PhD in Applied Linguistics from Warwick University (2019) Working on the crossroads of Linguistics and Research Policy Interests: discourse analysis, academic communication, scholarly communication, evaluation policy
The DiscourseNet: Collaborative Working Paper Series reflects ongoing research activity at the in... more The DiscourseNet: Collaborative Working Paper Series reflects ongoing research activity at the intersection of language and society in the interdis- ciplinary field of Discourse Studies. Prolonging the activities and publications of DiscourseNet, it welcomes contributions which actively engage in a dialogue across different theories of discourse, disciplines, topics, methods and methodologies. The DN CWPS is not “just another working paper series”. The DN CWPS is much more collabora- tive in spirit, as it gives you a constructive response by two experts as well as offering you the opportu- nities for social networking with researchers in your field of expertise. The goal of DN CWPS is supporting, extending and deepening debate, hence each accepted paper will obtain two reviews from experts in the paper's field. Both comments will be published in the appendix of the paper. Additionally, every author will be invited to the upcoming DiscourseNet meeting to present the paper and to get in touch with the commentators and other discourse researchers.
While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a... more While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a new field of transdisciplinary research are now coming to the fore: Discourse Studies. Known for theoretical orientations and methodological tools at the intersection of language and society, discourse research usually deals with social phenomena with a particular focus on the entanglements of power and language. While Discourse Studies has resulted from the exchange between numerous strands and approaches which deal with the social production of meaning, an increasing need for interdisciplinary exchange can now be observed. The Second International DiscourseNet Congress at Warwick aims to represent the many strands, schools, and perspectives in Discourse Studies, from the humanities to the social sciences, from strictly interpretive to quantifying methodologies, from discourse as a situated practice to discourse as socially distributed knowledge.
One can broadly divide research on higher education settings into three strands investigating 1) ... more One can broadly divide research on higher education settings into three strands investigating 1) the production of specialized scientific knowledge, 2) the dynamics of institutional power (academic decision-making and governance), 3) teaching and learning. In all three areas the notion of ‘discourse’ has been salient in the last decades. However, the term is often understood differently by researchers from different fields, and the respective disciplines haven’t always been receptive one to another. In the paper we present an overview of discursive approaches to the study of higher education in 1) social theory, poststructuralism in particular, and 2) linguistics. We explain the outlook on discourse which is prevalent in these areas and present the most significant studies on higher education contexts conducted within them. We argue that while social theory often lacks analytical detail and focus on empirical objects, linguistics on the other hand does not account for the way practi...
Proceedings of the Conference "Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda - Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research" VIENNA 2018, 2019
fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation Issue 48/July 2019 - Proceedings of the Conference "Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research", 2019
Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostatnich latach przedmiot... more Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostatnich latach przedmiotem dużego zainteresowania rządów, instytucji zajmujących się dystrybucją funduszy oraz badaczy akademickiej ewaluacji. Na świecie opracowano kilka modeli takiej oceny, różniących się celami i metodologią. Najbardziej kompleksową inicjatywą jest brytyjski system Impact Agenda, wprowadzony w 2014 r. jako element cyklicznego systemu oceny Research Excellence Framework (REF). „Wpływ społeczny” (impact) jest w jego ramach oceniany za pomocą jakościowej metodologii opartej na studiach przypadku (case studies), zaś wynik ewaluacji stanowi 20% końcowej oceny jednostki naukowej. Artykuł przedstawia kontekst wprowadzenia oceny „wpływu społecznego” w Wielkiej Brytanii oraz opisuje metodologię REF, kładąc szczególny nacisk na ewaluację elementu „impact”. Następnie na podstawie literatury oraz badań własnych autorki omawia pozytywne efekty oraz ograniczenia Impact Agenda. Ostatnia część tekstu zawier...
Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencji dl... more Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencji dla kultury akademickiej, a także możliwości wprowadzenia podobnego systemu oceny w Polsce. David Sweeney przekonuje, że o ile Impact Agenda stanowi odpowiedź na wiele wyzwań brytyjskiej nauki, o tyle nie można przenieść tego systemu bezpośrednio na inny grunt. System ewaluacji w każdym kraju powinien być dostosowany do lokalnej kultury akademickiej i celów stawianych przed naukowcami.
Powerful writing as writing ‘with’ What are the alternatives? Organising for a socially and ecolo... more Powerful writing as writing ‘with’ What are the alternatives? Organising for a socially and ecologically sustainable world By Jannick Friis Christensen Sarah Dunne Melissa Fisher Alexander Fleischmann Mary McGill Florence Villesèche Marta Natalia Wróblewska
The introduction of ‘impact’ as an element of assessment constitutes a major change in the constr... more The introduction of ‘impact’ as an element of assessment constitutes a major change in the construction of research evaluation systems. While various protocols of impact evaluation exist, the most articulated one was implemented as part of the British Research Excellence Framework (REF). This paper investigates the nature and consequences of the rise of ‘research impact’ as an element of academic evaluation from the perspective of discourse. Drawing from linguistic pragmatics and Foucauldian discourse analysis, the study discusses shifts related to the so-called Impact Agenda on four stages, in chronological order: (1) the ‘problematization’ of the notion of ‘impact’, (2) the establishment of an ‘impact infrastructure’, (3) the consolidation of a new genre of writing–impact case study, and (4) academics’ positioning practices towards the notion of ‘impact’, theorized here as the triggering of new practices of ‘subjectivation’ of the academic self. The description of the basic functi...
Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks. Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 205, 2020
Building on recent ground-breaking scholarship on the role of translation in Gramsci’s biography ... more Building on recent ground-breaking scholarship on the role of translation in Gramsci’s biography and theory (Carlucci, 2013; Sen, 2003), this paper presents an analysis of selected fragments from the “Prison Notebooks” in their Polish editions (1961, 1991).
The aim of this exercise is to examine the translations of Gramsci’s text from the point of view of his own complex theory of translation and translatability. The method used in the chapter pertains to Translation Studies, but reflections inspired by the corpus apply not only to the realm of language and translation but also to politics and broadly-understood struggles over hegemony.
The conclusion of the article is that the shape of the existing Polish translations of the “Prison Notebooks” was conditioned by the specific historical circumstances in which they were commissioned and published. In consequence, Gramsci is presented to the Polish public either as a classic of Marxist thought (first edition) or as a 'classic' philosopher tout court (second edition) – both of which suggest his work is a thing of the past, rather than a valid contemporary point of reference. In the closing section of the article I reflect on translation as a possible means of changing this state of affairs.
Note: this is a manuscript.
The full published paper is: "Translations of the Prison Notebooks into Polish: A Gramscian Analysis", in Antonini, Francesca, Aaron Bernstein, Lorenzo Fusaro, and Robert Jackson, eds. Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks (Brill, 2020)
For the full pdf go to https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004417694/BP000009.xml or simply contact me via Academia.edu or email: m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com
One can broadly divide research on higher education settings
into three strands investigating 1) ... more One can broadly divide research on higher education settings into three strands investigating 1) the production of specialized scientific knowledge, 2) the dynamics of institutional power (academic decision-making and governance), 3) teaching and learning. In all three areas the notion of ‘discourse’ has been salient in the last decades. However, the term is often understood differently by researchers from different fields, and the respective disciplines haven’t always been receptive one to another. In the paper we present an overview of discursive approaches to the study of higher education in 1) social theory, poststructuralism in particular, and 2) linguistics. We explain the outlook on discourse which is prevalent in these areas and present the most significant studies on higher education contexts conducted within them. We argue that while social theory often lacks analytical detail and focus on empirical objects, linguistics on the other hand does not account for the way practices produce and reproduce social order. Therefore, a study of academic discourse drawing on both strands would enable putting forward a robust theory and a precise methodology. In the last section of the paper we present an outline of such a field informed by both poststructuralism and pragmatics – Social Studies of Higher Education.
PL: Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencj... more PL: Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencji dla kultury akademickiej, a także możliwości wprowadzenia podobnego systemu oceny w Polsce. David Sweeney przekonuje, że o ile Impact Agenda stanowi odpowiedź na wiele wyzwań brytyjskiej nauki, o tyle nie można przenieść tego systemu bezpośrednio na inny grunt. System ewaluacji w każdym kraju powinien być dostosowany do lokalnej kultury akademickiej i celów stawianych przed naukowcami.
EN: The interview explores the challenges related to the introduction of the Impact Agenda, its consequences for academic culture as well as the possibility of putting in place a similar evaluation framework in Poland. David Sweeney argues that while the Impact Agenda addresses some issues of British science, it cannot be simply transposed to other academic systems. Instead, policy-makers should factor in the local academic culture and the particular aims set before science in their context.
PL: Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostat-nich latach prze... more PL: Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostat-nich latach przedmiotem dużego zainteresowania rządów, instytucji zajmujących się dystrybucją funduszy oraz badaczy akademickiej ewaluacji. Na świecie opracowano kilka modeli takiej oceny, różniących się celami i metodologią. Najbardziej kompleksową inicjatywą jest brytyjski system Impact Agenda, wprowadzony w 2014 r. jako element cyklicznego systemu oceny Research Excellence Framework (REF). " Wpływ społeczny " (impact) jest w jego ramach oceniany za pomocą jakościo-wej metodologii opartej na studiach przypadku (case studies), zaś wynik ewaluacji stanowi 20% końcowej oceny jednostki naukowej. Artykuł przedstawia kontekst wprowadzenia oceny " wpływu społecznego " w Wielkiej Brytanii oraz opisuje metodologię REF, kładąc szczególny nacisk na ewa-luację elementu " impact ". Następnie na podstawie literatury oraz badań własnych autorki omawia pozytywne efekty oraz ograniczenia Impact Agenda. Ostatnia część tekstu zawiera sugestie co do " lekcji wyniesionych z REF 2014 " , które mogą stanowić punkt odniesienia dla podobnych inicjatyw w Polsce. Tekst zamyka teza, że szerokie rozumienie " wpływu społecznego " nauki jako wpływu nie tylko na gospodarkę, lecz także jako dialogu ze społeczeństwem obywatelskim, mediami, sferą kul-tury i edukacji, może stanowić wyjście poza dychotomię: nauka utylitarna vs. nauka bezużytyczna.
EN: Recent years have seen a growth of interest in the evaluation of research’s “social impact” on the side of national governments, research funding bodies and scholars in the field of academic evaluation. While several models of impact evaluation have been developed around the world, the most robust one is the British Impact Agenda, introduced in 2014 as element of the cyclical Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Within this system research impact is assessed using a qualitative methodology based on case studies. The result of the impact assessment represents 20% of the final score of the unit of assessment. The article presents the context of the introduction of impact assessment in the United Kingdom and describes the advantages and challenges of the Impact Agenda. The last section of the text focuses on the “lessons learned from REF 2014” that can be relevant in the Polish context. The author closes with a reflection: a broad understanding of “social impact” of research – conceived as influence not only on the economy but also on NGOs, media, culture, education etc. – can help overcome the dichotomy between “blue skies” and utilitarian research.
Lucrezia Marinella – Szlachetność i doskonałość kobiet oraz słabości i przywary mężczyzn.
Tłumacz... more Lucrezia Marinella – Szlachetność i doskonałość kobiet oraz słabości i przywary mężczyzn. Tłumaczenie tekstu renesansowej włoskiej feministki Lucrezii Marinelli (1571 – 1653), poprzedzone wstępem tłumaczki Marty Natalii Wróblewskiej. Tekst stanowi ważny głos w europejskiej renesansowej debacie o pozycji i roli kobiety zwanej 'Querelle des femmes'. Źródło: Gabriela Rogowska i Marcin Trepczyński (red.), "Piknik z renesansem", wyd. Campidoglio 2011
The DiscourseNet: Collaborative Working Paper Series reflects ongoing research activity at the in... more The DiscourseNet: Collaborative Working Paper Series reflects ongoing research activity at the intersection of language and society in the interdis- ciplinary field of Discourse Studies. Prolonging the activities and publications of DiscourseNet, it welcomes contributions which actively engage in a dialogue across different theories of discourse, disciplines, topics, methods and methodologies. The DN CWPS is not “just another working paper series”. The DN CWPS is much more collabora- tive in spirit, as it gives you a constructive response by two experts as well as offering you the opportu- nities for social networking with researchers in your field of expertise. The goal of DN CWPS is supporting, extending and deepening debate, hence each accepted paper will obtain two reviews from experts in the paper's field. Both comments will be published in the appendix of the paper. Additionally, every author will be invited to the upcoming DiscourseNet meeting to present the paper and to get in touch with the commentators and other discourse researchers.
While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a... more While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a new field of transdisciplinary research are now coming to the fore: Discourse Studies. Known for theoretical orientations and methodological tools at the intersection of language and society, discourse research usually deals with social phenomena with a particular focus on the entanglements of power and language. While Discourse Studies has resulted from the exchange between numerous strands and approaches which deal with the social production of meaning, an increasing need for interdisciplinary exchange can now be observed. The Second International DiscourseNet Congress at Warwick aims to represent the many strands, schools, and perspectives in Discourse Studies, from the humanities to the social sciences, from strictly interpretive to quantifying methodologies, from discourse as a situated practice to discourse as socially distributed knowledge.
One can broadly divide research on higher education settings into three strands investigating 1) ... more One can broadly divide research on higher education settings into three strands investigating 1) the production of specialized scientific knowledge, 2) the dynamics of institutional power (academic decision-making and governance), 3) teaching and learning. In all three areas the notion of ‘discourse’ has been salient in the last decades. However, the term is often understood differently by researchers from different fields, and the respective disciplines haven’t always been receptive one to another. In the paper we present an overview of discursive approaches to the study of higher education in 1) social theory, poststructuralism in particular, and 2) linguistics. We explain the outlook on discourse which is prevalent in these areas and present the most significant studies on higher education contexts conducted within them. We argue that while social theory often lacks analytical detail and focus on empirical objects, linguistics on the other hand does not account for the way practi...
Proceedings of the Conference "Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda - Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research" VIENNA 2018, 2019
fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation Issue 48/July 2019 - Proceedings of the Conference "Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research", 2019
Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostatnich latach przedmiot... more Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostatnich latach przedmiotem dużego zainteresowania rządów, instytucji zajmujących się dystrybucją funduszy oraz badaczy akademickiej ewaluacji. Na świecie opracowano kilka modeli takiej oceny, różniących się celami i metodologią. Najbardziej kompleksową inicjatywą jest brytyjski system Impact Agenda, wprowadzony w 2014 r. jako element cyklicznego systemu oceny Research Excellence Framework (REF). „Wpływ społeczny” (impact) jest w jego ramach oceniany za pomocą jakościowej metodologii opartej na studiach przypadku (case studies), zaś wynik ewaluacji stanowi 20% końcowej oceny jednostki naukowej. Artykuł przedstawia kontekst wprowadzenia oceny „wpływu społecznego” w Wielkiej Brytanii oraz opisuje metodologię REF, kładąc szczególny nacisk na ewaluację elementu „impact”. Następnie na podstawie literatury oraz badań własnych autorki omawia pozytywne efekty oraz ograniczenia Impact Agenda. Ostatnia część tekstu zawier...
Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencji dl... more Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencji dla kultury akademickiej, a także możliwości wprowadzenia podobnego systemu oceny w Polsce. David Sweeney przekonuje, że o ile Impact Agenda stanowi odpowiedź na wiele wyzwań brytyjskiej nauki, o tyle nie można przenieść tego systemu bezpośrednio na inny grunt. System ewaluacji w każdym kraju powinien być dostosowany do lokalnej kultury akademickiej i celów stawianych przed naukowcami.
Powerful writing as writing ‘with’ What are the alternatives? Organising for a socially and ecolo... more Powerful writing as writing ‘with’ What are the alternatives? Organising for a socially and ecologically sustainable world By Jannick Friis Christensen Sarah Dunne Melissa Fisher Alexander Fleischmann Mary McGill Florence Villesèche Marta Natalia Wróblewska
The introduction of ‘impact’ as an element of assessment constitutes a major change in the constr... more The introduction of ‘impact’ as an element of assessment constitutes a major change in the construction of research evaluation systems. While various protocols of impact evaluation exist, the most articulated one was implemented as part of the British Research Excellence Framework (REF). This paper investigates the nature and consequences of the rise of ‘research impact’ as an element of academic evaluation from the perspective of discourse. Drawing from linguistic pragmatics and Foucauldian discourse analysis, the study discusses shifts related to the so-called Impact Agenda on four stages, in chronological order: (1) the ‘problematization’ of the notion of ‘impact’, (2) the establishment of an ‘impact infrastructure’, (3) the consolidation of a new genre of writing–impact case study, and (4) academics’ positioning practices towards the notion of ‘impact’, theorized here as the triggering of new practices of ‘subjectivation’ of the academic self. The description of the basic functi...
Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks. Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 205, 2020
Building on recent ground-breaking scholarship on the role of translation in Gramsci’s biography ... more Building on recent ground-breaking scholarship on the role of translation in Gramsci’s biography and theory (Carlucci, 2013; Sen, 2003), this paper presents an analysis of selected fragments from the “Prison Notebooks” in their Polish editions (1961, 1991).
The aim of this exercise is to examine the translations of Gramsci’s text from the point of view of his own complex theory of translation and translatability. The method used in the chapter pertains to Translation Studies, but reflections inspired by the corpus apply not only to the realm of language and translation but also to politics and broadly-understood struggles over hegemony.
The conclusion of the article is that the shape of the existing Polish translations of the “Prison Notebooks” was conditioned by the specific historical circumstances in which they were commissioned and published. In consequence, Gramsci is presented to the Polish public either as a classic of Marxist thought (first edition) or as a 'classic' philosopher tout court (second edition) – both of which suggest his work is a thing of the past, rather than a valid contemporary point of reference. In the closing section of the article I reflect on translation as a possible means of changing this state of affairs.
Note: this is a manuscript.
The full published paper is: "Translations of the Prison Notebooks into Polish: A Gramscian Analysis", in Antonini, Francesca, Aaron Bernstein, Lorenzo Fusaro, and Robert Jackson, eds. Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks (Brill, 2020)
For the full pdf go to https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004417694/BP000009.xml or simply contact me via Academia.edu or email: m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com
One can broadly divide research on higher education settings
into three strands investigating 1) ... more One can broadly divide research on higher education settings into three strands investigating 1) the production of specialized scientific knowledge, 2) the dynamics of institutional power (academic decision-making and governance), 3) teaching and learning. In all three areas the notion of ‘discourse’ has been salient in the last decades. However, the term is often understood differently by researchers from different fields, and the respective disciplines haven’t always been receptive one to another. In the paper we present an overview of discursive approaches to the study of higher education in 1) social theory, poststructuralism in particular, and 2) linguistics. We explain the outlook on discourse which is prevalent in these areas and present the most significant studies on higher education contexts conducted within them. We argue that while social theory often lacks analytical detail and focus on empirical objects, linguistics on the other hand does not account for the way practices produce and reproduce social order. Therefore, a study of academic discourse drawing on both strands would enable putting forward a robust theory and a precise methodology. In the last section of the paper we present an outline of such a field informed by both poststructuralism and pragmatics – Social Studies of Higher Education.
PL: Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencj... more PL: Wywiad dotyczy początków ewaluacji „wpływu społecznego”1 w Wielkiej Brytanii, jej konsekwencji dla kultury akademickiej, a także możliwości wprowadzenia podobnego systemu oceny w Polsce. David Sweeney przekonuje, że o ile Impact Agenda stanowi odpowiedź na wiele wyzwań brytyjskiej nauki, o tyle nie można przenieść tego systemu bezpośrednio na inny grunt. System ewaluacji w każdym kraju powinien być dostosowany do lokalnej kultury akademickiej i celów stawianych przed naukowcami.
