Joanna Zalewska
Biographic Data
| ID | 4046185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna Zalewska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Zalewska |
| SIGNATURE | ZALEWSKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2605-669X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Washing in a Bowl, Bathing, and Showering in Urban Poland: Studying the Dynamics of Practice
Drawing on practice theory and on retrospective in-depth interviews with 24 couples and four individuals, this article discusses the dynamics of practice, using the example of transitions in body cleanliness practice in urban Poland between the postwar period and the 2010s. The transitions in washing unfold across interconnected practices that take particular forms due to the relations between them and between their elements: 1) in the postwar pe…
Od miski do saloniku kąpielowego. Udomowienie nowoczesnej łazienki
Celem artykułu jest analiza procesów upowszechniania się i przemian łazienek w prywatnych mieszkaniach w dużych polskich miastach od połowy XX wieku do współczesności, przy użyciu koncepcji udomowienia urządzeń oraz pojęcia reżimu łazienki. Badania prowadzono metodą retrospektywnych wywiadów pogłębionych w Warszawie i Poznaniu, poprzedzając je ilościową analizą tempa upowszechniania się łazienki i związanej z nią infrastruktury w Polsce. W okresi…
Udomowienie Frani: Jak pralka wirnikowa zmieniała rodziny, relacje z przedmiotami i prace domowe w realnym socjalizmie
Głównym celem artykułu jest przetestowanie teorii udomowienia urządzeń w kontekście gospodarki realnego socjalizmu oraz rozwinięcie wiedzy o związkach między udomowieniem AGD a podziałem obowiązków domowych. Na podstawie historycznych danych GUS oraz 24 wywiadów diadycznych i 39 indywidualnych pogłębionych analizujemy udomowienie pralki wirnikowej w Polsce w środowisku wielkomiejskim. Pokazujemy, że forma etapów udomowienia pralki wirnikowej w PR…
Towards Modern Laundry Practice in Urban Socialist Poland
Drawing on ethnographic data and applying practice theory, this article discusses the emergence of modern laundry practice in urban socialist Poland. We follow an "elemental" approach to social practices: practice consists of meanings, materials, and competences. We analyze the transition of laundering from modern meanings (high standards of cleanliness), through modern materials (running water, washing machine) towards modern competences (indivi…
Przemiany emocjonalności w procesie rewolucji konsumpcyjnej
Changes in Emotionality Throughout Consumer Revolution This article discusses changes in emotionality throughout the consumer revolution in urban contexts in Poland. There are two types of emotionality: emotionality imbedded in discourse of progress; and modern hedonism. Drawing upon ethnographic data, emotions towards domesticated technologies were analyzed. Discourse of progress dominates among informants from older historical generations, mode…
The wall unit: State policy and the emergence of fashion in People’s Poland
Consumption in modern, capitalist countries is studied through the lens of fashion. We claim that it is fruitful to apply the concept of fashion to an analysis of consumption in a modern socialist country. By using the example of the wall unit, we discuss the emergence of fashion through the mechanism of state policy in Poland under the Communist regime. The socialist state was responsible for the propagation and implementation of modernity. The …
Technologies in the practices of daily life: Introduction
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRACTICES OF DAILY LIFE – SPECIAL THEMATIC SECTION
And it all happened in our lifetime” – progress and comfort: The Meaning of Technology Domestication Practices
The domestication of technology in People’s Republic of Poland was the key factor in the shift towards consumer society. Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the meanings of the social practices of domestication of technologies in the second half of the twentieth century in Poland. The practices of domestication of technologies were organized around the meanings of progress and comfort. The discourse of progress was legitimized …
Consumer revolution in People’s Poland: Technologies in everyday life and the negotiation between custom and fashion (1945–1980)
Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the adoption of technologies into everyday life in People’s Poland, in the wider theoretical context of the consumer revolution or a shift in consumption patterns towards fashion. There were two mechanisms of the consumer revolution in People’s Poland: collective usefulness and modern hedonism. For the mechanism of collective usefulness, the main factors in the shift in consumption patterns w…
And it all happened in our lifetime” – progress and comfort: The Meaning of Technology Domestication Practices
The domestication of technology in People’s Republic of Poland was the key factor in the shift towards consumer society. Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the meanings of the social practices of domestication of technologies in the second half of the twentieth century in Poland. The practices of domestication of technologies were organized around the meanings of progress and comfort. The discourse of progress was legitimized …
