Staff members
dr hab. Beata Borowska-Beszta, NCU Prof.University Professor
Institute of Educational Sciences
room no: 349, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń
tel.: +48-56-611-3120
e-mail: borbesz@umk.pl
www: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Beata_Borowska-Beszta
ORCID: 0000-0002-2133-4400
Interest:
1. Culture and disability. Disability studies
2. Research on reservoirs of culture and disability from the perspective of cultural anthropology and medical anthropology.
3. Disability in institutions: social welfare (day care and stationary facilities, homeless shelters), health care (hospice), cultural (museums, art galleries), religious, military and financial (banks)
4. Cultural production and transmission of cultural knowledge about disability in Poland and abroad (Japan 2016, 2024-2027; France 2012; Scotland 2017, 2023; 2024-2026)
5. Congenital and acquired disabilities in the cultural constructs of anomaly, artefacts, vulnerability, access, hate, taboo, empowerment
6. Comparative studies on disability and dependency
7. Representations of disability in media and technology
8. Qualitative methodology in pedagogy and social sciences
Office Hours:
Konsultacje w semestrze zimowym 2024/2025
Czwartek: 9:30 – 10:15 (in situ) INP WFiNS ul. Lwowska 1; 2 piętro p. 349
Piątek: 8:30 – 9:15 (zdalne) MS Teams
Uwaga: Konsultacje nie odbędą się w listopadzie 2024 r. ze względu na inne zobowiązania zawodowe — grant badawczy na Uniwersytecie Metropolitalnym w Osace w Japonii.
Consultations in the winter semester 2024/2025
Thursday: 9:30 – 10:15 am (in situ) Building 1Lwowska Street; 2nd floor, room 349
Friday: 8:30 – 9:15 am (remote) MS Teams
Note: There will be no consultation in November 2024 due to other work commitments — a research grant at the Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan.
See profile in Research Portal