Od diagnoz kultury do diagnozy w kulturze

The paper is areport from the conference Diagnosis in culture wich took place from 15th to 16th of October in Culture Center “Zamek” in Poznań. The aim of the organisers was to present diagnosis as a distinct type of research in the field of culture. It is apoorly examined realm of humanities and social sciences that is always guided by apractical purpose. Among 23 authors of the discussed papers there were both researchers, cultural animators and artists. They presented distinct types of diagnosis: from quantitive or class diagnosis to long-term observation derived from ethnographical traditions.