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PhD in Philosophy on “Epistemological Function of the Photographic Image” at the Warsaw University (2010); habilitation in Humanities in field of Culture and Religion Studies at the University of Lodz (2020). Specialist in philosophical aesthetics and theory of culture and art, considering posthumanist and transhumanist approach, especially in the relation to art and personhood issues, that is in aesthetic and ethical reflection in social perspective.
Vice-chairman of the Polish Society of Aesthetics. The recipient of various prizes and grants; these include a scholarship from the Kościuszko Foundation for research on art, culture, and aesthetics in the work of Joseph Margolis, and a grant to support the preparation of her book project on the theory of cyborg persons explained in terms of the metaphysics of culture: Are Cyborgs Persons? An Account on Futurist Ethics, Palgrave Macmillan 2021. The Main Coordinator of two international research consortium: TICASS (2017-2021) and TPAAE (2020-2023) realizing projects founded by the European Commission within the programme MSCA-RISE H2020, dedicated to visual communication and visual literacy, and to art and art education in transcultural perspective. Coordinator on behalf of the Polish Society of Aesthetics – the partner in the research consortium – in the research project CAPHE: Communities and Artistic Participation in Hybrid Environments (2022-2026).
Trained at the Academy of Fine Art in Poznan in field of Photography on the Bachelor’s Degree (1998-2002) she is also active as co-curator in artistic projects and as an artist herself, now participating as co-curator and as an artist in the art-research project “Numeric Art. Between Freedom and Control”) with Academy of Art in Szczecin, Academy of Fine Art in Gdansk, College Art And Design D’orléans (France) (2022).
Since 2011 she is working at the Academy of Art in Szczecin (Poland), first as Assistant Professor (2011-2021), and now as Professor (since 2021). Apart from didactic and research activity she has also had administrative functions as: in years 2011-2015 she was Director of Multimedia Library, creating the library as author’s project; in years 2012-2016 she was the Head of Institute of History and Theory of Art, Faculty of Painting and New Media.
Associate Professor at the Institute of Aesthetics and Art Culture, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov (Slovakia), his main areas of interest include the history and theory of aesthetics, applied and everyday aesthetics, and Kantian aesthetics. He is the President of the Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia, Vice President of the International Association for Aesthetics, and the editor-in-chief of ESPES. The Slovak Journal of Aesthetics. He is the author of Kant’s Concept of the Sublime (2021), and co-editor of European Aesthetic Thought and Artistic Production (2018), Studying Aesthetics (2019), and Everydayness: Contemporary Aesthetic Approaches (2021). Since 2015, he has co-organised a series of international scientific conferences Coordinates of Aesthetics, Art and Culture.
Holding a PhD in Humanities in the discipline of Cultural Studies, she is an assistant professor at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (Poland). She has received scholarships from Poland’s National Science Center, and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as the Government of Mexico for Media Collaborators, and the Visegrad Fund. Prof. Szczepanik’s research interests include the condition of the Humanities in Higher Education, socially and politically engaged contemporary culture, and interdisciplinary approaches to the pedagogy of arts and sciences.
An art historian and sociologist, she works as a curator at the National Museum in Szczecin (Poland), where she curates exhibitions in the branch’s Contemporary Gallery. Her research interests include museology and the application of advanced technologies in institutional settings to increase access and drive engagement in ways that support and supplement on-site events. Under both national and supranational auspices, Chybowska-Butler works to develop and promote international activities and exchanges in the field of visual art, including through the production of thematic exhibitions, conferences, educational programmes and publications.
Philosopher and aesthetician. She completed her education with a Master of Philosophy degree at the University of Warsaw (1996), where she also defended her doctoral thesis entitled„ Filozoficzne przesłanki kategorii wyrazu we współczesnej estetyce muzycznej” (2000). She was awarded Fulbright Junior Scholarship with dr Maria Anna Harley (today: Maja Trochimczyk) as the scientific adviser at the University of Southern California in 1998-1999. She has been interested in philosophical and aesthetic aspects of musical work and the aesthetic experience thereof, following her love of music, musical performance, and singing. In 2001 she begun working at the Music Department of Cardiff University UK as a research fellow for the project „Dark Decade: Polish Music 1945-1956” with Prof. Adrian Thomas. In 2004 dr Szyszkowska has been appointed adjunct at the Aesthetic Section of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw. She was teaching 20-century aesthetics, music aesthetics, and philosophy of value among other subjects, lecturing in English and conducting online seminars. Dr Szyszkowska received her habilitation in 2018, after publishing „Wsłuchując się w muzykę. Studium z fenomenologii słuchania”. In 2019 she started teaching at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. Currently dr hab. Szyszkowska is teaching at the Academy of Economic and Humanities in Warsaw. Her current interests include music aesthetics, phenomenological aesthetics of Roman Ingarden, phenomenology of listening, experiencing time and space, imaginary experience, virtual and implied community, and everyday aesthetics.
