KATARZYNA MARCOL
Katarzyna Marcol, PhD, Associate Professor at UŚ
ORCID: 0000-0002-2531-9216
katarzyna.marcol@us.edu.pl
2021 ‒ obtained a PhD habilitation degree (in humanities) in Cultural and Religious Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia.
2007 ‒ obtained a PhD degree (in humanities) in Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Opole.
1999 ‒ obtained an MA degree in Polish Philology at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Wrocław.
Professional appointments
2023 – present: Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia
2022 – present: Associate Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies of the University of Silesia
2019–2021: Academic Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies of the University of Silesia
2008–2019: Academic Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Silesia
2012–2016: Deputy Dean for the promotion and cooperation with the local environment of the Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Science of the University of Silesia
Research interests
cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, linguistics of memory, ethnicity, folklore studies, cultural ecology
Membership in organisations/associations
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF),
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA),
International Organization of Folk Art, IOV- World (member of the Steering Committee IOV Science and Research Commission for Europe),
Polish Ethnological Society (PTL).
Projects
Mapowanie percepcji. Projektowanie narracji inkluzywnych w przestrzeniach muzealnych (Mapping perceptions. Designing inclusive narrations in museum spaces). Programme: Ministry of Education and Science, project no.: PU230150100000000, execution period: 2023–2027; role in the project: applicant, manager, research supervisor to a doctoral student.
Leksykon folkloru polskiego (Lexicon of Polish folklore). National Programme for the Development of Humanities, project no.: 0396/NPRH9/H11/88/2021, execution period: 2022–2027; role in the project: executor.
Ekologia kulturowa – specjalność na kierunku etnologia, studia II stopnia (Cultural ecology – specialisation in Ethnology, postgraduate studies). Project financed by EEA and Norway Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, as well as national funds as part of the programme “Rozwój Polskich Uczelni Fundusz Stypendialny i Szkoleniowy” (grant no.: FSS/2014/HEI/W/0075), execution period: 2015-2016; role in the project: executor.
Major publications
Marcol, K. M. (2020). Toutowie: język i pamięć w ustanawianiu wspólnoty Wiślan w Banacie. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.
Marcol, K. M. (2008). Słowo i zabawa : ustna twórczość dzieci na pograniczu polsko-czeskim (T. 6). Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze.
Marcol, K. M., & Kajfosz, J. (Eds.). (2017). Językowe i kulturowe modelowanie świata: księga dedykowana profesorowi Karolowi Danielowi Kadłubcowi. Kongres Polaków w Republice Czeskiej.
Marcol, K. M. (2023). Foreign homeland. Folklore and national attitudes of ethnic minorities. Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne, 62, pp. 83–100, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12775/LSE.2023.62.06.
Marcol, K. M., & Kurcz, M. M. (2022). Continuities and Disruptions in Transhumance Practices in the Silesian Beskids (Poland): The Case of Koniaków Village. In W.B. Letizia (Red.) Grazing Communities : Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions, pp. 174–202, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/9781800734753.
Salachna, A., Marcol, K. M., Broda, J., & Chmura, D. (2022). The Contribution of Environmental and Cultural Aspects of Pastoralism in the Provision of Ecosystem Services: The Case of the Silesian Beskid Mts (Southern Poland). Sustainability, 14, pp. 1–14, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610020.
Marcol, K. M. (2021). Saga rodzinna jako element konstruowania autoidentyfikacji Wiślan w Ostojićevie (Banat, Serbia). In W.S. Stanoev, V. Baeva, V. Penchev, V. Toncheva, & I. Kolarska (Eds.) Wandering ideas on the paths of humanities studies in folkloristics, cultural Anthropology and Slavistics in honour of Assoc. Prof. Dr Katya Mihaylova in two volumes. Vol. 2 (pp. 491–504).
Marcol, K. M. (2020). Rola języka w uwalnianiu się z dziedziczonych traum : negocjowanie pozycji społecznej śląskiej mniejszości etnicznej w serbskim Banacie. Politeja. Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, pp. 189–204, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.17.2020.65-14.
Marcol, K. M. (2019). Kształtowanie pamięci o pasterskim dziedzictwie górali beskidzkich. Narodopisny vestnik, pp. 51–76.
