SOCJOLOGIA MUZYKI

Author(s): Barbara Jabłońska / Language(s): Polish

Socjologia muzyki to monografia naukowa o muzycznym wymiarze życia społecznego ludzi oraz o refleksji socjologicznej na jego temat. Pierwsza część pracy poświęcona została teoretyczno-metodologicznym zagadnieniom związanym z muzyką i społeczeństwem. Jest to część, w której na nowo ukonstytuowane zostały fundamenty socjologii muzyki, pojmowanej jako odrębna subdyscyplina wiedzy naukowej. Druga część książki odnosi się do takich zagadnień, jak muzyka i edukacja, muzyka i polityka, muzyka i religia, czy też muzyka i nowe technologie. Socjologia muzyki to praca, która ma na celu wskrzeszenie dyskursu naukowego na temat ludzkich praktyk nakierowanych na muzykę oraz ożywienie tradycji badań nad muzyką i społeczeństwem. Z pewnością książka ta zainteresuje socjologów, kulturoznawców, muzykologów oraz wszystkich tych, dla których sztuka dźwięków jest ważnym elementem codzienności.

Film. Kép. Nyelv

Author(s): / Language(s): Hungarian

Edukacja, kultura, sztuka – spoistość a integracja

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Education, culture and art are subject to transformations, therefore they require reinterpretation being orientated not so much on their development but rather on social utility, readiness to manifest in other areas of human activity. They form a transparent network of relationships correlations that exemplifies the principle of reciprocity, an extremely important principle in education, which is embodied in the sphere of mutual exchange of services. Education, culture and art have always been mutually supportive, and determined each other’s development. All of these three areas accompany man throughout his life, however education, owing to the aspect of its institutionalisation and obligation, has become part and parcel of everyday life not only during childhood and adolescence, since the need for self development and education is permanent. Art and culture, even though they are constantly present in the social space, too often they remain outside the sphere of the awareness of a human, who does not notice them, underestimates them or even marginalises. This attitude is a result of lack or insufficiency of proper education. The observed absence or insufficiency of education in the field of culture and art poses a threat to the quality of life – on the one hand, whereas on the other hand it is a field that constitutes a space open for development, for focusing the attention of educational and social environments of parents, teachers, caregivers, local authorities and politicians on the essence of a systematic, deliberate inclusion of culture and art into modern education and the need for it. What the authors of the articles point out in this volume is that modern times bring about many dangers, traumatic experiences, irregularities that create barriers to a satisfying, full development.Let us, therefore, avail ourselves of the cultural heritage, of various fields of art, whichfor centuries have been waiting in readiness for social action. This need was postulated by Plato, Aristotle, Molière, Shakespeare, Durkheim, Comte, Znaniecki, Bernstein, Parsons, Radlińska, Beuys or Hanuszkiewicz. Maybe our contemporary activity in this field will make widespread what has been realised only to a limited extent. May these precious ingredients, i.e. culture and art, enrich education.Modern times, marked by, among others, cultural diversity, aging, social maladjustment, lackof social dialogue, the dominance of consumption oriented culture, lack of interest in culturalheritage and various fields of art, or inability to enjoy them, should be subjected to urgent educational activities carried out by both school and other educational environments, being aware of the role of education, culture and art in everyday life. In this context, art cannot be perceived merely as an artistic experience or feeling, nowadays – more than ever – it should become social practice, therefore it is analysed more and more frequently in sociological convention, and seen as one of the elements of the social system. History confirms the cohesiveness and integration of education, culture and art.The authors of the texts comprised in this volume express the need for demonstrating notso much an individual space of education, culture and art, but, above all, a common space ofthese activities, their reciprocity in the perspective of socio-cultural and civilisation transformations. The presented here considerations expose some chosen aspects of social life in these areas, showing the need for their mutual permeation, support and complementation, and the feasibility of that. The reader will not always find, in the presented texts, in-depth analyses within the particular thematic areas, since the intention of the authors was, in fact, to draw attention to certain contexts, sections of social reality that should benefit from the integration of education, culture and art.The paper consists of two parts, each of which presents specific thematic issues. The first partof the study, entitled: Deliberations on the experience of the present and the need for transformationsin the educational system in view of the requirements imposed by modern times, containsseven texts focused on the issues of education and the institution of school that is aware of thenecessity to meet the requirements of the present. The second part of the volume – under thetitle: Art and culture as a means of enhancing educational processes in the individual and social space, also comprises seven articles, which, this time, emphasise the contribution of culture / art understood not only as a specific work, but also as a certain attitude / readiness / willingness to act in the process of daily activities. The presented texts, being the result of research activities, theoretical analyses and scientific interests of individual authors, are characterized by significant diversity.

