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Xawery Stańczyk is a researcher, writer, and poet. He is an assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology of Art, Institute of Sociology, University of Lodz. He obtained his Ph.D. in cultural studies (2015) as well as an M.A. (2009) from the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw, and an M.A. in sociology (2012) from the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw. He is a member of the research project “HyPaTia. Feminine History of Polish Theatre” at the Institute of Art, the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2022). In 2017–2019, he participated in the project “Cultural Opposition: Understanding the Cultural Heritage of Dissent in the Former Socialist Countries” at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His main fields of interest include youth culture, popular music, visual arts, social imagination, and public spaces in socialist and post-socialist Eastern Europe.
Author of “Macie swoją kulturę: Kultura alternatywna w Polsce 1978–1996” (2018) (You Have Your Own Culture: Alternative Culture in Poland 1978–1996), nominated for a Jerzy Giedroyc Award in 2018 and recognized as the best Ph.D. in cultural studies in Poland in 2016, he has co-edited monographs “Miasto na żądanie: Aktywizm, polityki miejskie, doświadczenia” (2014) (City Upon Request: Activism, Urban Politics and Experiences), and “Awangarda/underground: Idee, historie, praktyki w kulturze polskiej i czeskiej” (2018) (Avantgarde/Underground: Ideas, Histories, and Practices in the Polish and Czech Cultures). He is also the author of volumes of poetry: “Skarb piratów” (2013) (Pirate Treasure) nominated for the Nike Award, “Handluj z tym” (2015) (Deal with it), and “Mowa nienawiści / Hate Speech” (2021).
He received an art stipend from the city of Warsaw and a Preludium grant from the National Science Centre.
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