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. Anthropology of Disability.
2. Research on reservoirs of culture and disability from the perspective of anthropology of disability.
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, cultural minoroties, 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 2025/2026
Czwartki (in situ): w dniach 16.10; 30.10; 6.11; 27.11; 18.12; 8.01; 22.01;
godz: 11:40–13:10 (2h) ul. Lwowska 1, p. 349
Od 14.09 – 12.10.2025 - Projekt i pobyt badawczy w Osaka Metropolitan University, w Japonii.
Consultations during the 2025/2026 winter semester
Thursdays (in-situ) on days: 16. Oct; 30. Oct; 6. Nov; 27. Nov; 1. Dec ; 8. Jan; 22. Jan;
11:40am –13:10pm (2h) 1Lwowska Street, room 349
From 14. Sept –12. Oct 2025 — Project and research stay at Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan.
See profile in Research Portal