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JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE
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Fashion Style & Popular Culture
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Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
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South Asian Popular Culture
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Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
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Studies in Latin American Popular Culture
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Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
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East Asian Journal of Popular Culture
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Cultural Analysis. An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture
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Lied und populäre Kultur/Song and Popular Culture (previously Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung)
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Early Popular Visual Culture
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Psychology of Popular Media Culture
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International Journal of Slavic Studies Transgressive, Pragmatic and Speculative Horizons of Popular Literature and Culture
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Can popular films instil carcinophobia? Images of cancer in popular Polish cinema
PublicationIntroduction: Although cancer is currently considered a serious socio-medical challenge and health education in Poland has been positioned as a public health priority, the impact of popular culture on people’s ideas about cancer has been neglected. This study therefore aims to analyse the way popular Polish films portray cancer and the experience of cancer.Material and Methods: Seven popular Polish films featuring cancer...
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From evil demiurge to caring hero: Images of geneticists in the movies
PublicationAlthough images of science and scientists depicted in popular culture have been criticized as an exaggeration and fear mongering, the cinema is an important resource that influences individuals’ beliefs about science. Because popular depictions of science play a crucial role in constructing the public’s ‘scientific imaginary’ they constitute an inherent dimension of the social understanding of science and are as important for...
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Jacek Pokrzywnicki doktor
PeopleZ wykształcenia jestem filologiem klasycznym. Dyplom magistra i doktora uzyskałem na Uniwersytecie Gdańskim. Z uczelnią tą jestem związany również zawodowo jako adiunkt w Zakładzie Filologii Klasycznej Instytutu Studiów Klasycznych i Slawistyki na Wydziale Filologicznym. Na co dzień obcuję z łacińskojęzycznymi starymi drukami i rękopisami. Zajmuję się recepcją kultury antycznej w dawnym Gdańsku, na obszarze dawnych Prus Królewskich...
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Promocja zasobów Pomorskiej Biblioteki Cyfrowej na przykładzie XVIII-wiecznego rękopisu
PublicationCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie sposobu udostępniania i promocji zbiorów rękopiśmiennych na przykładzie XVIII-wiecznego rękopisu Christiana Gabriela Fishera dostępnego w Pomorskiej Bibliotece Cyfrowej (dalej: PBC). Rękopis ten stał się inspiracją do podjęcia współpracy Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej oraz Instytutu Kultury Miejskiej w Gdańsku. Dzięki wspólnej inicjatywie rozpoczęto prace nad transkrypcją niemieckiego tekstu...
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Sésame, ouvre-toi: internationalisme phraséologique à contenu universel
PublicationPhraseological units, characterised by their opaque meaning, are the subject of multiple theoretical works. The following article adds to this discussion by providing another interesting example. It analyses the case of the Arabic phraseological unit ‘open sesame’ from the “Ali Baba and the Forty Thievesˮ folk tale, permeating into French, Italian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese – languages distant both linguistically and culturally....
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Possibility of Using Tea Fungus for Fermentation of Beetroot and Carrot Pomace Beverages
PublicationFermented beverages obtained from plant-based raw materials are becoming more popular due to their beneficial effects on human health. These include kombucha beverages, which are obtained by fermenting tea brew using the so-called tea fungus, which includes acetic acid bacteria and osmophilic yeast. A consortium of these microorganisms could also be used to prepare functional fermented beverages obtained from extracts of vegetable...
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Jacek Pokrzywnicki dr
PeopleAs classicist I obtained my MA and PhD diploma at the University of Gdańsk. I am also professionally associated with this University as an assistant professor at the Institute of Classical and Slavonic Studies (Faculty of Languages). In my research I interact with Latin old prints and manuscripts. First and foremost I deal with the traces of ancient culture in early modern Gdańsk, but also in the area of former Royal and Ducal...