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African studies conducted at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences (IMOC PAS) are a direct continuations of the research policy inaugurated in 1963 by Professor Józef Chałasiński, ordinary member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) and the creator of the Centre for Studies on Social and Cultural Issues of Contemporary Africa, which later developed into the Center for Studies on Non-European Countries PAS. Therefore, the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures (IMOC PAS), created after the merger of the Center of Studies on Non-European Countries and the Centre of Mediterranean Archeology is the second oldest institution in Poland devoted to African studies. Current research is conducted within the Division for Research on Sub-Saharan Africa (DRSSA) inaugurated in 2020 as one of the two research pillars of the Department of Cultures of Asia and Africa.
DRSSA's research topic: Dialogue of cultures – cultures of conflict. Socio-cultural transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa concentrate on multiethnic and multireligious societies of Africa south of the Sahara. The research concentrates on cultural and religious matters in regard to African statehood and society while giving the field for the in-depth analysis of the changes and cultural transmission within societies and ethnic groups. Moreover, the research topic recognizes and evaluates the role of the traditional, modern and popular cultures as possible state-building or conflict-generating factors and analyses various aspects of social development and social changes inspired by the cross-cultural dialogue and incited by the local and global cultural products.
At its launch, the Division introduced two, subject-oriented, research teams, with dynamic staff fluctuations:
1/ Popular and traditional culture in West Africa
2/ Cultural aspects of migration
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The Division of Research Documentation of the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures PAS (IKŚiO PAN, Pałac Staszica, 72 Nowy Świat Street, room no. 146) provides access to its collection for research purposes and for making copies of the materials for scientific and popularization purposes on the basis of completed Card of loan/access (Karta wypożyczenia/udostępnienia dokumentacji archeologicznej).
The collection is in the process of digitalization.
Access is granted to employees of the Institute as well as former and current heads of archaeological missions and holders of written recommendations issued by the heads.
Access to unpublished materials can be provided only by permission of the current head of the mission*.
* In some cases (connected with issues of scientific/intellectual rights to the material) consultation with the former head of the mission might be necessary.
Persons without affiliation to scientific institutions are required to submit a written statement concerning the intended use of the materials.
The materials can be used in IMOC PAS office if they have not been digitalized yet. The copies which can be made at the office of the Division include: photocopies, scans and scan printouts of both the descriptive and photographic documentation (negatives, photographic documentation cards and slides), as well as of architectural documentation (A4 format).
The head of the Division of Research Documentation and the director of IMOC PAS are authorized to issue a permission for the loan of materials out of the Institute office.
Access to the materials:
• Małgorzata Radomska – Head of the Division of Research Documentation
Mondays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• prof. dr habil. Barbara Tkaczow
Mondays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Dorota Bielińska
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
We kindly request for earlier notice by phone (phone 22 657-28-04).
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The collection of the Division of Research Documentation of IMOC PAS consists of source materials, as well as descriptive, photographic and technical documentation. This documentation is a result of research activity conducted by the employees of the Institute participating in Polish field work in the Mediterranean Sea Basin at the following sites:
Egypt
Alexandria 1960-1995
Tell Atrib 1957-1963, 1968-1969, 1979-1995
Deir el-Bahari 1961/1962-1992
Saqqara 1987, 1996-2007
Sudan
Faras 1961-1964
Dongola 1964-1995
Cyprus
Nea Paphos 1965-1993
Syria
Palmyra 1959-1981
Former Soviet Union
Myrmekion 1956-1958
Iraq
Bijan 1979-1983
Nimrud 1974-1976
Descriptive documentation consists of materials from excavations: diaries, reports for archaeological institutions of the countries where excavations are conducted, field and item inventories, artefact records, copies of excavation reports for publications of the Institute (Études et Travaux), press releases, descriptions of negatives and others.
Photographic documentation consists of: black-and-white negatives, photographs and negatives of architectural plans and drawings, big and small black-and-white contact prints, big and small colour contact prints, slides and excavation photograph catalogue.
Technical documentation consists of: architectural plans, framed and non-framed, carbon paper drawings and whiteprints.