Consumer revolution in People’s Poland: Technologies in everyday life and the negotiation between custom and fashion (1945–1980)
Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the adoption of technologies into everyday life in People’s Poland, in the wider theoretical context of the consumer revolution or a shift in consumption patterns towards fashion. There were two mechanisms of the consumer revolution in People’s Poland: collective usefulness and modern hedonism. For the mechanism of collective usefulness, the main factors in the shift in consumption patterns w…
Consumer revolution in People’s Poland: Technologies in everyday life and the negotiation between custom and fashion (1945–1980)
Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the adoption of technologies into everyday life in People’s Poland, in the wider theoretical context of the consumer revolution or a shift in consumption patterns towards fashion. There were two mechanisms of the consumer revolution in People’s Poland: collective usefulness and modern hedonism. For the mechanism of collective usefulness, the main factors in the shift in consumption patterns w…
Technologies in the practices of daily life: Introduction
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRACTICES OF DAILY LIFE – SPECIAL THEMATIC SECTION
And it all happened in our lifetime” – progress and comfort: The Meaning of Technology Domestication Practices
The domestication of technology in People’s Republic of Poland was the key factor in the shift towards consumer society. Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the meanings of the social practices of domestication of technologies in the second half of the twentieth century in Poland. The practices of domestication of technologies were organized around the meanings of progress and comfort. The discourse of progress was legitimized …
Przemiany emocjonalności w procesie rewolucji konsumpcyjnej
Changes in Emotionality Throughout Consumer Revolution This article discusses changes in emotionality throughout the consumer revolution in urban contexts in Poland. There are two types of emotionality: emotionality imbedded in discourse of progress; and modern hedonism. Drawing upon ethnographic data, emotions towards domesticated technologies were analyzed. Discourse of progress dominates among informants from older historical generations, mode…
The wall unit: State policy and the emergence of fashion in People’s Poland
Consumption in modern, capitalist countries is studied through the lens of fashion. We claim that it is fruitful to apply the concept of fashion to an analysis of consumption in a modern socialist country. By using the example of the wall unit, we discuss the emergence of fashion through the mechanism of state policy in Poland under the Communist regime. The socialist state was responsible for the propagation and implementation of modernity. The …
Udomowienie Frani: Jak pralka wirnikowa zmieniała rodziny, relacje z przedmiotami i prace domowe w realnym socjalizmie
Głównym celem artykułu jest przetestowanie teorii udomowienia urządzeń w kontekście gospodarki realnego socjalizmu oraz rozwinięcie wiedzy o związkach między udomowieniem AGD a podziałem obowiązków domowych. Na podstawie historycznych danych GUS oraz 24 wywiadów diadycznych i 39 indywidualnych pogłębionych analizujemy udomowienie pralki wirnikowej w Polsce w środowisku wielkomiejskim. Pokazujemy, że forma etapów udomowienia pralki wirnikowej w PR…
Towards Modern Laundry Practice in Urban Socialist Poland
Drawing on ethnographic data and applying practice theory, this article discusses the emergence of modern laundry practice in urban socialist Poland. We follow an "elemental" approach to social practices: practice consists of meanings, materials, and competences. We analyze the transition of laundering from modern meanings (high standards of cleanliness), through modern materials (running water, washing machine) towards modern competences (indivi…
Od miski do saloniku kąpielowego. Udomowienie nowoczesnej łazienki
Celem artykułu jest analiza procesów upowszechniania się i przemian łazienek w prywatnych mieszkaniach w dużych polskich miastach od połowy XX wieku do współczesności, przy użyciu koncepcji udomowienia urządzeń oraz pojęcia reżimu łazienki. Badania prowadzono metodą retrospektywnych wywiadów pogłębionych w Warszawie i Poznaniu, poprzedzając je ilościową analizą tempa upowszechniania się łazienki i związanej z nią infrastruktury w Polsce. W okresi…
Washing in a Bowl, Bathing, and Showering in Urban Poland: Studying the Dynamics of Practice
Drawing on practice theory and on retrospective in-depth interviews with 24 couples and four individuals, this article discusses the dynamics of practice, using the example of transitions in body cleanliness practice in urban Poland between the postwar period and the 2010s. The transitions in washing unfold across interconnected practices that take particular forms due to the relations between them and between their elements: 1) in the postwar pe…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Consumption (sociology (2 works)