Storytelling (spis treści)

2011

Konteksty Kultury, 2017

The essay discusses changes in Małgorzata Szejnert's writing, proposing a thesis that her journalist prose has evolved from social journalism to geohistorical writing. Her four so far, latest books: Czarny ogród (2007), Wyspa klucz (2009), Dom żółwia. Zanzibar (2011) and Usypać góry. Historie z Polesia (2015) are evidence that not until the 21 st century has she found her own, original and interesting writing style. A groundbreaking moment consisted in discovering the possibilities offered by exploring histories. Szejnert's writing became more mature, and finally it managed to combine the historical interest with the focus on the micro-world, the little corners of the globe, and their thorough description. Turning to geohistorical journalism didn't make Szejnert resign either from the distinct axiological element or from presenting topical issues; on the contrary, it opened much more possibilities to address, more broadly and in diverse contexts, the problems of our times.

Bibliotekarz Podlaski. Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne

Artykuł jest recenzją książki G. Minois Historia samotników i samotności. W tym tekście autor pokazuje na jednym przykładzie, jak G. Minois opacznie przedstawia źródła, a przez to nadaje im nowy sens, niezgodny z oryginałem. W rezultacie na podstawie lektury jego dzieła można odnieść mylne wrażenie, co do sytuacji opisanych w źródłach.

1999

Differences in the understanding of electoral geography between social sciences are discussed in the article. Main fields and spatial scales of Polish electoral geography are identified. Main methods of multidimensional statistics are discussed. A necessity of a proper choice, based on theories of voting behaviour, of explaning variables to statistical models are emphasised. Regression analysis indicates only a formal usefulness in electoral geography, for quantitative relationships between variables in the model can be evidenced, which may be meaningless not only essentially, but even statistically. The application of canonical analysis in electoral geography brought a methodological turning-point to the statistical approach. This method allowed to combine: (1) the foundation of the selection of input variables on theories of voting behaviour; (2) the analysis of dependence of the electoral results on socioeconomic characteristics of areas; (3) an identification of electoral options; (4) a quantification of the role of the historical heritage in the contemporary voting behaviour; and (5) the analysis of the stability of the electoral space. A well grounded opinion was weakened about the general competitiveness of right-and left-wing parties in Poland"s political space. Parties with similar rather than different programmes compete in given areas. It was indicated that elections have only formal influence on the structure of Parliament while the electoral system is decisive. Electoral, including territorial, manipulations also play their part. The empirical analysis indicated that Poland"s political space is polarised between the rightwing-oriented areas of the southeastern half of the country and the left-wing-oriented areas of the northwestern half. The political competition between the left and the right operates merely on the national scale, while it is not reflected territorially. The quantification of the influence of the nineteenth-century territorial divides on voting behaviour was measured by canonical analysis. The analysis on the national scale indicated that Polish electoral geography and its methods socialspacejournal.eu 18 merely 11% of the variance of voting behaviour was accounted for by the historical divides while in case of the Katowice region it equalled to 30%. In this way, those results demythologised the role of the historical heritage in the contemporary voting behaviour in Poland. Few attention was so far paid in literature to (1) the relatively stable intended voting absenteeism, which can be analysed in terms of the, largest on the Polish political scene, Non-Voters Party, and (2) invalid votes, which might be discussed in the context of the, considerable on the scene, Party of the Unreasonable or, alternatively, the Party of Contest.

Archiwum Emigracji, 2024

Pojęcia "poezja okolicznościowa" czy "poezja ulotna" zdają się nie cieszyć ani specjalnym uznaniem, ani zbytnim zainteresowaniem badaczy literatury, jakby przyjęto, że jest to zjawisko raczej już tylko historyczne, poniekąd marginalne, a powstające w tym nurcie utwory literackie poddane bieżącym potrzebom nie charakteryzują się szczególnymi walorami artystycznymi. Według Słownika terminów literackich "okolicznościowa poezja" i "poezja ulotna" 1 to "utwory poetyckie związane tematycznie z określonymi wydarzeniami życia publicznego lub działalnością powszechnie znanych osób". Pewien rodzaj archiwalnych znalezisk związanych z Janem Lechoniem skłonił mnie do przyjrzenia się temu nurtowi jego twórczości. Już tylko porównanie zawartości dwóch, najważniejszych jak dotąd, edycji jego wierszy -Poezji (w serii "Biblioteka Narodowa", Wrocław 1990) i Poezji zebranych (Toruń 1995) -w opracowaniu Romana Lotha wskazywałoby na mniejszą wagę przywiązywaną przez edytora do "wierszy okolicznościowych i sztambuchowych" (jak zatytułował jedną z części w tomie

Zarządzanie w Kulturze

The aim of this article is to draw the attention to the formation process of the theatre history on the basis of the dominant perception of phenomena, relations between them and the oeuvre of the artists, which has been shaped by the selected research methods. The material, which constitutes the exemplification for the necessity of turning towards the unconventional readings of the sources seen as not so credible, is the autobiography, with the special focus on the anecdotes which are prevalent in it.

2005

Recenzja: Kultura, tekst, ideologia : dyskursy współczesnej amerykanistyki / redakcja Agata Preis-Smith. - Kraków : "Universitas", 2004. - s. 460

Polityka historyczna, 2023