Geneza, konteksty i horyzonty „Perspektyw Nowych Mediów”: O idei powstania Centrum Badań Sztuki Nowych Mediów, Kultury i Technologii

Anna Maj

doi:10.36744/k.3988

Genesis, Contexts, and Horizons of “Perspectives of New Media”.

On the Idea of Establishing the New Media Art, Culture and Technology Research Centre

No peer review, Submitted 30.11.2024, Accepted 4.03.2025

Anna Maj

anna.maj@us.edu.pl
University of Silesia (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3958-267X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36744/k.3988

Abstract

The text presents the origins and contexts of the 1st International Scientific Symposium: Perspectives of New Media: Art – Design – Science – Technology, which took place on December 1–4, 2023 thanks to the cooperation between the University of Silesia, the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, and the Silesian Museum, as part of events preceding the opening of the celebrations of the Year of the City of Science 2024 in Katowice. An international scientific, artistic, and popularization undertaking to which recognized experts, media researchers, and multimedia artists, both foreign and Polish, representing various scientific and artistic design centres, were invited. The article also presents the ideas and goals that guided the founders of the Center for Research on New Media Art, Culture and Technology at the University of Silesia.

Supporting Agencies

Research activity financed from funds allocated to the European City of Science Katowice 2024, University of Silesia in Katowice, University of Toronto

Keywords:

New Media Perspectives, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Silesian Museum, New Media Art, Culture & Technology Research Centre, University of Silesia

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2025-09-10

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Maj, A. (2025) “Genesis, Contexts, and Horizons of ‘Perspectives of New Media’.: On the Idea of Establishing the New Media Art, Culture and Technology Research Centre”, Konteksty, 349(2), pp. 170–172. doi: 10.36744/k.3988.

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Anna Maj
anna.maj@us.edu.pl
University of Silesia Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3958-267X

Ph.D., cultural and media studies expert, communicologist; assistant professor at the Institute of Cultural Studies of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Her main research interests are: new media, cyber arts, media anthropology, communication behaviours, user experience, travel narrations, digital memory. Author of two monographs: Media wpodróży (Media in Travel, Katowice 2008, 2010) and Przemiany wiedzy w cyberkulturze (Transformations of Knowledge in Cyberculture, Katowice 2021), scientific editor of 9 multi-author monographs on new media, cultural communication and digital art.