KINGA CZERWIŃSKA – Team leader

dr hab. Kinga Czerwińska, Associate Professor at UŚ

ORCID: 0000-0001-8595-3166

kinga.czerwinska@us.edu.pl

2019 – obtained a PhD habilitation degree (in humanities) in Culture and Religion Studies at the Faculty of History of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
2005 – obtained a PhD degree (in humanities) in Ethnology at the Faculty of History of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
2000 – obtained an MA degree in Ethnology at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts of the University of Silesia in Katowice, the Cieszyn Branch.

Professional appointments

2019 – present: Associate Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies of the University of Silesia
2022 – present: Deputy Director of the Institute of Culture Studies, Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia
2021 – present: member of the Executive Academic Board of the Institute of Culture Studies of the University of Silesia
2016–2019: Deputy Dean for the promotion and cooperation with the local environment of the Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Science of the University of Silesia
2019‒2020: Deputy Dean for the development, promotion and cooperation with the environment of the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia.
2021 – present: member of the Programme Committee of the Silesian Science Festival
2021 – present: technical coordinator of the International Student Folk Festival
2020 – present: member of the Editorial Board of “Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne”

Research interests

anthropology of art, folk art, anthropology of dress, traditional attires, craft, design, intangible cultural heritage

Membership in organisations/associations

Polish Ethnological Society (from 2022 a member of the Main Board, Deputy President of the Cieszyn Branch, member of the Section of Traditional Clothes)
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA),
International Organization of Folk Art, IOV – World (member of the Board of the Polish Section, member of the Steering Committee IOV Science and Research Commission for Europe)

Projects

Słownik terminologiczny polskich strojów ludowych. Publikacja książki oraz upowszechnienie wyników w Internecie na platformie strojeludowe.net (The terminological of Polish folk dress. Publication of a book and popularisation of the results at strojeludowe.net). National Programme for the Development of Humanities (grant no.: 11H 18 0133 87), execution period: 2020‒2025; role in the project: executor.

Leksykon folkloru polskiego (The 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.

Szkoła Rzemiosł Cieszyn (The Cieszyn School of Crafts). Programme “Cieszyn – miasto samowystarczalne”, financed by the Norway Grant 2014‒2021 as part of the “Local development” programme, execution period: 2022–2023; role in the project: executor – conducting field research, member of the team for concept design and lecturer/expert.

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: technical coordinator.
Heklowana tradycja (The tradition of crocheting). Programme Kultura ludowa i tradycyjna financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, execution period: 2019, role in the project: chair of jury, publication author.

Pierwszy Instytut Kreatywności Uniwersytetu Śląskiego (The First Institute of Creativity of the University of Silesia). Project financed as part of the Knowledge Education Development Programme, co-financed from the European Union funds as part of the European Social Fund, execution period: 2018‒2020; role in the project: executor.

Życie tradycją komponowane (Life composed by tradition). Project co-financed from the funds of the European Regional Development Fund as part of the programme “Interreg V-A Republika Czeska – Polska”, execution period: 2019, role in the project: executor, publication author.

Atlas Polskich Strojów Ludowych: kontynuacja prac wydawniczych, przeprowadzenie badań terenowych i kwerend źródłowych oraz cyfryzacja materiałów źródłowych i udostępnienie ich w Internecie (Atlas of Polish folk dress: continuation of publishing works, field research and preliminary research, and digitisation of source materials; making the data available online). Ministry of Science and Higher Education (National Programme for the Development of Humanities, grant no. 11H 12 0261 81), execution period: 2012‒2015, role in the project: executor.

Major publications

Czerwińska K. (2024). To catch the uncatchable/to capture the intangible. Reflections on selected problems of safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Example of the Koniaków lace making skills. LUD. Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego, vol. 108, pp. 306–336, DOI 10.12775/lud108.2024.12.

Czerwińska K. (2024). Intangible cultural heritage in practice Between appreciation and appropriation. Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne, vol. 63, pp. 31‒46, DOI:10.12775/LSE.2024.63.02.

Czerwińska K. ( 2023). The Role of Stakeholders in Practicing Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Example of the Koniaków Lace. Literatura Ludowa, vol. 67, no. 3‒4, pp. 35‒55.

Czerwińska K. (2022). Contemporary aspects of shepherding – between economy and cultural heritage: some cases from the Silesian Beskids (Poland). In L. Bindi (Ed.) Bio-cultural heritage and communities of practice: participatory processes in territorial development as a multidisciplinary fieldwork. Lecce, Universita del Salento, pp. 169‒189, DOI:10.1285/i26113775n6.

Czerwińska K. (2022). Niematerialne dziedzictwo kulturowe Beskidu Śląskiego jako potencjał turystyczny: między ochroną a komercjalizacją. Turystyka Kulturowa, no. 3, pp. 72‒95.

Czerwińska K. (2021). Ostatni taki “Judosz”: uwagi o konstruowaniu i dekonstruowaniu dziedzictwa kulturowego w kontekście tożsamości mieszkańców Skoczowa. Journal of Urban Ethnology, vol. 19, pp. 61‒79.

Czerwińska K. (2019). Odkrywając na nowo, odkrywając inaczej. Dziedzictwo kulturowe w kontekście turystyki na przykładzie współczesnego pasterstwa w Beskidzie Śląskim. Turystyka kulturalna, no. 6, pp. 7‒18.  

Czerwińska K. (2018). Przepakować dziedzictwo. Przeszłość jako projekcja rzeczywistości – przypadki śląskie. Katowice.
Czerwińska K. (2009). Sztuka ludowa na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Między tradycja a innowacją. Katowice.

Collaboration with other academic institutions/centres/stakeholders

Collaboration with the National Institute of Cultural Heritage to implement the objectives of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage; the collaboration encompasses expert, advisory/opinion-forming, consultative, and educational activities.

Collaboration with the Cieszyn Castle as part of the projects: “Szlak Rzemiosła” (“Craft Trail”, 2013) and “Szkoła Rzemiosł” (“School of Crafts”, 2022‒2023); encompasses advisory and consultative activities.

Collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Pracownia Projektowania dla Tożsamości (Laboratory of Designing for Identity) as part of classes and academic projects, including the project titled “Tożsamość rzemiosła. Materiałowe kompendium projektanta: drewno/ osika/ wiór” (“Identity of Craft. A designer’s Compendium of Materials: Wood/Aspen/Shavings”).

Collaboration with non-governmental organisations and self-government institutions:

the Municipal Office in Cieszyn, Bogdan Kosak’s Modelarnia Ceramiczna, Zespół Szkół Budowlanych in Cieszyn as part of the project “Szlak Zabytków Nieoczywistych” (“Route of Non-Obvious Monuments”).

Collaboration with the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia (member of the Executive Academic Board)

Collaboration with the Guido Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze (member of the Executive Academic Board)