Interakcje z architekturą. Społeczne sprawstwo zabudowy

The article describes the role of urban design in the theoretical prospect of the sociology of architecture. I argue that the architecture and design select people (user and tenants) using aesthetic parameter. The proces...

Media i geopolityki późnej nowoczesności. Naturalizacja i nostalgia jako horyzont wspólnot wyobrażonych.

Contemporary media organize exchange by means of Internet, bridges, convergences, double addressing… The result is overproduction of hybrids with mixed weak ontology and inclusion of digital augments into living space. I...

Ciało miarą rzeczy? Świdryga i Midryga Bolesława Leśmiana

„Jestem zwykłym ludzkim automatem”. Figura człowieka-maszyny w tekstach polskich zespołów pierwszej połowy lat 80.

The figure of a man‑machine(a cyborg, an android)is a metaphor of social attitudes representedin art relatively frequently. In the paperthe problem of the presence of man‑machinein popular culture is analysed on the basi...

Homeland and Resilience: Immunitas, Katechon, the Uncanny, and Trauma’s Displacement

The paper focuses on the category of resilience as it refers to the capacity of socio-political systems to withstand stress or to adapt to it. Invoking resilience enables a multifaceted reading of the TV series Homeland...