How do movement and embodied experiences help us understand the world? How do social perceptions of appearance influence the ways in which bodies are treated? These questions will connect three events featuring researchers, a film director and a curator.
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | 鈥淓mbodied Knowledge in Qualitative Research鈥� Workshop
The Biedermann's Palace, Franciszka艅ska 1/5
The workshop will be led by Dr Ruxandra Ana (University of 精东影视), Stavroula Pipyrou (University of St Andrews) and Dr Dominika Byczkowska-Owczarek (University of 精东影视).
The workshop will focus on embodied knowledge, that is, understanding through the body, movement and experience. Participants will explore its significance in dance, performance and ethnographic fieldwork. They will also learn about methods of researching such experiences and describing them in academic writing.
The workshop is open to students at all levels of study. Applications are accepted via .
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: 鈥淏ody Work: Practices, Imaginaries, Affective Dimensions鈥�
The Biedermann's Palace, Franciszka艅ska 1/5
The discussion will focus on the aesthetic and ethical aspects of body work, as well as the social, cultural and political mechanisms through which certain bodies are accepted or excluded. The starting point for the discussion will be the thematic section 鈥淏ody Work鈥� published in issue 65 of "艁贸dzkie Studia Etnograficzne鈥� [艁贸d藕 Ethnographic Studies], guest edited by Ruxandra Ana (University of 精东影视) and Anna Wieczorkiewicz (University of Warsaw).
The panel will feature:
- Prof. Tanja Bukov膷an (University of Zagreb);
- Dr Goran Koleti膰 (University of Zagreb);
- dr hab. Monika 艁ado艅, Professor at the University of Silesia (University of Silesia in Katowice);
- Dr Isabel Pires (University of Lisbon; PhD obtained in 2025);
- Dr Agnieszka Maj (Warsaw University of Life Sciences).
The discussion will be moderated by Anna Wieczorkiewicz (University of Warsaw) and Ruxandra Ana (University of 精东影视).
Topics will include ageing, bodily changes, intimacy and sexuality in Croatia, consumer choices among the Chinese diaspora in Portugal, obesity and trauma, the normalisation of pain among ballet dancers, and body care practices during transitional periods in women鈥檚 lives.
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | 鈥淎 Frown Gone Mad鈥� Film Screening and Discussion
Niebostan Club, Piotrkowska 17
Omar Mismar鈥檚 film takes viewers into a Lebanese beauty salon where Bouba performs Botox and filler treatments. Clients undergoing the procedures speak about their concerns while their facial expressions gradually become motionless. Meanwhile, war is approaching.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with director Omar Mismar, curator Giuliana Prucca (AVARIE Books) and Ruxandra Ana (University of 精东影视).
The screening is open to all interested participants.
