I would like to introduce you to a Polish dance, oberek, which is representative of Polish dance culture. The name oberek is used interchangeably with mazurek Polish mazurka rhythms have been popular around the world from ...

This article is an attempt at an analysis of the meaning of the category of rurality presented from the perspective of “otherness”. The author begins from a sociological formulation of the notional opposition “we”-“others”. ...

This chapter draws upon Beniamin Barber’s concept of McWorld, understood as an omnipotent Market organized mainly by and for the transnational global corporations, with crucial support of globilizing institutions such as ...

The article of Robert Dzięcielski “I asked about the city and the armchair at home…, or about domestication of Lodz” is an attempt of anthropological re-reading the contemporary meaning of the center of Lodz which is ...

This chapter examines viewers’ affective encounters with street art and graffiti, with attention to the critical framework provided by Rancière (2004), whose work suggests a method for investigating our aesthetic practices ...

According to American pragmatist John Dewey (1859–1952), art is an experience (not necessarily an object) and as such it might potentially cover all human interactions. To put it otherwise, an aesthetic experience is needed ...

The aim of the article is to introduce Icchok (Wincenty) Brauner, the artist who was one of the most significant people from a circle of artists in Łódź between 1918 and 1936. He was the initiator of cultural events, ...

The city of Malacca was founded ca. 1400 by Iskander Shah, but it belonged to Malays only for a century. From 1511 till 1957 this town was in possession of Europeans. As one of the main ports in the Far East it played a ...