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HEAD AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE
chairwoman of the Committee: prof. Katarzyna Kaniowska,
deputies: prof. Michał Buchowski,
full composition of the Committee (click the heading)
CONTACT
office: Sebastian Latocha,
SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES AND PURPOSES
The Ethnological Sciences Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (Komitet Nauk Etnologicznych PAN) is a collective representative, both on the national and international level, of the entire community of Polish ethnologists, cultural and social anthropologists, as well as specialists operating on the frontiers of these sciences. Its members represent the entire Polish community of ethnological and cultural-anthropological sciences, which means that the Committee has a mandate to speak and take a position in the interests of disciplines and specialties falling within its competence.
The activities of the Ethnological Sciences Committee include ethnology, cultural anthropology, social anthropology and a number of borderline disciplines e.g. folklore studies, ethnomusicology, studies of folk and non-professional art. Due to such a diversified area of activity, the Committee appoints Sections dedicated to particular specialisations. Currently the following Sections are pointed:
- African Research Section (Komisja Studiów Afrykańskich), head: prof. Maciej Kurcz,
Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript. - Asian Research Section (Komisja Badań Azjatyckich), head: prof. Agnieszka Halemba,
Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript. - Folkloristic Section (Komisja Folklorystyczna), head: prof. Teresa Smolińska,
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One of the important tasks of the Ethnological Sciences Committee is to care for the proper development of ethnology and cultural anthropology as well as other ethnological subdisciplines (e.g. in expert, opinion-giving and organizational activities, as well as monitoring the state of ethnological sciences in their various manifestations: education profile, direction of research, the quality of publications). The Committe organizes conferences and other scientific meetings and has been conducting regular publishing activities for many years.
The Ethnological Sciences Committee is also present in the international space as it is a collective member of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. For this reason, representatives of the Committee systematically participate in the statutory work of the Union and participate in the organization of congresses and other international scientific meetings.