EN: The interview explores the challenges related to the introduction of the Impact Agenda, its consequences for academic culture as well as the possibility of putting in place a similar evaluation framework in Poland. David Sweeney argues that while the Impact Agenda addresses some issues of British science, it cannot be simply transposed to other academic systems. Instead, policy-makers should factor in the local academic culture and the particular aims set before science in their context.
PL: Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostat-nich latach prze... more PL: Ewaluacja wpływu badań naukowych na środowiska pozanaukowe stała się w ostat-nich latach przedmiotem dużego zainteresowania rządów, instytucji zajmujących się dystrybucją funduszy oraz badaczy akademickiej ewaluacji. Na świecie opracowano kilka modeli takiej oceny, różniących się celami i metodologią. Najbardziej kompleksową inicjatywą jest brytyjski system Impact Agenda, wprowadzony w 2014 r. jako element cyklicznego systemu oceny Research Excellence Framework (REF). " Wpływ społeczny " (impact) jest w jego ramach oceniany za pomocą jakościo-wej metodologii opartej na studiach przypadku (case studies), zaś wynik ewaluacji stanowi 20% końcowej oceny jednostki naukowej. Artykuł przedstawia kontekst wprowadzenia oceny " wpływu społecznego " w Wielkiej Brytanii oraz opisuje metodologię REF, kładąc szczególny nacisk na ewa-luację elementu " impact ". Następnie na podstawie literatury oraz badań własnych autorki omawia pozytywne efekty oraz ograniczenia Impact Agenda. Ostatnia część tekstu zawiera sugestie co do " lekcji wyniesionych z REF 2014 " , które mogą stanowić punkt odniesienia dla podobnych inicjatyw w Polsce. Tekst zamyka teza, że szerokie rozumienie " wpływu społecznego " nauki jako wpływu nie tylko na gospodarkę, lecz także jako dialogu ze społeczeństwem obywatelskim, mediami, sferą kul-tury i edukacji, może stanowić wyjście poza dychotomię: nauka utylitarna vs. nauka bezużytyczna.
EN: Recent years have seen a growth of interest in the evaluation of research’s “social impact” on the side of national governments, research funding bodies and scholars in the field of academic evaluation. While several models of impact evaluation have been developed around the world, the most robust one is the British Impact Agenda, introduced in 2014 as element of the cyclical Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Within this system research impact is assessed using a qualitative methodology based on case studies. The result of the impact assessment represents 20% of the final score of the unit of assessment. The article presents the context of the introduction of impact assessment in the United Kingdom and describes the advantages and challenges of the Impact Agenda. The last section of the text focuses on the “lessons learned from REF 2014” that can be relevant in the Polish context. The author closes with a reflection: a broad understanding of “social impact” of research – conceived as influence not only on the economy but also on NGOs, media, culture, education etc. – can help overcome the dichotomy between “blue skies” and utilitarian research.
Lucrezia Marinella – Szlachetność i doskonałość kobiet oraz słabości i przywary mężczyzn.
Tłumacz... more Lucrezia Marinella – Szlachetność i doskonałość kobiet oraz słabości i przywary mężczyzn. Tłumaczenie tekstu renesansowej włoskiej feministki Lucrezii Marinelli (1571 – 1653), poprzedzone wstępem tłumaczki Marty Natalii Wróblewskiej. Tekst stanowi ważny głos w europejskiej renesansowej debacie o pozycji i roli kobiety zwanej 'Querelle des femmes'. Źródło: Gabriela Rogowska i Marcin Trepczyński (red.), "Piknik z renesansem", wyd. Campidoglio 2011
While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a... more While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a new field of transdisciplinary research are now coming to the fore: Discourse Studies. Known for theoretical orientations and methodological tools at the intersection of language and society, discourse research usually deals with social phenomena with a particular focus on the entanglements of power and language. While Discourse Studies has resulted from the exchange between numerous strands and approaches which deal with the social production of meaning, an increasing need for interdisciplinary exchange can now be observed. The Second International DiscourseNet Congress at Warwick aims to represent the many strands, schools, and perspectives in Discourse Studies, from the humanities to the social sciences, from strictly interpretive to quantifying methodologies, from discourse as a situated practice to discourse as socially distributed knowledge.
The DiscourseNet: Collaborative Working Paper Series reflects ongoing research activity at the in... more The DiscourseNet: Collaborative Working Paper Series reflects ongoing research activity at the intersection of language and society in the interdis- ciplinary field of Discourse Studies. Prolonging the activities and publications of DiscourseNet, it welcomes contributions which actively engage in a dialogue across different theories of discourse, disciplines, topics, methods and methodologies. The DN CWPS is not “just another working paper series”. The DN CWPS is much more collabora- tive in spirit, as it gives you a constructive response by two experts as well as offering you the opportu- nities for social networking with researchers in your field of expertise. The goal of DN CWPS is supporting, extending and deepening debate, hence each accepted paper will obtain two reviews from experts in the paper's field. Both comments will be published in the appendix of the paper. Additionally, every author will be invited to the upcoming DiscourseNet meeting to present the paper and to get in touch with the commentators and other discourse researchers.