Marcol, K. M. (2019). Shaping determinants of ethnicity of Silesian minority in Ostojićevo (Serbian Banat) : Polish folk dances, costumes and folk songs as invented tradition. In A. Brzozowska-Krajka (Ed.), Between folk culture and global culture in contemporary Europe papers from the 14th IOV European Scientific Conference of Folk Culture (pp. 171–183). International Organization of Folk Art (IOV): Communication & Publications Commission.
Collaboration with other academic institutions/centres/stakeholders
Research collaboration with Università degli Studi del Molise (Italy) and BIOCULT ‒ Centre of Research on Bio-Cultural Heritage and Local Development.
Collaboration with the Academy of Technology and Humanities in Bielsko-Biała as part of the project: “Polish sheep wool for improved resource utilisation and value creation”, research task: “Grazing and biodiversity: positive effects on climate, herbage production and wool characteristics” (Norway Grant 2014-021/POLNOR 2019).
Collaboration with Pracownia Projektowania dla Tożsamości (Laboratory of Designing for Identity) of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.
– an interdisciplinary teaching project conducted as part of the module “antropologia w projektowaniu produktów i usług” (“anthropology in designing products and services”, academic year 2019/2020), titled: “Wełna jako czynnik więziotwórczy i kulturotwórczy w kontekście pasterstwa” (“Wool as a Factor of Bond Formation and Culture Formation in the Context of Pasturing”). The final result of the collaboration between ethnologists and students of design includes five concepts of exhibitions on the medical properties of wool, the relationship between man and nature, obtaining wool and the tools needed to process it as well as professional female shepherds (baca): https://asp.katowice.pl/uczelnia/projekty/projekt-welna
– an interdisciplinary teaching project conducted as part of the module “antropologia w projektowaniu produktów i usług” (“anthropology in designing products and services”, academic year 2020/2021), titled: “Tożsamość rzemiosła. Materiałowe kompendium projektanta: drewno/ osika/ wiór” (“Identity of Craft. A designer’s Compendium of Materials: Wood/Aspen/Shavings”). The final result of the collaboration between ethnologists and designers is an online publication on the subject of aspen shavings as a material used by craftsmen for weaving ornaments, containers, hats: https://issuu.com/kasiapelkabura/docs/publikacja_mkidn
Collaboration with the Municipal Office in Cieszyn, Bogdan Kosak’s Modelarnia Ceramiczna, Zespół Szkół Budowlanych in Cieszyn titled “Szlak Zabytków Nieoczywistych” (“Route of Non-Obvious Monuments”) as part of an interdisciplinary teaching project conducted as part of the module “antropologia w projektowaniu produktów i usług” (“anthropology in designing products and services”, academic year 2021/2022). The final result will provide an interactive map of Cieszyn with the descriptions of objects, architectural details and places which are not treated by the residents or tourists as precious monuments (therefore degrade quickly), but are unique due to their history of craftsmanship.
Collaboration with Fundacja Wolne Miejsce and Sklep Socjalny “Spichlerz” in Katowice, Stowarzyszenie Kurka Wodna in Katowice, and Fundacja Rzecz Społeczna in Katowice as part of the module “podstawy marketingu” (“basics of marketing”), major: Media Culture (academic years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022). The collaboration resulted in the preparation of social campaigns.
Collaboration with the economic sector:
– task manager for the project “Jeden Uniwersytet – Wiele Możliwości. Program Zintegrowany” (grant no. SF180000500000000), financed by the National Centre for Research and Development as part of Program Operacyjny “Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój” (PO WER), Priority Axis III Higher Education for the Economy and Development, collaboration with the representatives of digital media and electronic entertainment (video games, e-sports);
– consultations with the representatives of the video game sector, regarding the possibility of using ethnographic research in preparing a methodology of researching the needs of gamers to be used by game producers (creators) in product/service design;
– consultations with the representatives of the video game and e-sports sectors, regarding the educational programme for the students of ethnology and cultural anthropology aimed at expanding the career prospects of the graduates by providing them with competence that would enable them to work for game, electronic entertainment, and media producers.
Collaboration with the Polish Ethnological Society:
– chief editor of the publication series “Biblioteka Literatury Ludowej” in 2021–2024; publication as part of the series:
Mętrak, M. (2024). Mapa świata z jarmarcznej ulotki: czeska dziewiętnastowieczna twórczość kramarska w perspektywie etnolingwistycznej. Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze.
Wójtowicz-Deka, M. (2024). Siódme niebo, podwójny kłos: o liczbach w kulturze ludowej. Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze.