This volume is the result of the 10th International Society for Shamanistic Research Conference held in Warsaw 5–9 October 2011. The Conference was organized by: the Polish Institute of World Art Studies, the Institute of Eastern Studies at the... więcej >

The book Art in Jewish society contains a wide spectrum of interpretations of Jewish art in the social and cultural context. The authors of these studies presented the profiles of artists and people of art as well as artistic trends against the... więcej >

Pole zainteresowań naukowych pisma stanowią teoretyczne i historyczne zagadnienia sztuk plastycznych, multimediów, filmu, dramatu i muzyki. Kolejne tomy mają charakter zbiorowych prac monograficznych. Podejmowane są w nich zagadnienia istotne z... więcej >

THE HOMELESSNESS OF ARTReferences to „being settled” somewhere and being „homeless” have reappearedin various disciplines of the humanities for a long time. Those concepts were usedin different contexts and in different senses. In 20th... więcej >

ARTISTIC ALLERGIESIn its literal application, the term allergy, connoting a reactiondifferent from the customary – from the Greek allos (“different”)and ergos (“reaction”) – is used in the field of medicine. However,in the cultural... więcej >

PERFORMATIVE ASPECTS OF ARTThe concept of performativity has been usually evoked in the discussions onthe philosophy of language and the reflection on theatre and performance art.However, in recent years there have been some attempts to broaden its... więcej >

Margins and Marginalization The concepts spelled out in the title Margins and Marginalization usually carry negative connotations. They are associated with having to live outside the main current of events, or with the peripheral and thus... więcej >

Zwroty artystyczne Kategoria „zwrotu” w badaniach nad kulturą od kilkunastu lat wywołuje zainteresowanie u przedstawicieli różnych dziedzin humanistyki. Pisano wiele na temat performative turn, interpretative turn, postcolonial turn,... więcej >

Art of Japan, Japanism and Polish-Japanese Art Relations consists of 48 studies prepared in conjunction with the international conference organized by the Polish Society of Oriental Art (now Polish Institute of World Art Studies) at the Museum of... więcej >