Intercultural Relations
Journal Data
| Type | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Księgarna Akademicka (PL) |
| ISSN | 2544-2139 / 2544-2546 |
| OpenAlex | S4210234201 |
| MAG | 4210234201 |
| Website | https://journals.akademicka.pl/relacje |
| Total publications | 139 |
| Coverage period | 2017 - 2026 |
| Country | PL |
| Language | EN |
| Access | Open Access |
| Indexing | DOAJ indexed |
| Cited by | 1 |
| Impact factor | 0.046 |
| h-index | 1 |
This journal directly addresses intercultural relations, a topic central to cultural studies, migration studies, and aspects of social anthropology. It serves as a cognate social science and humanities venue with regular anthropological intersection
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Cyberpunkowa wizja świata – jawa czy sen
A CYBERPUNK VISION OF THE WORLD – WAKING OR SLEEPING?This article aims to familiarize the reader with the origins and characteristics of cyberpunk, with a particular attention paid to eco-narratives found within it, which can be perceived as a form of warning. In order to illustrate how these narratives address ecological and climate issues, selected examples from the world of the game Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red 2020) and a 2023 expansion Pha…
Eko-artywizm w praktyce
Człowiek wobec kolonializmu mrówek
A HUMAN (MAN) TOWARDS THE COLONIALISM OF ANTS: ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND ANIMAL WORLDS IN TRẦN DUY PHIÊN’S SHORT STORIES IN THE LIGHT OF SYLVIA WYNTER’S THEORY OF A HUMAN AS A NARRATIVE BEINGThis text provides an interpretation of the environmental narratives of Vietnamese author Trần Duy Phiên through the lens of Sylvia Wynter’s counter-humanism project and Denise Ferreira da Silva’s critique of modern subjectivity. The stories by…
Okolico-zwrotność jako artystyczna praktyka na czas szóstego masowego wymierania
SITE-RESPONSIVENESS AS AN ART PRACTICE FOR THE TIMES OF THE SIXTH EXTINCTION. CASE STUDY OF TRACY HILL’S PROJECTSHill as an extension of purely visual artifacts by inclusion of elements that engage other senses, allowing audience to recognise their position in the face of the sixth mass extinction. Methodology is based on Mirzoeff’s tactics containing a “direct element of action” as appropriate tools for recognizing oneself in the catastrophe, e.…
Między botaniką a poetyką (relacji)
BETWEEN BOTANY AND THE POETICS OF RELATION: AFFIRMATIVE HUMANITIES STRATEGIES IN URSZULA ZAJĄCZKOWSKA’S PATYKI, BADYLEThis article examines Urszula Zajączkowska’s essay collection Patyki, badyle through the lens of affirmative humanities and plant studies. It argues that Zajączkowska’s writing exemplifies a relational form of eco-narrative situated between botany and poetics, in which scientific knowledge does not function as a tool of domination…
Eko-narracje i eko-ingerencje
ECO-NARRATIVES AND ECO-INTERVENTIONS: THE HIM DUB FESTIVAL IN RAPOULA DO CÔAThe text examines the HIM DUB festival, dedicated to reggae and dub music as well as soundsystem culture. Held since 2022 several years in the Portuguese village of Rapoula do Côa, the event weaves together music, nature, and Rastafarian spirituality, maintaining a strong connection to the local ecosystem. The organizers promote the festival through econarratives, both sy…
Wizualne i narracyjne przedstawienie katastrofy klimatycznej w kinie katastroficznym na podstawie filmu Interstellar
VISUAL AND NARRATIVE REPRESENTATION OF CLIMATE DISASTER IN DISASTER FILM BASED ON CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S INTERSTELLARDisaster film is a genre focusing on picturing a catastrophe or a tragedy. Often pursued subject is a climate disaster, in which the changes in the environment create unstable, dangerous living conditions. By using a visual medium, disaster film creates an image of an environmental disaster, and shapes the public perception of this ph…
Czy Zły Króliczek może uratować ropuchę
CAN BAD BUNNY SAVE THE TOAD? POPULAR CULTURE TEXT AS A SPACE FOR ECO-NARRATIVES ON THE EXAMPLE OF BAD BUNNY’S PROJECT DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOSPuerto Rican musician Bad Bunny is an adamant and critical voice of the young generation of Boriquas who comments on the current socio-economic situation of Puerto Rico. This voice sounds extremely expressive in the latest project of the artist DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Rimas Entertainment 2025). The aim of the tex…
Klima Biennale w Wiedniu 2024
CLIMATE BIENNALE VIENNA 2024: THE FESTIVAL’S FIRST EDITION THROUGH A PHYTOFEMINIST LENSThis article examines the first edition of Climate Biennale Vienna from the perspective of phytofeminism – a concept that brings together feminist viewpoints, sensibilities, and practices with the rapidly developing fields of vegetal humanities/critical plant studies, in the spirit of critical ecofeminism focused specifically on the world of plants. The analysi…
Chrześcijaństwo wobec relacji między człowiekiem a zwierzętami
