BODY - SPACE - INTERACTIVITY. ABOUT THE USER EXPERIENCE IN KINETIC GAMES

Barbara ORZEŁ

Media in Transition Process

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract The main aim of this article is to determine the influence of kinetic games on the area of new media reality. In the whole history of console games, we can mark a very special moment, that can be called: "the kinetic turn". This milestone has changed the way we thought about the "classical" idea of " [...] Read more.

NEW NEW MEDIA – MULTITASKING – SPACE OF FLOW

Bogdan ZELER

Media in Transition Process

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract This paper is about the problem of the behavior of new new media’s users, using the term proposed by Paul Levinson. This phenomenon is called , by other researchers, social media, Web 2.0 or the art of shielding. Examples of such behavior common in network societies are bloggers activities, Wikipedia [...] Read more.

MEDIA METAPHORS PERCEIVED FROM A LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW

Urszula ŻYDEK-BEDNARCZUK

Media in Transition Process

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract The object of analysis in this article are media metaphors which appear in contemporary linguistics, cultural and media thought. This analysis is created as a form of models which may be used for inspecting other, new metaphors. The methodology is based on selected elements from cognitive linguistics [...] Read more.

POST-MODERNITY AND TRANSFORMATION OF CULTURAL SPACE. ONE CULTURE OR RATHER THE MULTIPLICITY OF CULTURES?

Monika MICZKA-PAJESTKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract In this article the issue of perception and understanding of post-modernity has been considered. An attempt has also been undertaken to answer the questions: does postmodernity bring something new, and if not, does it change anything? Doesn’t it introduce confusion and chaos into the existing structures [...] Read more.

PERFORMATIVE IDENTITY OF HOMO AESTHETICUS

Mariola SUŁKOWSKA-JANOWSKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The author of this article joins a contemporary discussion on the problem of identity. The last one – in the context of Baumanian “liquidity” or Wolfgang Welsch’s idea of “autocreativity” – seems to be a performative one and is created by the postmodern subject that is called here, because of its aestheticized [...] Read more.

TRAJECTORIES OF ORTEGA Y GASSET IN CULTURE

Joanna KUŹNICKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The contemporary world is undergoing a phase of deep technocultural changes which influences the society of the 21st century, already referred to as the Web society. The accelerating change has been foreseen by one of the greatest philosophers of culture of the previous century: José Ortega y Gasset [...] Read more.

GENIUS LOCI AS AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIGURE. SEMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS, INTERPRETIVE CONTEXTS

Ilona COPIK

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The title of this article is the examination of the nature of genius loci phenomenon in culture as well as rethinking its status in contemporary anthropology. The subject of the analysis is the ambiguity of the concept, which functions as a multi-layered metaphor in both society and science and [...] Read more.

THE SEPARATE THINKING OF THE METROPOLIS. TRANSFORMATIONS OF CCCB’S CULTURAL PROJECTS

Aleksandra KUNCE

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The author deals with problems of the separate thinking of the metropolis. The metropolitan locality is defined by specific thinking, characteristic celebration of life, local pride, roots and at the same time by tolerance, openness and hospitality. This paper undertakes a concept of metropolitan locality [...] Read more.

THIRD STEP AUDIOVISUALITY – REALITY OR FANTASY?

Tadeusz MICZKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The starting point for my reflections concerning contemporary cultural paradigms is the category of mimesis indicating one of the most important qualities of audiovisuality which is copying thanks to image and sound techniques – reality. While characterizing transformation of mimesis I enumerate three [...] Read more.

THE TRANSFORMATION - A NEW PARADIGM OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Idea of Transformation as a Paradigm

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract Thise article includes a reflection on the formation of a new paradigm functioning in the evolution of the sociosphere. The author understands transformation as a specific qualitative change - a relatively short-lived and slow change, on the contrary to revolutionary changes. The economy focused on [...] Read more.