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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 4 (76) Images

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Our thoughts, when unmolded by words, can take the form of images. We may find it hard to discuss such weighty issues as “evil” or “violence” verbally, but artists can help us shed new light on these concepts and thus to better understand the world around us.
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Joanna Hańderek
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  1. Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
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Museum exhibits and collections can be presented in a variety of ways. Studying how museum displays have developed over the years can tell us much about the history of science.
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Monika Stobiecka
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  1. Polish Young Academy
  2. Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw
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An image considered valuable in one culture may be regarded as offensive in another, explains Marianna Michałowska from the Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
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Marianna Michałowska
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  1. Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University
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None of us lives in the world as it simply exists. Rather, each of us inhabits a specific “image of the world” – one which we did not create ourselves, but which we usually mistake for the real world itself.
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Krzysztof Moraczewski
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  1. Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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Language is used for more than just communication – it is a tool for interpreting the world around us.
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Bogusław Skowronek
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  1. Institute of Polish Philology, Pedagogical University of Kraków
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To help celebrate the Polish Academy of Sciences’ 70th anniversary, the historic Staszic Palace is hosting a commemorative exhibition showcasing some of the centerpieces of the Academy’s extensive collections.
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Joanna Arvaniti
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  1. PAS Archives in Warsaw
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High-resolution images of forest areas taken by drone or satellite, further integrated with airborne and terrestrial laser scanning data, can provide early warning of damage – even of individual trees afflicted by pests.
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Paweł Strzeliński
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  1. Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences
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How landscapes are understood in human life can be linked to successive stages in the evolution of art and imagery. How humans perceive the world around us is reflected in how artists craft the messages they want to convey.
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Edyta Ołdak
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  1. The “Based in Warsaw” Association
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Studying the geology of planetary surfaces largely involves analyzing photographs and comparing the images to known terrestrial objects.
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Anna Łosiak
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  1. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
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Modern geological maps are 3D, or even 4D models representing the complex structure of the Earth. They interpret a variety of geological information and represent it in graphical form.
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Joanna Rychel
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Łukasz Nowacki
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Mirosław Kamiński
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  1. Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute in Warsaw
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Social information is used by animals to communicate, but it also affects their habitat selection and preferences.
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Michał Bełcik
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  1. PAS Institute of Nature Conservation in Kraków
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Foraminifera are microorganisms of enormous importance – both now and in the past.
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Anna Waśkowska
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Justyna Kowal-Kasprzyk
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  1. Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
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To be an art conservator, one needs to have the skills of an accomplished painter, the knowledge of an art historian, the enthusiasm of a chemist, and the nose of a detective – says Marta Zaborowska from the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
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Marta Zaborowska
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  1. Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
  2. Frederic Chopin Museum
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How can the world of plants best be depicted? How do drawings differ from micrographs? Why is it that even the best quality photographs are no match for hand-drawn illustrations?
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Dominik Tomaszewski
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Marzenna Guzicka
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  1. Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik
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Step by step, one foot in front of the other – the easiest thing in the world, right? In reality, the human gait is one of the most complex movements we perform. How can we describe it, and what can gait analysis tell us?
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Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk
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Michalina Błażkiewicz
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  1. Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
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What creative process is involved in creating a painting? Where does artistic inspiration come from?
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Magdalena Zawisza
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  1. Faculty of the Humanities, University of Social Sciences in Warsaw
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We all gesture as we talk, albeit mostly unconsciously. The gestures we produce support and supplement what we are saying. In different cultures, however, the very same gestures may carry very different meanings.
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Maciej Rosiński
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  1. Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
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Visualizations of mathematical functions have myriad applications in our daily lives, from the economy all the way to medicine.
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Paweł Dłotko
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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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Time-lapse imagery allows us to witness, first-hand, how plants grow and heal, sway in cyclical motions, and even “dance” in reaction to various environmental factors.
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Urszula Zajączkowska
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  1. Department of Forest Botany, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)
Keywords: philosophy

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Katarzyna Kasia
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  1. Department of Culture Theory, Faculty of Management of Visual Culture, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
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We talk to Hubert Lachowicz from the Institute of Forestry Sciences at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences about his fascination with wood and its tactility, as well as the material’s practical applications in manufacturing.
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Hubert Lachowicz
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  1. Institute of Forestry Sciences at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences

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