CHRISTIANITY TOWARDS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND ANIMALS: THE “ECOLOGY” OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Christianity and philosophy, as foundations of European culture, have for centuries shaped – and continue to shape – the attitudes of Europeans. The issue of relation between man and the natural world have been present both in philosophical concepts and in the books of the Old and New Testaments. Authorities have also played a significant role in…
Estetyczna cisza szumu morskich fal, czyli o utracie źródłowego doświadczenia
THE AESTHETIC SILENCE OF THE SOUND OF SEA WAVES: ON THE LOSS OF ORIGINARY EXPERIENCE The article presents the history of the formation of aesthetics as a philosophical discipline from the perspective of the relationship between human beings, art, and nature. As a theory of sensory cognition, this discipline emerged from a primordial and embodied experience of the external world. Kant’s concepts of beauty and the sublime, still in the Critique of …
Południowoafrykańska muzyka XX i XXI wieku – odbicie realiów i manifestacja tożsamości
SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES – A REFLECTION OF REALITY AND A MANIFESTATION OF IDENTITYThis article aims to introduce the audience to a selection of South African musical styles that emerged and evolved in the 20th and 21st centuries. These include marabi, kwela, mbaqanga, kwaito and amapiano, with most attention paid to the last two. The article adresses the historical and socio-political specificities of South Africa, which…
Kahina a (re)konstruowanie tożsamości w Północnej Afryce
KAHINA AND THE (RE)CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN NORTH AFRICAThe legendary figure of the Kahina – a Berber queen and leader whose biography is full of questions and uncertainties – serves as a tool of identity-making – be it the indigenous communities, the French, or Arab history-based policy of representing North Africa as a region in desperate need of a civilizational rebirth. The Kahina has also been portrayed as a proto feminist heroine – a tro…
Translating Ama
More than 4 million enslaved Africans came to Brazil between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Almost a million of them came from the west coast of sub-Saharan Africa, known as the Coast of the Mine, which included present-day Ghana, Benin and Togo. In 2002, a South African engineer named Manu Herbstein, who had relocated to Ghana, decided to write a novel about this violent history. Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade narrates the cap…
The Surge of Brain Drain Emigration in Nigeria
The paper answers the puzzle of the protracted surge of brain drain emigration over the years despite interventions through policies and reforms by the Nigerian government. Brain drain has affected the country both politically and economically as well as socio-culturally. Skilled professionals are the powerhouse of any country, as they are the determinants of growth and development. Nigeria has suffered from a pandemic of a highly skilled labour …
The Inculturation of “Pasahat Ulos Saput” in the Death Tradition of “Saur Matua” of the Batak Toba Tribe in the Catholic Church’s Blessing of the Body
This article analyses one of the death traditions in Indonesian society, specifically the Saur Matua death tradition of the Batak Toba tribe. It explores a particular ritual as an entry point for inculturation within the Catholic Church’s funeral rites. A qualitative, ethnographic approach was employed, involving in-depth interviews with four informants recognised by the Batak Toba community as experts in Batak culture (known as Raja Parhata, cer…
Nie wzięliśmy się znikąd”
Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie narracji stworzonych przez potomków Afrykanów mieszkających w Lizbonie na temat samych siebie. Afrolisboetas, jak niektórzy z nich nazywają siebie, stanowią widoczną i ważną część współczesnej populacji Lizbony. W tekście te narracje są przedstawione przede wszystkim przez pryzmat inicjatywy Afrolis – pierwszego bloga poświęconego osobom pochodzenia afrykańskiego w Portugalii. Afrolis – założony pona…
Geneza, charakter i polityczna symbolika Dnia Narodów, Narodowości i Ludów Etiopii
GENESIS, NATURE AND POLITICAL SYMBOLISM OF THE DAY OF NATIONS, NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLES OF ETHIOPIAThe Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Day of Ethiopia is an annual celebration observed since 2006, aimed at honoring the country’s ethnic diversity and promoting the idea of peaceful coexistence among its people. Its character stems from the adoption of ethnofederalism as the state’s constitutional foundation in the 1990s. However, recent event…
Manu Herbstein – author of Ama
Narrating the Atlantic Slave Trade: Manu Herbstein on "Ama" and the Silences of History EBG: First of all, thank you for agreeing to answer our questions.It is an honour to have this conversation with you.Today, we will focus on your novel Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, which received the 2002 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.The book addresses a difficult and painful history, and through it, you bring to life a voice th…