Building on recent ground-breaking scholarship on the role of translation in Gramsci’s biography ... more Building on recent ground-breaking scholarship on the role of translation in Gramsci’s biography and theory (Carlucci, 2013; Sen, 2003), this paper presents an analysis of selected fragments from the “Prison Notebooks” in their Polish editions (1961, 1991). The aim of this exercise is to examine the translations of Gramsci’s text from the point of view of his own complex theory of translation and translatability. The method used in the chapter pertains to Translation Studies, but reflections inspired by the corpus apply not only to the realm of language and translation but also to politics and broadly-understood struggles over hegemony. The conclusion of the article is that the shape of the existing Polish translations of the “Prison Notebooks” was conditioned by the specific historical circumstances in which they were commissioned and published. In consequence, Gramsci is presented to the Polish public either as a classic of Marxist thought (first edition) or as a 'classic' philosopher tout court (second edition) – both of which suggest his work is a thing of the past, rather than a valid contemporary point of reference. In the closing section of the article I reflect on translation as a possible means of changing this state of affairs.
Note: this is a manuscript. The full published paper is: "Translations of the Prison Notebooks into Polish: A Gramscian Analysis", in Antonini, Francesca, Aaron Bernstein, Lorenzo Fusaro, and Robert Jackson, eds. Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks (Brill, 2020) For the full pdf go to https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004417694/BP000009.xml or simply contact me via Academia.edu or email: m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com
Please note this is a synopsis of my PhD thesis pre-viva. Feel free to contact me at
m.n.wroblew... more Please note this is a synopsis of my PhD thesis pre-viva. Feel free to contact me at
m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com to request a final version of the thesis.
W RAZIE PROBLEMU Z WYŚWIETLENIEM/ŚCIĄGNIĘCIEM PLIKU PROSZĘ O KONTAKT – PRZEŚLĘ NA MAIL. m.n.wrobl... more W RAZIE PROBLEMU Z WYŚWIETLENIEM/ŚCIĄGNIĘCIEM PLIKU PROSZĘ O KONTAKT – PRZEŚLĘ NA MAIL. m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com Wprowadzenie elementu „wpływu” („research impact”) do Research Excellence Framework (REF) w 2014 r. było kluczową zmianą w brytyjskim systemie ewaluacji nauki. Poprzedziła ją długa dyskusja oraz wiele badań, które kontynuowano także w trakcie i po pierwszej rundzie ewaluacji, doskonaląc metodę ewaluacji „wpływu” (HEFCE, 2009, 2015; HEFCE et al., 2015; Manville et al., 2015; Manville et al., 2014). W oparciu o istniejące badania, debaty, konferencje i raporty, ewaluację „wpływu” wprowadziły także inne państwa: Australia, Norwegia, Holandia, Hong-Kong. Zgromadzona w publikacjach wiedza i obserwacje pozwalają wychwycić potencjalnie problematyczne rozwiązania w polskim projekcie rozporządzenia, które reguluje kwestię ewaluacji „wpływu…”.
Austrian Presidency of the EU Council Conference on Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research, Nov 28, 2018
An interest in the evaluation of research impact – or the influence of scientific research beyond... more An interest in the evaluation of research impact – or the influence of scientific research beyond academia – has been observable worldwide. Several countries have introduced national research assessment systems which take into account this new element of evaluation. So far, research on this practice has focused mainly on the practicalities of the different existing policies: the definition of the term ‘research impact’, different approaches to measuring it, their relative challenges and the possible use of such evaluations. But the introduction of a new element of evaluation gives rise not only to challenges of a practical nature, but also to important ethical consequences in terms of academic identity, reflexivity, power structures, distribution of labour in terms of workloads etc. In order to address these questions and the relevant needs of researchers, in this paper we propose a multidimensional model that considers different attributes of research impact: Responsiveness, Accessibility, Reflexivity, Ecology and Adaptability. This holistic, multidimensional model of evaluation, designed particularly for self-assessment or internal assessment, recognises the qualities a project has on these different scales in a broader perspective, rather than offering a simple and single numerical evaluation. This model addresses many of the ethical dilemmas that accompany conducting impact-producing research. To exemplify the usefulness of the proposed model, the authors provide real-life research project assessment examples conducted with the use of the Multidimensional Approach for Research Impact Assessment (MARIA Model).
Austrian Presidency of the EU Council Conference on the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in Mission-oriented Research, 2018
An interest in the evaluation of research impact – or the influence of scientific research beyond... more An interest in the evaluation of research impact – or the influence of scientific research beyond academia – has been observable worldwide. Several countries have introduced national research assessment systems which take into account this new element of evaluation. So far, research on this practice has focused mainly on the practicalities of the different existing policies: the definition of the term ‘research impact’, different approaches to measuring it, their relative challenges and the possible use of such evaluations. But the introduction of a new element of evaluation gives rise not only to challenges of a practical nature, but also to important ethical consequences in terms of academic identity, reflexivity, power structures, distribution of labour in terms of workloads etc. In order to address these questions and the relevant needs of researchers, in this paper we propose a multidimensional model that considers different attributes of research impact: Responsiveness, Accessibility, Reflexivity, Ecology and Adaptability. This holistic, multidimensional model of evaluation, designed particularly for self-assessment or internal assessment, recognises the qualities a project has on these different scales in a broader perspective, rather than offering a simple and single numerical evaluation. This model addresses many of the ethical dilemmas that accompany conducting impact-producing research. To exemplify the usefulness of the proposed model, the authors provide real-life research project assessment examples conducted with the use of the Multidimensional Approach for Research Impact Assessment (MARIA Model).
