The Challenge of the Heritage of Protest Movements

This article analyses the challenge of collecting heritage present-day global protest movements, which are shaped and influenced by digital practices. In focus analysis mass-street demonstrations took place in cities all over Poland 2020 2021 to denounce ruling Constitutional Tribunal imposing a near-total ban on abortion (the “women’s rebellion”). Considered as largest social protests since fall communism 1989, they have engendered several spontaneous documenting initiatives. The aims outcomes such projects, launched Polish museums, NGOs, artistic collectives, etc. will be juxtaposed this with similar ventures aimed at archiving movements twenty first century examined examples Rapid Response Collecting (RRC). article, analysing recent RRC projects 2020/21 against Poland, inscribe them current discussions preservation heritage. While pointing out definitional issues heritage, my also demonstrates need integrate interrelate within wider framework cultural its institutionalisation.