Marta Wieczorek
Associate Professor
- Email: marta.wieczorek@zu.ac.ae
- Telephone: +9714 4021567
- Address: Dubai Academic City, Dubai Campus, C-L1-011
Introduction
Qualifications:
PhD in Cultural Anthropology (2013)
MA in Cultural Anthropology (2008)
Affiliations: University of Lodz (Poland), University of Porto (Portugal)
Languages:
English, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Research and Professional Activities
Research Interests:Urban Anthropology, Lusophone Studies, Anthropology of Dance, Visual Anthropology
Current Projects:My current research direction includes tracing the transnational cultural flows between Portugal and its former colony – Macau. I focus on assessing the notion of “Portuguesness”, its manifestations in urban space and the lived experiences of Portuguese community in Macau.
Teaching Areas
Undergraduate courses:
Comparative Intellectual Traditions
Introduction to Culture and Society
Comparative Sociology
World History
Special Topics: Visual Anthropology
Popular Cultures
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS:
Wieczorek, M. (Forthcoming 2021 – accepted for publication in Current Anthropology journal). Portuguese Saudade, the Trajectories of Longing and Desire: Phenomenological Interpretations from Macau.
Wieczorek, M. (2020). The Ruin Problem: Negotiating Cultural Heritage in Macau. Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais (Portuguese Review of Regional Studies), 56(3), 7-18.
Wieczorek, M. (2019). Macau’s Heterotopias: Ruins of St. Paul’s as a Spatial and Temporal Disruption. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 20(4), 312-327.
Wieczorek, M. (2019). Introduction: Anthropological Debates on Place-making. Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development. Special issue: "Place-making": Negotiating Urban Identities in the Middle East, 48(1-2), 1-12.
Wieczorek, M. (2018). Flamenco: Contemporary Research Dilemmas. Lodzkie Studia Etnograficzne, 57(1), 75-92.
Wieczorek, M. (2017). Domains of Public Activity in Touristic Flamenco Shows. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 6(1), 41–61.
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES:
Wieczorek, M., Rollwagen, J. (eds.) (2019). Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development. Special issue: "Place-making": Negotiating Urban Identities in the Middle East. 48(1-2). Brockport: The Institute Inc.
Wieczorek, M. (2018). Flamenco. Studium z antropologii semiotycznej. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego.
English title: Flamenco. A Study in Semiotic Anthropology.