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The aim of this exercise is to examine the translations of Gramsci’s text from the point of view of his own complex theory of translation and translatability. The method used in the chapter pertains to Translation Studies, but reflections inspired by the corpus apply not only to the realm of language and translation but also to politics and broadly-understood struggles over hegemony.
The conclusion of the article is that the shape of the existing Polish translations of the “Prison Notebooks” was conditioned by the specific historical circumstances in which they were commissioned and published. In consequence, Gramsci is presented to the Polish public either as a classic of Marxist thought (first edition) or as a 'classic' philosopher tout court (second edition) – both of which suggest his work is a thing of the past, rather than a valid contemporary point of reference. In the closing section of the article I reflect on translation as a possible means of changing this state of affairs.
Note: this is a manuscript.
The full published paper is: "Translations of the Prison Notebooks into Polish: A Gramscian Analysis", in Antonini, Francesca, Aaron Bernstein, Lorenzo Fusaro, and Robert Jackson, eds. Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks (Brill, 2020)
For the full pdf go to https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004417694/BP000009.xml or simply contact me via Academia.edu or email: m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com
into three strands investigating 1) the production of specialized
scientific knowledge, 2) the dynamics of institutional power
(academic decision-making and governance), 3) teaching and
learning. In all three areas the notion of ‘discourse’ has been salient
in the last decades. However, the term is often understood
differently by researchers from different fields, and the respective
disciplines haven’t always been receptive one to another.
In the paper we present an overview of discursive approaches
to the study of higher education in 1) social theory, poststructuralism
in particular, and 2) linguistics. We explain the outlook
on discourse which is prevalent in these areas and present the
most significant studies on higher education contexts conducted
within them. We argue that while social theory often lacks
analytical detail and focus on empirical objects, linguistics on
the other hand does not account for the way practices produce
and reproduce social order.
Therefore, a study of academic discourse drawing on both
strands would enable putting forward a robust theory and a precise
methodology. In the last section of the paper we present an
outline of such a field informed by both poststructuralism and
pragmatics – Social Studies of Higher Education.
EN: The interview explores the challenges related to the introduction of the Impact Agenda, its consequences for academic culture as well as the possibility of putting in place a similar evaluation framework in Poland. David Sweeney argues that while the Impact Agenda addresses some issues of British science, it cannot be simply transposed to other academic systems. Instead, policy-makers should factor in the local academic culture and the particular aims set before science in their context.
EN: Recent years have seen a growth of interest in the evaluation of research’s “social impact” on the side of national governments, research funding bodies and scholars in the field of academic evaluation. While several models of impact evaluation have been developed around the world, the most robust one is the British Impact Agenda, introduced in 2014 as element of the cyclical Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Within this system research impact is assessed using a qualitative methodology based on case studies. The result of the impact assessment represents 20% of the final score of the unit of assessment. The article presents the context of the introduction of impact assessment in the United Kingdom and describes the advantages and challenges of the Impact Agenda.
The last section of the text focuses on the “lessons learned from REF 2014” that can be relevant in the Polish context. The author closes with a reflection: a broad understanding of “social impact” of research – conceived as influence not only on the economy but also on NGOs, media, culture, education etc. – can help overcome the dichotomy between “blue skies” and utilitarian research.
Tłumaczenie tekstu renesansowej włoskiej feministki Lucrezii Marinelli (1571 – 1653), poprzedzone wstępem tłumaczki Marty Natalii Wróblewskiej.
Tekst stanowi ważny głos w europejskiej renesansowej debacie o pozycji i roli kobiety zwanej 'Querelle des femmes'.
Źródło: Gabriela Rogowska i Marcin Trepczyński (red.), "Piknik z renesansem", wyd. Campidoglio 2011
Przekład, wraz ze wstępem, ukazał się pierwotnie na portalu Res Publica Nowa (publica.pl) 24 października 2011
The aim of this exercise is to examine the translations of Gramsci’s text from the point of view of his own complex theory of translation and translatability. The method used in the chapter pertains to Translation Studies, but reflections inspired by the corpus apply not only to the realm of language and translation but also to politics and broadly-understood struggles over hegemony.
The conclusion of the article is that the shape of the existing Polish translations of the “Prison Notebooks” was conditioned by the specific historical circumstances in which they were commissioned and published. In consequence, Gramsci is presented to the Polish public either as a classic of Marxist thought (first edition) or as a 'classic' philosopher tout court (second edition) – both of which suggest his work is a thing of the past, rather than a valid contemporary point of reference. In the closing section of the article I reflect on translation as a possible means of changing this state of affairs.
Note: this is a manuscript.