Associate Professor, Department of Epistemology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. She received her MA in Polish philology, specialising in the history and theory of theatre, and her MA study and PhD in philosophy; her dissertation was written at the seminar on the philosophy of God and religion. She received a habilitation in anthropology and cultural studies (University SWPS, Warsaw). Her most recently published book is titled Person and Nexus: Alfred Gell’s Anthropological Theory of Art (in Polish, 2016). Anna is the creator and coordinator of the Applied Anthropology Programme at KUL. Internships: DAMU Praha (Czech Republic), LSE (as Research Grant Award; Brunel University (UK), Manizales (Colombia), Perth (Australia). She has completed field studies in New Mexico (USA, selected tribes) and Sibundoy/Putumayo (Colombia). Areas of specialization: Philosophical, social and cultural anthropology, aesthetics, performing arts, philosophy of religion, the category of agency, and justice.
Graduate of Cultural Anthropology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, member of the Polish Society for Aesthetics. Interior designer, sculptor and multimedia artist. Her main areas of interest are curating practices for viewer-friendly exhibitions, and interactive exhibitions. She carries out research on the influence of the surrounding space on the perception of a work of art by the viewer, especially concerning the duality of the virtual and the physical space in the perception of the work of art.
A sociologist (MA) and cultural studies scholar (PhD) at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Szczecin in Poland. Her primary focus is on broadly defined social communication and contemporary communication methods.
She is an enthusiast and advocate of Marshall McLuhan's media theory. Kalina is the author of Between Science and Art: Artistic Theory and Practice as Depicted by Marshall McLuhan, which was honored with the Pierre Savard Award in 2016 (ICCS).
She served as the scientific editor for the first Polish translation of McLuhan’s The Gutenberg Galaxy (2017), recognized by the Polish Sociological Association as the best translation of the year in 2018. Additionally, she has held visiting scholar positions at Concordia University of Edmonton (Canada 2019 & 2022), the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies in Toronto (2023), and Parsons New School in New York (2024). For over nine years, she has analyzed the social-photographic projects of Rita Leistner and published a book on the subject: Contemporary War in the Photographs of Rita Leistner (2021). Currently, her academic and personal interests revolve around inclusive fashion issues, particularly concerning individuals with various disabilities, as well as diversity. She also engages in storytelling, focusing on textile storytelling and the communicative function of clothing. As a trainer and tutor, she actively participates in social initiatives and volunteer work and is a member of the Szczecin-based POLITES Association.
A graduate of the Institute of Audiovisual Arts at the Jagiellonian University, Poland. Ph.D. in Performative Studies at the University of Wrocław. Visual artist and performer, experimenting in the field of audiovisual art. Curator working across performing art & postmedia projects. Co-creator of Inire duo (www.inire.net). In Inire she investigates traditional composing, improvisation, acousmatic, and spoken word juxtaposed with experimental video. Curator of
Intermediale Festival (www.intermediale.com), review of current aesthetic tendencies in live video art, video installation, audio art, and experimental music. Her interests focus on the coexistence of art & science, liveness, and new technology in performance art. Author of the book Postmedia Performance. Contemporary Technological Context of Performative Actions. She carried out eye-tracking experiments at the Department of Graphic Design at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Wroclaw. She is a researcher and teaches at The Institute of Cultural Studies, the University of Wrocław, and The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław.
Sculptor artist, researcher, and teaching fellow at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin. She works extensively in sculpture and spatial activities, creating interdisciplinary installations, monumental objects, and site-specific and re-design works.
She has done several dedicated artistic projects for private entities and in collaboration with cultural institutions. Originator and curator of the Remondis Art Corner in Szczecin, a place in public space where monumental sculptural objects were realised. Long-time curator of One/Second Gallery in Szczecin. Animator and organiser of artistic events. Conservator of historical sculpture and architectural detail.
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Psychologist and a doctoral candidate at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Arts, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland. She earned her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Psychology in Brest State University (Belarus) and completed her Master’s degree in Cognitive Sciences in Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Poland). Her research focuses on the intersection of embodied cognition and VR therapy, with a particular emphasis on the practical applications of virtual reality for mental health and the phenomenological aspects of immersive experiences. In her work, she incorporates art therapy and narrative therapy techniques, examining them through a philosophical lens.