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This work discusses the subject of a scientific trip from a semiotic perspective. It presents the scientific congress (AIESEP World Congress 2014) and a critical review of it; a journey of cultural symbolism; and remarks and impressions of staying in a distant country. In addition, a meeting with the proto-forms of martial arts and considerations concerning the social reception of martial arts in...
Background and study aim. The program of a two-week course consisted mainly in wandering on snow shoes in the Poloniny National Park at the border of Slovakia and Poland. This type of project enables its participants to encounter the raw reality of the outdoor environment in difficult natural conditions forcing the participants to involve their self-protective mechanisms needed for survival. Material...
It is a short report from the 5th Innovations Forum and the 1st Carpathian States Tourism Forum held on 27-28 of May at the University of Rzeszów in Rzeszów. This is an account of an extraordinary congress (about a thousand participants), with the main emphasis, made within the framework of the Forum, on panel session: “Cultural Dialogue in Tourism”. This event of a great economic, political and scientific...
Problem. The following study shows different dimensions of congress tourism. The authors present a case study of an international scientific conference with references to other conferences and the effort of showing some more general regularity, e.g. a ritual dimension. Methods. Empirical base is an experience of the first of authors in the field of active participation in 50 international scientific...
Background. The scientific perspective for the study is the anthropology of tourism and the anthropology of martial arts. Aim. A cognitive question posed by this work is to obtain new knowledge about scientific and martial arts tourism. It should be a contribution in this area. Methods. It is a case study of a one-week seminar, with participant observation. A qualitative content analysis of the literaturewas...
Background and Problem. Globalization is creating new opportunities and challenges for scholars of martial arts. As instruction in specific martial forms extends beyond the boundaries of where such forms were developed, questions may arise about practitioners’ legitimacy. Travel to the source of an art or sport is one way to address these concerns – learning under the tutelage of a local master and...
This is a description of the current situation, the news from Poland and from the perspective of the headquarters of the IPA & IMACSSS in Rzeszow starting with a reference to historical events. The editorial refers to international events in the martial arts circle, the issue of a new paradigm of learning and the content of volume 16. These include accounts (factual material), reviews (evaluation)...
This study presents some reflections on the monograph by Wojciech J. Cynarski [2015] entitled “Science Tourism from a visual sociology perspective”. This paper highlights the criteria for the different subdivisions of business tourism and I have used the monographic method to consider the issues under discussion. In addition to this, the uniqueness of the concept of conference and congress tourism...
Background and Problem. Within the scientific concept of Non- entertaining Tourism the problem of similarities and differences between some cases of martial arts’ tourism was studied. This study serves as a contribution to the state of knowledge on martial arts tourism. Method. The method is a single case study research, both descriptive and evaluative, with participant observation and photographic...
Problem. The first goal of this paper is to describe and evaluate the Conference as a scientific event including digressions based on knowledge of certain national traditions and related insights. Next, the authors attempt to answer the research question, as to the reasons why specialists travel to and attend similar meetings, i.e, the features which attract them. More specifically, to what extent...
Problem and Aim. The aims were: 1) factography with the evaluation of the scientific event, 2) case study of the event in terms of the institutionalization of fighting arts research and martial arts tourism. Method. Qualitative methods were used: expanded discourse analysis, visual anthropology, autoethnography, and participant observation. The analysis included, inter alia, several dozen photographs...
Problem. Among the scientific organisations operating on an international scale, whose interest is focused on the area of fighting arts (martial arts, combat sports, self-defence, combat systems, martial cultures and hoplology), the IMACSSS – International Martial Arts and Combat Sports Scientific Society comes to the fore. This association was established in Rzeszow and was registered in 2010. Each...
Problem and Method. On the one hand, this is a factsheet and a case study. On the other hand, it is an exchange of opinions and a review of them – a review article. It concerns the recent history of martial arts We draw on the practical experience, knowledge and statements of one of the highest-ranking masters with great experience in several types of martial arts. We quote and analyze his and others’...
Problem. The first goal is to describe and evaluate a scientific event, plus digressions (on some martial arts traditions) and observations. Then we look for answers to the problem question, what is the reason why specialists come to such a meeting, what attracts them. Is it the charm of the place or is it a strictly scientific purpose? Moreover, what does the analysis of the photographic material...
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