Współczesne rozstrzygnięcia nad przeszłością oratury
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO THE LEGACY OF ORATURE: HOW IS THE ROLE OF SPOKEN WORD SHAPED IN AFRICA?The paper invites to rethink the existent terminology describing oral literature and to challenge its common (mis)understandings in the related fields of Humanities. Reviewing the most important (and published) pieces of orature and their interpretations shows the ever changing comprehension of the phenomenon, taking into consideration its contempora…
W poszukiwaniu tożsamości – przypadek Kafka’s Curse Achmata Dangora
IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY – THE CASE OF KAFKA’S CURSE BY ACHMAT DANGORThe question of identity is one of the fundamental issues raised in post-colonial studies. However, the identity crisis is not a phenomenon typical exclusively to post-colonial societies. The authors of the proposed essay believe that both the expressed dependency on the love tale about Laila and Majnun, as well as the reference made in the title of Achmat Dangor’s Kafka’s Curse co…
Managing Infertility in Contemporary Africa
This article raises the question of whether contemporary legal mechanisms in Africa can effectively address infertility issues. In particular, the relationships between international legal norms and their impact on the erosion of customary law and the changing perception of infertility are discussed. It highlights the multifaceted challenges posed by infertility, which have significant social, cultural and health implications, particularly for wo…
Czarny queer to nie biały queer, czyli o południowoafrykańskim zmaganiu się z tożsamościami
BLACK QUEER IS NOT WHITE QUEER: NAVIGATING IDENTITY IN SOUTH AFRICAThe article explores the literary representations of queer short fiction in the Queer Africa: New and collected fiction anthology within the South African context, shedding light on the ongoing struggle to redefine diverse identities and experiences among the Black. It delves into the distinctive nature of African queer experiences, deliberately positioned in contrast to Western g…
Karate as a Tool of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy for People with Albinism in Tanzania
This article explores the role of non-governmental organisations and sports institutions in advancing social inclusion and cultural diplomacy, using Tanzania as a case study. It particularly examines karate as a tool for the integration of people with albinism – a group facing social exclusion and violence. Through an analysis of organisations such as the Japan Karate Association Tanzania and the New Heroes Youth Development Organisation, the art…
Between Displacement and Imagination
From the mid-twentieth century, the independence of African states and the mobility of young intellectuals to Europe made migration a central site for negotiating identity and belonging. This article examines exile as a structural condition in two Francophone African novels: Cheikh Hamidou Kane’s Ambiguous Adventure (1961/1972) and Abdourahman Waberi’s In the United States of Africa (2006/2009). In Kane, exile is framed as spiritual and intellect…
Sekularyzacja jako megatrend społeczno-kulturowy
Secularization as Sociocultural MegatrendThe article deals with the widely discussed issue of the phenomena of secularization and desecularization under conditions of diffusion of religious pluralism. New forms and functions of “returning” religiousness in modern multicultural societies are addressed. Author studies above questions from the perspective of sociology of religion and makes an attempt to critically discuss crucial standpoints in the …
Sekularyzacja jako megatrend społeczno-kulturowy
Secularization as Sociocultural MegatrendThe article deals with the widely discussed issue of the phenomena of secularization and desecularization under conditions of diffusion of religious pluralism. New forms and functions of “returning” religiousness in modern multicultural societies are addressed. Author studies above questions from the perspective of sociology of religion and makes an attempt to critically discuss crucial standpoints in the …
Co powiedziałem, jest prawdą”
„What I Said, Is True”. Moa Birds (Dimornithiformes) in the Collective Maori Memory Giant moa birds were one of the most spectacular of all New Zealand phenomena. It is assumed that those titanic creatures were completely wiped out by Maori tribes in the 15th–16th centuries. Many authors argue that at the time of European discovery of New Zealand Maori completely lost their recollections of moa. Native traditions however claim the opposite. It is…
Dziedzictwo kulturowe wspólnot lokalnych w tradycji ustnej