Dizajn w kontekście estetyki. Jego początki, przeobrażenia i konotacje

Author(s): Alicja Głutkowska-Polniak / Language(s): Polish

The term “design”, commonly used today, however ambiguous and multidimensional, cannot be denied cognitive usefulness. Generally understood, design refersto contemporaneity, revealing the dependencies between production, consumption and culture. As a distinguished type of activities and practices, realizing the values of social aesthetic awareness, it is vibrant in today’s world.This book aims at showing the category of design in a broad cultural context, with a focus on the evolution of this notion in the 20th century. An analysis of this phenomenon, rich in multifarious connotations, begins in Europe at the approach of the 20th century, when this discipline, in a way, emerged from the sphere of artistic activity (Bauhaus, De Stijl), and ends in contemporary times. The road leads through issues strictly connected with the development of technology and aesthetics, but exclusively within the aspect of human life and functioning. In fact, design has always been connected with man as a subject (author and recipient) and anobject that the latter has in use. As such, it carries in itself a great wealth of diverse ideologies and socio-cultural values, which it reflects in connection with human life. In this sense, design is also a reflection of a way of this life, particularly in the times of aesthetization of reality.Design, as a close connection between art, technology and life eludes all definitions; it cannot be be unambiguously boiled down to any specific esthetic theories either. Referring to Peter Bürger, it can be assumed that design is art which became so immersed in life practice, that, having lost distance to the latter, it ceased to function stricte as art and became a new area of quest and experiments. Therefore, aesthetics implicite, as seen by Władysław Tatarkiewicz, tranferred into the sphere of design: drawing from the designers’ practices, contained in items/objects/utilitarian products, in critical thought and tastes and fads of a given period, seems to be the most optimal form of an aesthetic analysis of this phenomenon. Such an analysis is a priority of this work, whereas the chronological aspect helps connect design to the (aesthetic) functioning of man starting from from modernist beginnings of the 20th century throughout postwar changes and postmodernist aesthetic relaxing.

Szkice o (nie)oryginalności. Konteksty i interpretacje

Author(s): Ryszard Solik / Language(s): Polish

Essays on (non-)Originality reflects on originality itself and on originality of the work of art. Originality is understood here as a relational and redefinable property within historically changeable circumstances and contexts. It is related to the act of questioning the objectivistic or essentialist reading of the work of art and qualities ascribed to it. As a result, also the autonomy, completeness, and independence of the artistic object – and, thus, the fixity of sets of notions used to describe it – have been questioned. “The myth of the work of art in itself” – allegedly capable of self-defining its specificity because of its substantiality – has been replaced here with the perspective of contextual entanglements; within their structure, originality proves to be negotiated instead of being settled once and for all. The questions raised in this text refer to historical ambiguity of originality, contexts of redefinitions, the discourse of modernity, and dilemmas connected to chosen phenomenaof contemporary art, which – paradoxically – longs for originality and simultaneously undermines it in numerous ways. Therefore, the presented contexts of these reflections include both traditional art and the problems that multi-paradigmaticity of contemporary artistic practice, and the hybrid nature of conceptual and interactive art cause within the discourse of originality.

