http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38309 2026-04-17T18:56:34Z 2026-04-17T18:56:34Z Giorgino, Vincenzo M. B. http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38384 2021-07-30T01:32:52Z 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z

Book Review: Konecki, Krzysztof T. 2018. "Advances in Contemplative Social Research". Lodz: Wydawnictwo UŁ / Cracow: Jagiellonian University Press Giorgino, Vincenzo M. B.

2020-08-07T00:00:00Z Lange, Łucja http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38382 2021-07-30T01:33:02Z 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z

An Attempt to Restore the Ordinary Death to the Visual Realm—Artistic, Therapeutic, and Ethical Aspects of the Post-Mortem Photography of Children in the 21st Century. Short Introduction Lange, Łucja Post-mortem photography was a transcendental element in the 19th century, which not only democratized portraiture, but also helped in the bereavement process. The comeback of post-mortem photography as a psychological tool helping parents of deceased children to cope with death was only a matter of time. The role and importance of memento-moris has to be taken into account in order to make significant changes in the grieving process, but all of the aspects of this kind of photography need to be considered. The artistic, therapeutic, and ethical dimensions of post-mortem photography in the 21st century has its rules, and those rules need to be followed. The article constitutes only a part of the research devoted to the bereavement process from a sociological perspective.

2020-08-07T00:00:00Z Kaźmierska, Kaja http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38383 2023-09-04T09:51:42Z 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ethical Aspects of Social Research: Old Concerns in the Face of New Challenges and Paradoxes. A Reflection from the Field of Biographical Method Kaźmierska, Kaja The paper deals with the ethical aspects of the research process and contemporary changes in this field, which make the discussion on ethical dilemmas and concerns more dynamic and varied. Although in natural science and social sciences one can find a common ground related to the most general ethical principles. In the article I refer primarily to the social sciences. The article discusses three aspects affecting the dynamics of ethical discussions: the development of research in the field of natural sciences leading to many ethical dilemmas and forcing ethical codification of research proceedings also in the area of social sciences; the increase in sensitivity and social consciousness and not only awareness of research as such (processes of democratization, emphasizing human and animal rights, protection of minority rights, the process of individualization); the dynamics of contemporary social changes resulting from the development of technology, especially the Internet, which has become a global resource of data and their exchange. This forces qualitative researchers to consider the issue of data archiving, their reanalysis, and determining the boundary for creating Big Qualidata from them. The article discusses these three dimensions, with particular emphasis on the last of them, which will be commented on in relation to the specific methodological approach, which is biographical research.

2020-08-07T00:00:00Z Segovia, Jimena Silva http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38381 2021-07-30T01:33:00Z 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z

Body, Beauty, and Death in an Andean Context: A Self-Ethnographic Narration Segovia, Jimena Silva With this article I seek to build bridges between the different narrative elements where the body is situated as a central language, of experiences as a researcher in socio-cultural contexts of Bolivian indigenous peoples in the years 1984 and 1998. In this biographical period I have lived different reflective processes, frustrations, and successes that can contribute to an understanding of the framework of gender, ethnic, and political relations. This text, auto-ethnographic, enables us to see the deconstruction and subjective transformations in an androcentric context of a traditional Andean culture, as well as the investigative awareness achieved during interactions in the field. In my field work I have used tools from different disciplines (anthropology, sociology, social psychology), that are useful for validating the autoethnography as a methodological model to the gender autonomy, listening and learning the different ways of understanding corporal discourses. That is, I wish to recognize the value of various types of production and interpretation of knowledge, such as narration, arts, literature, film, and photography that favors emancipation of the peoples and their inhabitants.

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