The full published paper is: "Translations of the Prison Notebooks into Polish: A Gramscian Analysis", in Antonini, Francesca, Aaron Bernstein, Lorenzo Fusaro, and Robert Jackson, eds. Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks (Brill, 2020)
For the full pdf go to https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004417694/BP000009.xml or simply contact me via Academia.edu or email: m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com
into three strands investigating 1) the production of specialized
scientific knowledge, 2) the dynamics of institutional power
(academic decision-making and governance), 3) teaching and
learning. In all three areas the notion of ‘discourse’ has been salient
in the last decades. However, the term is often understood
differently by researchers from different fields, and the respective
disciplines haven’t always been receptive one to another.
In the paper we present an overview of discursive approaches
to the study of higher education in 1) social theory, poststructuralism
in particular, and 2) linguistics. We explain the outlook
on discourse which is prevalent in these areas and present the
most significant studies on higher education contexts conducted
within them. We argue that while social theory often lacks
analytical detail and focus on empirical objects, linguistics on
the other hand does not account for the way practices produce
and reproduce social order.
Therefore, a study of academic discourse drawing on both
strands would enable putting forward a robust theory and a precise
methodology. In the last section of the paper we present an
outline of such a field informed by both poststructuralism and
pragmatics – Social Studies of Higher Education.
EN: The interview explores the challenges related to the introduction of the Impact Agenda, its consequences for academic culture as well as the possibility of putting in place a similar evaluation framework in Poland. David Sweeney argues that while the Impact Agenda addresses some issues of British science, it cannot be simply transposed to other academic systems. Instead, policy-makers should factor in the local academic culture and the particular aims set before science in their context.
EN: Recent years have seen a growth of interest in the evaluation of research’s “social impact” on the side of national governments, research funding bodies and scholars in the field of academic evaluation. While several models of impact evaluation have been developed around the world, the most robust one is the British Impact Agenda, introduced in 2014 as element of the cyclical Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Within this system research impact is assessed using a qualitative methodology based on case studies. The result of the impact assessment represents 20% of the final score of the unit of assessment. The article presents the context of the introduction of impact assessment in the United Kingdom and describes the advantages and challenges of the Impact Agenda.
The last section of the text focuses on the “lessons learned from REF 2014” that can be relevant in the Polish context. The author closes with a reflection: a broad understanding of “social impact” of research – conceived as influence not only on the economy but also on NGOs, media, culture, education etc. – can help overcome the dichotomy between “blue skies” and utilitarian research.
Tłumaczenie tekstu renesansowej włoskiej feministki Lucrezii Marinelli (1571 – 1653), poprzedzone wstępem tłumaczki Marty Natalii Wróblewskiej.
Tekst stanowi ważny głos w europejskiej renesansowej debacie o pozycji i roli kobiety zwanej 'Querelle des femmes'.
Źródło: Gabriela Rogowska i Marcin Trepczyński (red.), "Piknik z renesansem", wyd. Campidoglio 2011
Przekład, wraz ze wstępem, ukazał się pierwotnie na portalu Res Publica Nowa (publica.pl) 24 października 2011
The aim of this exercise is to examine the translations of Gramsci’s text from the point of view of his own complex theory of translation and translatability. The method used in the chapter pertains to Translation Studies, but reflections inspired by the corpus apply not only to the realm of language and translation but also to politics and broadly-understood struggles over hegemony.
The conclusion of the article is that the shape of the existing Polish translations of the “Prison Notebooks” was conditioned by the specific historical circumstances in which they were commissioned and published. In consequence, Gramsci is presented to the Polish public either as a classic of Marxist thought (first edition) or as a 'classic' philosopher tout court (second edition) – both of which suggest his work is a thing of the past, rather than a valid contemporary point of reference. In the closing section of the article I reflect on translation as a possible means of changing this state of affairs.
Note: this is a manuscript.
The full published paper is: "Translations of the Prison Notebooks into Polish: A Gramscian Analysis", in Antonini, Francesca, Aaron Bernstein, Lorenzo Fusaro, and Robert Jackson, eds. Revisiting Gramsci’s Notebooks (Brill, 2020)
For the full pdf go to https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004417694/BP000009.xml or simply contact me via Academia.edu or email: m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com
m.n.wroblewska@gmail.com to request a final version of the thesis.
Wprowadzenie elementu „wpływu” („research impact”) do Research Excellence Framework (REF) w 2014 r. było kluczową zmianą w brytyjskim systemie ewaluacji nauki. Poprzedziła ją długa dyskusja oraz wiele badań, które kontynuowano także w trakcie i po pierwszej rundzie ewaluacji, doskonaląc metodę ewaluacji „wpływu” (HEFCE, 2009, 2015; HEFCE et al., 2015; Manville et al., 2015; Manville et al., 2014). W oparciu o istniejące badania, debaty, konferencje i raporty, ewaluację „wpływu” wprowadziły także inne państwa: Australia, Norwegia, Holandia, Hong-Kong. Zgromadzona w publikacjach wiedza i obserwacje pozwalają wychwycić potencjalnie problematyczne rozwiązania w polskim projekcie rozporządzenia, które reguluje kwestię ewaluacji „wpływu…”.