Folklore in the Digital Age

Author(s): Violetta Krawczyk-Wasilewska / Language(s): English

Online and digital cultures are among the most personally gripping effects of globalisation in our increasingly networked world. While global multimedia culture may seem to endanger traditional folklore, there is no doubt that it creates new folklore as well.Folklore in the Digital Age vividly illustrates the range of e-folklore studies in updated papers and essays from the author’s 21st-century research. The themes covered include not only the most serious issues of the day, such as the 9/11 attacks and natural disasters, but also cheerier topics, such as online dating and food culture.In these essays Professor Krawczyk-Wasilewska paints a convincing picture of digital folklore as a cultural heritage. She covers a wide range of issues from all levels of society and offers fascinating insights into how online culture affects our postmodern lives.

Glamour, kobiecość, widowisko. Aktorka jako obiekt pożądania

Author(s): Agata Łuksza / Language(s): Polish

The monograph concerns two fields of studies of a theatre: woman’s studies and popular genres’ studies. The author analyses a double relation between the femininity and the performance using the category of “glamour”, understood as a visual code rising in the city milieu. This code generates and controls the spectators’ desires. The author examines not only the historical genres (in which the actress was glamorized and as result the new model of femininity “glamour” was shaped) but also the attempts of impeachment of this model made in the theatre from the second half of the 20th century.

Iluzja a realizm. Gra z widzem w sztuce holenderskiej 1580-1660

Author(s): Antoni Ziemba / Language(s): Polish

The work constitutes the panoramic study of the 17th century Dutch art taking into regard the greatest artists of this period: Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrick Vroom, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer. The author presents an integral relationship between the game of illusion and the realistic representation. The conception of picture open to spectator constitutes the interpretation’s key in author’s studies. This conception refers directly to recipient and involves him to the space and content of performance.

Pokolenia PRL na ekranie w kontekście dokumentów prasowych z epoki

Author(s): Jakub Zajdel / Language(s): Polish

The book aims to describe the complex, multilateral relations among cinematography, propaganda, and the viewers in the times of the Polish People’s Republic. In the second half of the 20th century, after they seized power, the communists launched intensive propaganda activities to create the impression that they enjoyed public support. Among the motifs developed in propaganda texts, there was the generation theme. It involvedthree generation myths, introduced gradually, to which the author refers as the myth of the generation of fight, the myth of the generation of work, and the myth of the generation of duty. They depended for their credibility on information provided by journals and memoirs collected during competitions organised by various newspapers and magazines. The cinema,in turn, was supposed to disseminate them because of its wide range of influence. However, partly for political but mostly for artistic reasons, the filmmakers usually aimed at presenting their own reaction to a generation myth rather than at illustrating it according to the expectations of those who controlled cinematography. Discussing selected fictional films, the author attempts to describe the relation between the myth and its depiction on the screen as perceived by the viewer. Importantly, the author’s intention is to reconstruct the reception of the films upon their first release rather than interpret them according to the standards of the present. Obviously, it is difficult to fully reconstruct the senses that used to provide an important context for the viewers to understand the works discussed. The author strives to accomplish this task by focusing on the senses suggested to the audience by the press, and in particular, by three groups of texts. The first group comprises propaganda texts which verbalised the generation myths. The second group includes generation memoires as published in the press (they were also published in book forms). They served as the foundation for the generation myths by providing necessary details, which were thengeneralised in the myths’ content. The third group comprises film reviews which were supposed to steer the reception of the films. The reference point for the ideological interpretation of the productions they reviewed was the image of generations disseminated by the propaganda of the time. As a result of this discussion, the reader of the book is presented with an outline of some of the complex mechanisms that shaped the cultural memory in the times of the Polish People’s Republic.

