University of Warsaw
Instytut Kultury Polskiej
Animals are a subject of interest of classical cultural anthropology as a part of natural human environment. As such, they are perceived in categories of culture, which, on the one hand, are adaptation to natural conditions, on the other... more
THE ARAB AWAKENING, MODERNIZATION AND POSTCOLONIALISM The Arab Awakening (The Arab Spring) is a mass social movement embracing countries of Northern Africa and Near East. The main reason for the movement is political authority... more
READING IN THE NON-PLACE OF THE WARSAW ACCESS RAIL The article aims at an interpretation of the reading practices in the space of the Warsaw Access Rail (Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa) from the per- spective of the hyper-modernity theory.... more
A Touch of the Machine. A Sketch on New Forms of Sale. Two ways of buying commodities – via vending machines and via salesmen – are examples of the relationship with an interactive automaton. An ideal interactive automaton is transparent;... more