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A Draft Profile of a Very Unusual Scholar
(Instytut Socjologii, Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny, Uniwersytet Łódzki, 2014-01)Remarks on Professor Fritz Schütze -
The Activation and Restoration of Shame in an Intimate Relationship: A First-Hand Account of Self-Injury
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-04-30)This paper is grounded in a first-hand account of my own experiences with self-injury and shame. By using my personal diary entries as support for this account and a sociological framework of shame, I explore the process ... -
Active Interview Tactics Revisited: A Multigenerational Perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)William (Billy) Shaffir taught about what it means to be a true empiricist, a sociologist committed to naturalistic observation as the most incisive method in our scientific toolbox. His inspiration still resonates, two ... -
Agnostic Interactionism and Sensitizing Concepts in the 21st Century: Developing Shaffirian Theory-Work in Ethnographic Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)In this paper, we reflect upon our experiences taking a graduate qualitative methodology course with Dr. William (Billy) Shaffir. We highlight Billy’s approach to ethnographic research and his declaration to “just do it.” ... -
Alfred Schütz Revisited: Social Exclusion of Refugees in Brandenburg
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-04-30)For refugees, the transition from their home to the host society is especially challenging. In particular, their situation shortly after arrival entails the risk of social exclusion. Based on two case studies, this article ... -
“Am I Going to Die?” Considering the Preparation for Research on an Example of Hospice Patients
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-01-31)This article concerns the situations experienced by the researcher in one of the sensitive research groups—hospice patients. The article is based on the author’s experiences in three studies in Poland—94 in-depth interviews ... -
An Analysis of Biographies in Collective Memory Research: The Method of Socio-Historical Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019)This article explores the use of biographies in qualitative research about collective memory. It is argued that commemorative ceremonies, as well as changes appearing in macro-level structures within the time-span of ... -
Archaeological, Alethurgical, and Dispositif Analysis: Discourse Studies on Higher Education in Poland from a Post-Foucauldian Perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-02-08)At the present stage of the reception of Foucault’s ideas, various theoretical and methodological trends coexist, within which the concepts of Michel Foucault are used fruitfully in empirical research. One of them is ... -
Archeology as a Metaphor in Contemporary Culture
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-02-08)The scientific discipline of archeology has gone through various stages of its development and improvement of research methods. First, it was combined with ancient history and the history of art. In the mid-nineteenth ... -
An Attempt to Restore the Ordinary Death to the Visual Realm—Artistic, Therapeutic, and Ethical Aspects of the Post-Mortem Photography of Children in the 21st Century. Short Introduction
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-08-07)Post-mortem photography was a transcendental element in the 19th century, which not only democratized portraiture, but also helped in the bereavement process. The comeback of post-mortem photography as a psychological tool ... -
The Australian Mainstream Media’s Portrayal of Youth Climate Activism and Dissent
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-04-30)The March 2019 School Strikes 4 Climate, predominantly organized by young students, garnered widespread and polarizing media coverage. We aimed to identify how Australian mainstream print news media portrays youth involvement ... -
Awareness Context and Social Recognition: Reconsidering a Case Study of “Dialogue” between Different Ethnic Persons in Japan
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-08-04)This study incorporates Honneth’s social recognition into awareness context theory by reconsidering a case study of the dialogue between Zainichi Korean and Japanese people in Japan. It revitalizes the theoretical significance ... -
Beauty and the Cosmetic Secret
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)Cosmetic surgery is often linked to the perception that women who resort to cosmetic interventions to alter their physical appearance are vain, superficial, and narcissistic. Few investigations have acknowledged and explored ... -
“Being a Yid”: Jewish Identity of Tottenham Hotspur Fans—Analysis and Interpretation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-31)Tottenham Hotspur football fans are victims of regular antisemitic abuse from opposition fans. They are commonly referred to as “Yids.” Interestingly, Tottenham supporters appropriated the Jewish image and embraced it as ... -
Between Individual and Collective Actions: The Introduction of Innovations in the Social World of Climbing
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019)This article, which is based upon the findings of a seven-year research project concerning the social world of climbing, discusses climbing as an organized social practice that possesses a strong historical dimension and ... -
Between Political Myths, Dormant Resentments, and Redefinition of the Recent History: A Case Study of Serbian National Identity
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-04-30)The subject of the article concerns the issue of constructing and reconstructing national identity. The object of interest here is a sociological case study of Serbian national identity. It includes reconstruction and ... -
Between Sport and Leisure: Competitive Senior Ballroom Dancing as Serious Leisure
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-31)The article examines the motivations, attitudes, and practices of senior ballroom dancing (dancers over 30 years of age). The paper is based on qualitative research (interviews and participant observation) conducted in one ... -
A Big Win in Smalltown: Demanding Dignity in an Era of Neoliberal Austerity
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)This article explores the concepts of dignity at work and worker voice in the public workplace during a period of surging neoliberal austerity intended to reduce taxes, government regulations, and public services. I ask ... -
Biographical Work as a Mechanism of Dealing with Precarity and Precariousness
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-04-30)The article aims to explore the relationship between biographical work and the strategies of managing precarity (low-paid and unstable employment) and precariousness (insecurity and instability of life conditions in general) ... -
Biographical Work of Parents of Children with Non-Normative Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-01-31)This paper aims to reconstruct the biographical work (Corbin and Strauss) undertaken by parents of non-normative people. The initiating event of biographical work is the disclosure of a non-normative sexual orientation ...