Kamil Pietrowiak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4046223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kamil Pietrowiak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kamil |
| FAMILY NAME | Pietrowiak |
| SIGNATURE | PIETROWIAK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gdańsk |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7690-7811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Affordances and Motivations of Guide Dog Puppy Raisers: Reasons for Starting, Continuing, and Quitting Volunteering
The article explores the motivations of volunteer guide dog puppy raisers at three key stages of their involvement: beginning volunteering, continuing it, and ceasing the involvement. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with 34 puppy raisers from Poland and Slovakia, the author examines the main internal, external, and organizational factors that shaped their engagement in this form of volunteering. Using the concept of affordances, the stu…
“You Can Compare It to a Car, Because a Car Gives You That Kind of Freedom”: Automotive Metaphors and Comparisons in the Narratives of Trainers and Guide Dog Handlers
This article examines the metaphorical comparison of guide dogs to cars in the narratives of visually impaired handlers and trainers. Based on qualitative data collected in Poland and Slovakia, it explores how this metaphor is used to convey experiences of mobility, independence, trust, and competence. The car metaphor—found in references to specific brands, vehicle types, and driving experiences—helps articulate the practical and emotional value…
“Follow the Dog”: Using the Go-Along Method in Research on Training and Working with Guide Dogs for People with Visual Impairment
Training and working with a guide dog both take place largely on the move, in public spaces, on the way to the next destination. Trainers, puppy raisers, and visually impaired handlers travel many miles with the dog, learning about each other and interacting with various elements of the environment. The go-along method – used by sociologists, ethnographers, and geographers studying the interdependence of movement, space, perception, daily practic…
Unforgettable lessons: Life in Polish residential schools for children with visual impairments as narrated by former students
This article presents recollections, experience and emotions expressed by 19 research participants who have studied and lived in Polish residential schools for children with visual impairments between 1985–2013. Based on in-depth interviews, I explore the impact of residential schools on their graduates’ future attitudes and actions, including their perceptions of social integration vs. segregation of people with visual impairments. I focus on sa…
Relacja, zobowiązanie, współpraca. Założenia i wyzwania badań etnograficznych wśród osób niewidomych
The article presents the main assumptions and conditions of collaboration between the author and the vision-impaired research participants over several years of ethnographic research (2011–2017). Adopting the perspective of philosophy of dialogue, the author follows different stages of rapport, focusing on mutual expectations and emotions, as well as relationship dynamics and its underlying conditions in general. The author’s long-term research w…
Pamięć zmysłów. Oznaki przejściowości
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » PamiÄ Ä zmysÅ ów. Oznaki przejÅ ciowoÅ ci A A A
Antropologia zmysłów i sensoryczna etnografia – geneza, założenia, podejścia badawcze
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » Antropologia zmysÅ ów i sensoryczna etnografia – geneza, zaÅ oÅ1⁄4enia, podejÅ cia badawcze A A A
Wprowadzenie
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » Wprowadzenie A A A
Feeling Visuality. Ideas of the Congenitally Blind People on the Sense of Sight and the Ability to See
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » Feeling Visuality. Ideas of the Congenitally Blind People on the Sense of Sight and the Ability to See A A A
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Pamięć zmysłów. Oznaki przejściowości
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » PamiÄ Ä zmysÅ ów. Oznaki przejÅ ciowoÅ ci A A A
Antropologia zmysłów i sensoryczna etnografia – geneza, założenia, podejścia badawcze
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » Antropologia zmysÅ ów i sensoryczna etnografia – geneza, zaÅ oÅ1⁄4enia, podejÅ cia badawcze A A A
Wprowadzenie
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » Wprowadzenie A A A
Feeling Visuality. Ideas of the Congenitally Blind People on the Sense of Sight and the Ability to See
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoÅ wiadczenia » 2018 » Numer 4/2018 » Feeling Visuality. Ideas of the Congenitally Blind People on the Sense of Sight and the Ability to See A A A
Relacja, zobowiązanie, współpraca. Założenia i wyzwania badań etnograficznych wśród osób niewidomych
The article presents the main assumptions and conditions of collaboration between the author and the vision-impaired research participants over several years of ethnographic research (2011–2017). Adopting the perspective of philosophy of dialogue, the author follows different stages of rapport, focusing on mutual expectations and emotions, as well as relationship dynamics and its underlying conditions in general. The author’s long-term research w…
Unforgettable lessons: Life in Polish residential schools for children with visual impairments as narrated by former students
This article presents recollections, experience and emotions expressed by 19 research participants who have studied and lived in Polish residential schools for children with visual impairments between 1985–2013. Based on in-depth interviews, I explore the impact of residential schools on their graduates’ future attitudes and actions, including their perceptions of social integration vs. segregation of people with visual impairments. I focus on sa…
“Follow the Dog”: Using the Go-Along Method in Research on Training and Working with Guide Dogs for People with Visual Impairment
Training and working with a guide dog both take place largely on the move, in public spaces, on the way to the next destination. Trainers, puppy raisers, and visually impaired handlers travel many miles with the dog, learning about each other and interacting with various elements of the environment. The go-along method – used by sociologists, ethnographers, and geographers studying the interdependence of movement, space, perception, daily practic…
“You Can Compare It to a Car, Because a Car Gives You That Kind of Freedom”: Automotive Metaphors and Comparisons in the Narratives of Trainers and Guide Dog Handlers
This article examines the metaphorical comparison of guide dogs to cars in the narratives of visually impaired handlers and trainers. Based on qualitative data collected in Poland and Slovakia, it explores how this metaphor is used to convey experiences of mobility, independence, trust, and competence. The car metaphor—found in references to specific brands, vehicle types, and driving experiences—helps articulate the practical and emotional value…
Affordances and Motivations of Guide Dog Puppy Raisers: Reasons for Starting, Continuing, and Quitting Volunteering
The article explores the motivations of volunteer guide dog puppy raisers at three key stages of their involvement: beginning volunteering, continuing it, and ceasing the involvement. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with 34 puppy raisers from Poland and Slovakia, the author examines the main internal, external, and organizational factors that shaped their engagement in this form of volunteering. Using the concept of affordances, the stu…
Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Central European Literary Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (2 works)