Cultural Heritage of Local Communities in Oral History. The Base of Constructing the Social Memory Local communities construct their own cultural heritage on the base of speaking traditions means as oral history. Each small community protects its own set of symbols and elements of tradition, including belief, dialect and private stories and anecdotes. The oral history performs a function of a part of social memory and sustains close social bonds …
Zaczyna się od domu”
“It Starts with a Home”. Buliding a Place of Memory in the Novels of Olga Tokarczuk („Dom dzienny, dom nocny”) and Ewa Kujawska („Dom Małgorzaty”) The aim of this article is to present the functioning of a house in two selected novels: House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk and Małgorzata’s House by Ewa Kujawska. The house (or rather home), being a place that is closest to man, is related here with a category of memories: here the buildin…
Collections of Japanese Art in Ukraine
The stages of the formation of Japanese art collections on the territory of Ukraine from the beginning of the 19th century to the present are highlighted on the basis of archival materials, periodicals and professional literature. Information about Japanese collections of the pre-war and post-war periods are systematized, while their composition and sources of formation are determined. The influence of the socio-political system on the developmen…
Reaktywacja nordyckich bogów
Reactivation of the Norse Gods. Neopaganism as a Form of Collective Memory The article addresses the issue of neopaganism reviving intensively in the Nordic countries at the beginning of the 21st century. By using examples from Denmark and Iceland the author analyses socio-cultural conditions and intercultural relations that enhance reactivation of the Norse gods. Neopaganism with its Nordic face seems to offer an attractive alternative for conte…
Nie ma potrzeby opisywać go szczegółowo” – o stroju krakowskim inaczej
Townscapes, Gentlemen and Bizarre Characters
The article focuses on Natsume Sōseki’s letters, diaries and sketches related to his stay in London from 1900 till the end of 1902. It presents passages from his correspondence with his wife and friends in which he describes his surroundings, his mindset and the people he meets while abroad. It also explores the autobiographical sketches: The Carlyle Museum (1905) and Spring Miscellany (1909), analysing the images and narrative techniques which a…
Jesteście w naszej pamięci”
“You are in Our Memory”. Polish Murals as Memory Medium and a Popular Form of Patriotism The article elaborates on issues of patriotic murals – a phenomenon with its own history, noticeable not only in Poland. From many such paintings, the author chooses those that are dedicated to members of the post-war, anticommunist underground, known today as the Cursed Soldiers. This kind of creativity can be associated with so called popular patriotism. Pa…
Sámi Manifest 15
The Sámi Manifest 15. Performance and the Collective Memory – on the Native Sámi Culture from the Perspective of Contemporary Nordic Artists and Activists The article analyses the case of the Sámi Manifest 15 performance in Jåhkåmåhkke, Sweden, 2015. The main arguments in the performative action are related to cultural collective memory and cultural identity. In the field of performance, the native Sámi deal with postcolonial trauma, which affect…
Japanese Self-Image in Opposition to the Idea of Modern Europe and the Rise of Nationalism in Japan
This paper attempts to explain the political and social context of the recent nationalistic trend in Japan in connection with the historical development of Japanese self-image. In Japanese modern history this self-image was formed in relation to modern Europe due to the fact that modern Japan first pursued the modernization of Europe and then tried to overtake it. The first goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of the formation process of …
The Challenges of Studying the Elements of Diversity and Unity in the Human Experience
The paper is a fruit of a series of informal symposiums and an elective course entitled “Orient–Occident”, conducted by the author in 2016 and 2019 at the Institute of Intercultural Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The author identifies a set of issues commonly perceived as the main challenges of our age and focuses specifically on the challenge of intercultural relations in a “globalized world” to provide a critical examination …
Imitation or Genuine Forms? Chinese Martial Arts in the Process of Cultural Globalisation
Far Eastern martial arts are now practiced worldwide and adopt a broad spectrum of forms, from traditionalist schools to combat systems or sports. It is hard to see them only as part of oriental culture, since they are substantially modified by the logic of capitalism and integrated into Western cultures. However, there is a risk that imitations might be taken for genuine forms. Commercialisation has influenced the way Far Eastern martial arts ar…
Geisha Fever
