W poszukiwaniu „odrębnej rzeczywistości”. O potrzebie transgresji w kontekście szamanizmu / In Search of “Separate Reality”. About the Need for Transgression in Context of Shamanism

<p>Beginning with specificity of contestation moves of 1960’s the author poses a question about the causes for human proclivity towards altered states of consciousness. The search for an answer leads her to trans shaman practices and ways of achieving ecstatic states which are the bases of shamanism. The author indicates the biological conditions of  transgressive states showing that they have not  been properly analyzed by pop culture.</p

DNA. Czy potrzebne jest nam dziś bioliteracy? / DNA – Do We Need Bioliteracy Today?

<p>Since its discovery in 1963 the structure of double helix has become the icon of scientific developments and promises of solving the most important problems of humanity. When talking about genetic research people usually use language deriving from linguistics and information theory. Metaphors used in programs and articles about DNA and genetics in  the field of popular science cause many  misunderstandings and are favorable for ideological understanding on these phenomena. Meanwhile  comprehending these concepts even on a basic level might in the near future be just as important as computer skills nowadays.</p

O physiologii / About physiology

<p>The author essays to outline the history of  physiology. The neologism phisiologia hidden in the title is used to emphasize both the history of the  term as well as the development of practices, which are immediately connected with a specific understanding of physis, rules of the world, nature and “internal” human nature seized by “bloody  practices” – phlebotomy so wildly spread in bygone ages. The author also emphasizes the  interconnections of medicine and philosophy in 17th and 18th century and the beginnings of 19th-century physiology as a separate branch of medicine. Nowadays physiology is mostly connected to  proceeding medicalization and technicality which pose questions about the boundaries of nature, culture and humans and the ways to transgress  them. The way Cultural Studies, Culture Studies and Anthropology are understood still remains persistently important.</p

Smutek tropików i smutni artyści. Klasyczne dzieło Claude’a Lévi-Straussa jako inspiracja współczesnej polskiej sztuki konceptualnej / Tristes tropiques and tristes artists. Classical Works of Claude Lévi-Strauss as an Inspiration for Modern Polish Conceptual Art

<p>Tristes tropiques and tristes artists. Classical Works<br>of Claude Lévi-Strauss as an Inspiration<br>for Modern Polish Conceptual Art</p> <p></p

Płeć (w) fizjologii sportu / Gender in sport physiology

<p>Physiology is one of the most important sciences for professional sports. By delivering knowledge of the body it positively influences the improvement of sports abilities and allows sportspeople achieve better results. At the same time it validates divisions including gender division. The article is a critical feminist analysis of physiology and questions if  physiology is neutral from the point of view of gender. “Gender (in) sports physiology” is ambiguous, on the one hand it emphasizes the meaning of the category<br>of gender and gender differences on the other it  relates to (non)gender character of physiology as science.</p

O genealogię ludzi naukowych? Autobiografia, antropologia i nauka na warsztacie humanistów / About Genealogy of Scientific People? Autobiography, Anthropology and Science at a Humanist Workshop

<p>About Genealogy of Scientific People? Autobiography,<br>Anthropology and Science at a Humanist Workshop</p

Senses Transgression in the Era of Technological Augmentation

<p>The article explores the matter of broadening sensual capabilities (sensorial, perceptual and cognitive) with the use of new technologies. The author is going to analyze certain interfaces in the field of assistant technologies, which means  technologies that support dedicated to people with cognitive, perceptual and motor dysfunctions. The  author also focuses on specific uses of technologies for the disabled, which are designed within the concept design for all so with many different users in mind including those who have special needs. The discussed technologies open important questions about cultural changes in the era of cyber culture  especially transformations of perceptual, cognitive and communicative processes. </p

Niezwykłe doznania i gry (z) percepcją, czyli proces twórczy w butō / Amazing Experiences and Games (with) Perception in Other Words Creative Process in butō

<p>Amazing Experiences and Games (with) Perception<br>in Other Words Creative Process in butō</p

Przestrzenie kooperacji i re-artykulacja materialności. W stronę miejskiego modelu sztuki współpracy / Cooperative Spaces and Re-articulation of Materiality. Towards Urban Model of Art of CooperationCooperative Spaces and Re-articulation of Materiality. Towards Urban Model of Art of Cooperation

<p>Cooperative Spaces and Re-articulation of Materiality.<br>Towards Urban Model of Art of Cooperation</p

Fizjologie/transgresje. Od Minotaura do cyborga / Physiologies/Transgressions. From Minotaur to Cyborg

<p>The order of depicting has always been located in opposition to word (logos) that is why what can be said has always been valued more. Not until Sigmund Freud showed that what is said “not  entirely” has the power of agency. Freud’s success was parallel to an important discovery of what was later called literary theory. According to Ranciére  depicting expressed in a piece of art can be cupped as characteristic tactics of perceiving. Ranciére proposes unprejudiced reading of respective pieces  of art in all their depictive concreteness and the article shows his standpoint wending towards clear articulation of the thesis: it is only a piece of art that may contain visibility and invisibility, knowledge and ignorance (logos and pathos) in one space (of depicting).</p