Osoby z niepełnosprawnością i sztuka. Udostępnianie – percepcja – integracja

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

This present monograph provides a reflection concerning the current state of knowledge, as well as practical results relating to concepts and problems of making more accessible within the museum space various visual arts (both traditional works of art as well as contemporary art forms) to people with various physical or mental dysfunctions and how these forms must be adapted in different ways according to the persons' perception with different dysfunctions such as visual, aural, intellectual etc. The largest part of this publication was devoted to presentation of different problems concerned with making art more accessible to people with dysfunction of sight (Part One entitled “The World Exists but Without Eyes We are Unable to See It”). In the Second Part of this monograph, entitled “With the Eyes of the Butterfly”, we presented articles relating to the ways of making the museum space more accessible to people with impaired hearing and discussed various problems concerning the perceiving of the phenomena of visual fine arts in the environment of its’ deaf recipients. An important assembly of problems and questions also tackled by the authors of this book, which we are proudly handing over now to the reader, was the fine matter of difficult accessibility of art for persons with various intellectual disorders, the problem of integration of the handicapped persons within the museum space and the importance, meaning and vitality of art in the life of people with various physical or mental dysfunctions as means of helping them to become more entwined and connected with the “normal” society. To describe this subject matter we devoted the majority of Part Three entitled “The Universe as Seen Through the Eyes of a Other”. However it must be stated that this book is primarily intended for all persons who are theoretically or practically dealing everyday with the problem of attempting to make more accessible the works of art within the museum space to all persons with various mental or physical disorders. We hope and trust that many art historians, museum educators, architects, sociologists, psychologists, cultural studies experts, linguists, translators, museum staff, curators and designers will find this book useful in their everyday work. “This elaboration – should also become an essential reading for everyone of us – for all fellow-citizens coexisting in our society with the disabled or handicapped persons. After reading this book, we hope that – many of our readers will decide to change the notion of ‹‹exclusion›› and to replace it with the notion of ‹‹coexistence››. And hopefully the ‹‹Other›› will finally become ‹‹exactly the same›› as we perceive ourselves” (citation quoted verbatim from a review of the book by professor habilitated doctor Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz).

Ludzie zamiast technologii

Author(s): Paulina Celińska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

In the contemporary art gallery the visitors with visual or hearing impairments seek the personal contact with educator much more than high-tech guiding systems. Whereas in museums guiding systems are the best solution. Why is that so, and how the Zachęta – National Gallery of Art staging only temporary exhibitions, faces the task of making over twenty exhibitions a year accessible, we will explain giving examples.

Art of Displacement

Author(s): Giovanni Perillo / Language(s): English

In his artistic research, Giovanni Perillo aims to generate conflicts with oneself, to weaken certainties, stereotypes and rigid expectations, encouraging a dialogue to express one’s reflections on the real freedom of one’s choices and on the possible influences that they imply. Through a détourner, a displacement, a deviation from alienating cultural mechanisms, aesthetic experimentation can become practical for a transformation towards a different self-awareness.“Taking the cue from the theory of events, I started to research stimuli and creative interaction processes through my artistic investigation and production. The stimuli had to be able to arouse behaviours and interpretations that are far from conformist and pre-established models.The interpretations, as answers to a stimulus coming from reality, are the significant consequences of the sense and vision of reality.The conventional and conformist interpretations form the specific psychological structure of a culture, and for this reason, they are its identity.If the reactions of the individuals who interact with artwork were not spontaneous, heterogeneous or unpredictable, they would show the homogenized and homogenizing game of taking part to practices where roles and goals of the playe

