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 sesji letniej, wakacjach letnich i we wrześniu 2024/2025
Czwartek 26.06, 3.07, 10.07, 4.09, 11.09 — godz. 10:00 – 10:45 (in situ) INP WFiNS ul. Lwowska 1; 2 piętro p. 349
Piątki 20.06., 4.07, 11.07, 5.09. 12.09. — godz. 8:30 – 9:15 (zdalne) MS Teams
URLOP wypoczynkowy — 14.07 – 02.09.2025
Od 14.09 – 12.10.2025 - Projekt i pobyt badawczy w Osaka Metropolitan University, w Japonii.
Consultations during the summer exam session and summer holiday 2024/2025
Thursday, June 26, July 3, July 10, Sept 4, Sept 11 — 10:00–10:45 (in situ) INP WFiNS ul. Lwowska 1; 2nd floor, room 349
Fridays, June 20, July 4, July 11, Sept 5, Sept 12 — 8:30–9:15 (remote) MS Teams
Summer holidays — July 14 – Sept 2, 2025
From 14. Sept –12. Oct 2025 — Project and research stay at Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan.
See profile in Research Portal