Places, moments, objects and people (part II)

Abstract

In the text I analyze the flea market in Świdnica (Poland): items from different places and times present there. I argue that the meeting of these objects is at the same time indirectly the meeting of these different places and moments in one moment and place. I wonder how is this possible? I refer to three concepts: the global cultural ecumen, the palimpsest and the postulate of treating local and global as closely related. I come to the conclusion that these concepts should be supplemented with ontic properties of place, space, moments and time. Continuity is one of the most important here. The continuity of space and time is a necessary condition for the ecumenical character of culture, the close relationship between local and global, and the palimpsest character of the present day.