial", which was used in the British press, reflects the ideological meaning of this outsized event which gathered scouts from the United Kingdom and its dominions, and much smaller groups of scouts from Europe, including quite numerous groups from Poland. In the eyes of Poles, British "imperialism" or "patriotism" confronted as an ideal compared to Russian and German rule, and their attitudes were enthusiastically Anglomaniacal. This is the psychological key to understand the attractiveness of performing on the British arena for the representation of the young generation of Poles who were invited. For Polish scouts, the Scout Rally in Birmingham was an opportunity to demonstrate not only their skills but also patriotism as a function of political presence. This is how the Polish press understood these things, and which after the British -- what needs to be emphasised -- paid the most attention to the events in Birmingham. The most important Polish dailies publishing in Cracow, Warsaw, Poznan, and Lvov (now Lviv) closely followed the course of the rally, which was given the rank of success by a two-sentence "depeche" from London and a lengthy letter published in the "Czas" daily paper. The object of interest for the author of the article is the book written by the founder of Polish scouting, Andrzej Malkowski, which constitutes a noteworthy record of observations made by him during the Scout Rally as well as those made by other organisers of the Polish delegation's trip and of letters from journalists who accompanied this delegation and sent their correspondence to the Polish press from Birmingham, London, and Paris. Only one journalist broke out from apologetic opinions about the excellent performance of Polish scouts, who noticed shortcomings in performance and wrote about them. The article introduces the content of these letters and interprets and compares them. The opinion about the triumphant rally in Birmingham rooted firmly in Polish public opinion, constituting an important element of the founding myth of Polish scouting, which in the history of this movement is worth noting. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01