In the popular discourse, geiko districts are described as places where traditional culture is preserved in a living form. Although this statement may be considered as true, the geiko community is a part of Japanese society as a whole and does not exist in complete isolation. Being able to survive as guardians of the Japanese tradition, in the 21st century geiko are discovering new opportunities, such as using new media to promote themselves in o…
Eastern Cultures Enter Hyperspace
The article discusses inspirations from Far Eastern cultures present in George Lucas’ Star Wars saga. This cinematic story is treated as a postmodernist text, in which references to earlier cultural works appear. More attention is given to the sequel trilogy, not explored in academic circles as much as the two earlier trilogies. These inspirations are analysed through the lens of Edward Said’s concept of orientalism, with additional focus on the …
Jedenastka”
The PZL-11: Construction and Re-constructions of How an Aeronautical Symbol is Remembered The PZL-11 fighter plane, almost immediately after its creation in the early 30s of the 20th century, became recognized in Poland to be one of the greatest achievements of native technological know-how; evidence that in a very short period of time it had attained a world-class level. In September 1939, a little dated, it fought the Luftwaffe. After WW2 it wa…
Reformist Buddhist Groups in the Late Meiji Era and Their Relationship to Christianity
This paper explores the attitude towards Christianity among the so-called “New Buddhists” in the late Meiji era, i.e. members and sympathizers of the reformist Buddhist groups Keiikai and Bukkyō seito dōshikai. Whereas an anti-Christian attitude prevailed among Buddhist intellectuals up to the 1880s and 1890s, the New Buddhists advocated religious tolerance and the unbiased study of religions. By analysing the writings of Furukawa Rōsen and promi…
Przydrożne sacrum w pamięci lokalnej
A Roadside Sacrum in Local Memory. Study of the Myślenice Land The article analyses selected examples of roadside shrines typical for the area of the Myślenice land, Poland. The author points at the characteristic elements of small architecture that reflects spiritual values cultivated by past generations living in the region. The current population scattered across the Myślenice land cultivates with care the individual and collective memory of t…
Tożsamość narodowa a problem „polskości” i „śląskości” w twórczości Jana Goczoła
National Identity and the Problem of "Polish" and "Silesia" in the Work of Jan Goczoł The article presents the issues of Polishness and Silesianness in the national consciousness of Jan Goczoł, who is known as a poet with a great deal of authorship, prose writer, columnist, and also an Opolian Silesia cultural activist. The article describes the life path of the poet, his family background, and the crystallisation of national consciousness in his…
Przeszłość w teraźniejszości
Costume Art in the Noh Theater Community
The article examines costumes in the context of the Noh theater community. The author proposes an understanding of these costumes as part of theatrical practice, as well as a means of sociocultural self-identification, and analyzes representative samples; the most typical motifs, compositional schemes, design approaches are determined. The article also focuses on accessories that make up the ensemble, both for the stage (mask, fan) and off-stage …
It’s Not at What You Look that Matters, It’s What You See
One of the important themes in the literature on truth is its connection to meaning, or more generally, to language. As Einstein once stated, reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Therefore, truth, as an element inextricably connected to the subjectively perceived reality of each individual, is dependent on the form of communication and the skills used in conversation. The following essay does not focus on the issue in the …
Japanese Culture as Element of Intercultural Space
This article introduces a definition of intercultural communication, understood as an important skill in creating social bonds in times of globalization. Mutual understanding in an intercultural space is based, among other things, on language, a point which the author underlines by using the Japanese language as an example. Moreover, she points out how the Japanese belief in ethnocentrism and the main cultural differences in fields such as nonver…
Instrumentalization as a Sin of Untruth
The reconstructions, analyses and discussions concerning various broadly understood instrumentalized objects available in the subject literature allow one to distinguish and identify at least two interrelated forms of instrumentalization – a weak and a strong form. The former consists of using a particular object for fulfilling an aim in its unspecific functions. Thus, it can be treated as opposite to the phenomenon of functional fixation. The es…
Oddałbym ci moje serce – od numeru paszportu do autokreacji. Kulturowo uwarunkowane wzorce męskości i gry z konwencją w cyklu I would give you my heart