Bazgrota w twórczości plastycznej dziecka

Author(s): Urszula Szuścik / Language(s): Polish

The book presents the assumptions and results of the pedagogical experiment on the genesis of scribble and its transformation by stimulation of visual perception. The study involved children aged 2 and 3 years. As we know, the scribble period is one of the most difficult periods to study in the development of child’s drawing creativity. During this time, the areas of cognitive, enactive and communicational development of the child are formed and integrated. It is a discovery for the child to have left the first graphic trace. I asked myself a question concerning the extent to which the child’s visual stimulation determines his/her original drawing – a scribble. To what extent does his/her visual stimulation change as a result of this impact in terms of the diversity of linear quality, colour patches and shapes – figures? What, therefore, new formal features does the scribble acquire? These are some of the questions I tried to answer in the present work. My approach to the analysis of children’s scribbles rests upon my assumption that this is a kind of specific endeavor able to rebuild the child’s visual and motor experience by means of stimulation of his/her visual perception. The research hypothesis involved the stimulation of children’s artistic creativity depending on the shaping of their visual perception by strictly defined visual stimuli within colours, lines and figures. Visual stimuli formed perceptual patterns determined by individual research tasks. The experiment covered 15 exercises, including five exercises on colors, five on lines and five on figures. The book consists of three main chapters and extensive appendices. I discussed the issue of a scribble in the development of the child’s artistic expression in the first chapter of the work, referring to the concept of the development of artistic creativity and visual perception of selected researchers. I described the development of visual and artistic values in a child’s scribble, namely a line, a color patch, a circle and a figure. I attribute a special role to the development of the child’s visual perception. Moreover, I think that the formation of the semantic aspect of the scribble is one of the elements of the child’s cognitive development that leads to thought-drawing transformations. This issue is presented in the theoretical analysis of the work. Child’s scribbling was an inspiration for many artists; that’s why I have resolved to discuss this topic in this chapter. Seeking answers to this problem, I have contrasted selected examples of children’s scribbles and works of art. In my opinion, what combines them in the beauty of the simplicity of artistic solutions is creative intuition. In the second chapter of the work, I have presented the assumptions of my research, research problems, adopted hypotheses, research procedure, variables and indicators. The whole research was of complementary character. The third chapter of the book presents the analysis of the research results and their interpretation. This is where I provide evidence to support my thesis about the importance of stimulating the children’s scribble by means of visual perception. It can be concluded that the child’s scribbles illustrate and create a chain of transformation of his/her experience. An integral part of the book is a CD, which contains the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the research results, selected examples of children’s artworks from the research that show the diversity and originality of solutions in children’s scribbles. The experiment, conducted and presented in the monograph entitled Scribble in the child’s artistic creation (2019), proved that the formation of visual thinking in children takes place by means of visual perception. Such a process leads to the enrichment of their perceptual experience and the ultimate result: artistic activity.

Hastábhinaja: Gesta rukou v tradičním divadelním umění Indie

Author(s): Šárka Havlíčková Kysová / Language(s): Czech

The monograph “Hand Gestures in Traditional Indian Theatre” deals with a traditional Indian acting style, particularly with hand gestures. Its focus lies in a specific form of actor-viewer communication, a communication conducted by means of mudras, or symbolic hand positions. Mudras make up an autonomous language system that can express every single thought or emotion. The research is based on ancient and contemporary theatre literature in Sanskrit, English and French, chiefly on poetics and acting manuals, and on contemporary practice of traditional theatre and dance in India. The most important sources of the research were the kootiyattam and kathakali theatres.

Oblékám se, tedy jsem. Aneb je skutečně pravda, že šaty dělají člověka?

Author(s): Jana Horáková / Language(s): Czech

This book tries to find out whether the statement "Clothes make the man" is true. Although it is a popular phrase, no one in the field of science and research has yet been able to unequivocally confirm or refute it. For this purpose, the author used a theoretical analysis of historical and contemporary concepts dealing with the relationship between personality and clothing. The book is divided into several parts. First, it deals with the definition of human personality. The second part deals with fashion. In the third part, the previous two areas are connected in the field of the psychology of clothing. The reader may get acquainted with the main representatives of the psychology of clothing or with various typologies. The final part presents the results of research, reflections on the possible benefits of this topic as well as reflections on the possibilities of further research.

Life in Health 2019: Research and Practice: Proceedings of the International Conference held on 5–6 September 2019

Author(s): / Language(s): English

This proceedings contains a selection of papers from the internacional interdisciplinary conference Life in Health 2019, which took place from 5 to 6 September 2019 in the Czech Republic at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. The papers focus on general as well as specific approaches to public health protection and promotion. The findings presented are based on research data and are applicable in health education and general education of children and the whole population.

