Niepowodzenia prokreacyjne. Antropologia w badaniu doświadczenia porażki
Anthropology as an Instrument of Studying the Experience of Failure

Summary/Abstract: Anthropology as an Instrument of Studying the Experience of FailureReflections presented in this text consider the social dimension of experiencing procreation failures in Poland – first and foremost, unplanned pregnancy, abortion, and unsuccessful treatment of infertility. For several years the author conducted studies applying the participatory method by becoming involved in various roles in institutions that co-organise the experience of procreation failures by defining them and rendering help in crisis situations (predominantly clinics specialising in treating infertility and pro-life organisations). Pertinent studies made it possible to devise anthropological tools for studying failures and an attempt at sketching the complexity of experiencing it, involved in extensive social contexts (ideological discourses, the activity of social sub-systems, concepts and practise, as well as genres and forms of expression subjected to conventionalisation).

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