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Afterword: The Sociology of a Movie Actor
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Dilip Kumar: An Auteur Actor
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)Dilip Kumar has been praised for his sublime dialog delivery, for his restrained gestures, and for his measured and controlled underplay of emotions in tragic stories as well as in light-hearted comedies. His debut in 1944 ... -
Remembered: Zofia Rydet in the Biographically-Oriented Perspective of the Sociology of Art
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)Zofia Rydet is one of the most outstanding Polish and even European artists of the second half of the 20th century. She left a huge artistic legacy, but her biography still in many respects remains a mystery. The memory ... -
Meetings with the Polish Cinema: An Outline of a Sociological Study into Traveling Cinema Based on the ‘Light-Sensitive Poland’ Project
Wejbert-Wąsiewicz, Ewelina
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)
The presented study aims to describe the outdoor movie project called ‘Light-Sensitive Poland’ [Pol. ‘Polska Światłoczuła’] in two perspectives – functional and interactive. During the qualitative field research, the author ... -
Acting for the Local Community: Hybrid Ethnography in the Careers of Local Culture Animators
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)This article focuses on the innovative methodology used to collect data. We describe how we have utilized the diary method and what analytical potential it contains. We also flag the limitations we have perceived during ... -
Past Presencing in Local Museums: Remarks on the Use of Art in the Creation of Representations of a Locality
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)Museums and art are both phenomena strongly connected with collective identities. During the process of development of modern nations in the 19th and 20th centuries, museums were actors (or tools, depending on the context) ... -
Two Paradigms – Two Art Worlds: On Constructing the Difference as a Strategy for Validating the Concept of the Artist and Art
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)The subject of the article is two art worlds in the field of visual arts which currently exist side by side in Poland. These worlds operate as part of two different paradigms of art, which is why two different definitions ... -
Inventing the New Art World: On Art Institutions and Their Audience
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)Howard S. Becker (2005 [1982]) and Vera L. Zolberg (1990) suggested the advent of new audiences to be one of the main common motors of change in artistic practice, where art institutions play an important role in delivering ... -
The Process of Becoming a Professional Actor
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)The article concerns the process of becoming a professional actor; the author investigates the motivations of young people who decide to study acting. She is particularly interested in the impact of their significant others ... -
Evaluation in Interaction: The Pragmatic Approach to Artistic Judgement
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)The aim of this paper is to discuss the pragmatic approach to studying artistic evaluation. The paper engages with recent literature and examines current trends in research on amateur and expert artistic judgement, arguing ... -
A Community in Quarantine: The Social Worlds of Alternative Theater During the Pandemic
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)The article describes the functioning of alternative theater community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical framework of analysis is determined by the social worlds theory, allowing us to capture the processual ... -
On Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Art: Introduction
Wejbert-Wąsiewicz, Ewelina; ; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)
In the introduction to this issue of Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej, we undertake an attempt to characterize the contemporary field of the sociology of art in Poland. For the point of departure, we took four generations ... -
Gdzie jest teatr? Czyj jest teatr? O sytuowaniu instytucji teatralnych. Badania eksploracyjne
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-08-31)The article is based on the results of nationwide research on the strategy of Polish theatrical institutions in the COVID-19 pandemic, conducted during the lockdown period. As it turned out, the research made it possible ...