Türk Sanatı ve Mitolojisinde Yer Alan Hayvan Figürlerinin Günümüz Giysilerine Yansımaları

Author(s): Elif Turan Aslan / Language(s): Turkish

In this study, it is aimed to present the source of animal figures in Turkish art and mythology, their mythological meanings and the branches of art in which they are applied, by adding a contemporary interpretation to the figures that will inspire, adapting them to clothing designs, ensuring their sustainability and the up-to-date use of cultural elements in the field of fashion and textile. Within the scope of the study, it is understood that the phenomenon of mythology and animal style have a great influence in Turkish art. Animal figures used in Turkish Art and mythology during the Hun, Göktürk, Uyghur, Seljuk and Ottoman periods; It has been applied in art fields such as stone, wood, metal, miniature, tile and weaving. Legendary animals such as double-headed eagle, dragon, phoenix (simurg), griffin, siren, sphinx, clay were frequently used in Turkish art, which has grown and developed from past to present. It is seen that the meanings attributed to the mythical (fantastic) animal figures are shaped by religious beliefs, legends and epics. These mythological animal figures contain qualities such as protection, guiding as an element of fertility, and benevolent. In Turkish Art, animal figures were used less frequently than plant and geometric motifs. In the historical process, the works of mythical animal figures such as the emerald phoenix, double-headed eagle, dragon, sphinx, siren, griffin and clay, which are animal figures in Turkish art and mythology, have been examined in detail by considering their meanings. Designs have been prepared by considering textile surface arrangement and decoration techniques such as animal figures, clothes, digital printing on garment complements, sequin-bead embroidery, embroidery, applique, needle felt. 30 computer-aided designs consisting of clothes, shawls, bags and neck collars were made using emerald phoenix, double-headed eagle, dragon and sphinx figures.

Sport i sztuka – ku wszechstronnemu kształceniu pięknego człowieka

Author(s): Jolanta Elżbieta Kowalska,Barbara Pędraszewska-Sołtys / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

One of the elements of comprehensive education is aesthetic education, treated as the totality of conscious influences on human and their actions in order to sensitise them to beauty, goodness and truth, as well as to achieve the development of creative activity, expression, and skilful reception of art through contact with its various fields. Sport provides a lot of emotions and creative inspiration for artists who can experience double emotions - those related to the beauty of the body and the athlete's effort, sports competition, as well as artistic expression in various fields of art, i.e.: literature, painting, sculpture, music, film or contemporary audiovisual forms. In the article, the authors attempt to indicate examples of such inspiration with sport in selected artists in various fields of art, thus pointing out the significant relationship between sport and art in the comprehensive development of a beautiful, sensitive to others human beings.

Aktuální tanečněvědný diskurz: Obraty v současném tanci

Author(s): Jitka Pavlišová,Albina Feofilaktova,Barbora Liška / Language(s): Czech

This theoretically-analytical publication focuses on the theatrical dance and its transformations during the last decades. Through several individual studies, it targets especially the phenomenon of so-called turns (installative, ecological, posthuman and archival) which define the latest evolution of dance. The research relies on fundamental foreign theoretical concepts which had been absent in the Czech academical dance studies discourse so far. The authors of this publicatin thus aim at establishing and reflecting these concepts in the domestic environment as well.

The Artist and the Subway

Author(s): Heejae Kim,Daniel Kurz / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

For both visitors and natives, the geography of New York City can be challenging to navigate. Literally divided into dozens of islands, with its only mainland connection via The Bronx, the Five Boroughs present different kinds of landmasses that millions experience daily—living in, visiting, escaping from, transiting, and utilizing them. Not only has the Subway System become a key aspect and symbol of New York’s culture, but it has also become infamous on a national scale. Uniting all since the early 1900s has been the Subway System, which continues to inspire, frustrate, challenge, alienate and envelop modern artists of every kind to his day. Through various sources and the thoughts/words of postwar artists Yoko Ono, Ellie Kayu Ng, Keith Haring, and James Yang, we have explored the New York Subway and its openness for interpretation. Out of countless post-war artists who have included the Subway in their artwork, we have chosen to compare and contrast a few artists who have utilized the subway in differing ways in their art. The Subway System has been depicted and interpreted in countless ways to communicate its promise, aesthetic, democratic spirit, kinetics and, of course, connectivity. Ultimately, we have come to the conclusion that Subway can be interpreted in endless ways, allowing artists to form differing views, feelings, and meanings from the same subject, in this case, the Subway.