About the Journal
The idea behind the “Lodz Ethnographic Studies” journal is to address recent developments in contemporary ethnology (anthropology) and to combine theory with practice. The journal contributes to current ethnologically grounded discussion on culture in its diverse aspects and meanings (theoretical, analytical, diagnostic and practical). Field studies and individually collected empirical data constitute the foundation of all submissions to the “Lodz Ethnographic Studies”. All manuscripts demonstrate therefore empirical research findings and present theoretical discourse circled around problems investigated by contemporary anthropologists.
Since 2015 each “Lodz Ethnographic Studies” volume has been focused around a single and distinctive topic. It allows for presenting multiple perspectives and approaches by authors who use diverse methodologies, research designs, analytical tools and represent different theoretical backgrounds.
“Lodz Ethnographic Studies” is on the list of scientific journals and received 70 points.
“Lodz Ethnographic Studies” is registered in the international system of information about continuous publications and marked with the symbol: ISSN 2450-5544.
The journal is included in the indexing databases:
Scopus (https://www.scopus.com)
ERIH Plus - European Reference Index for the Humanities (https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/)
CEJSH - The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl)
CEEOL - Central and Eastern European Online Library (https://www.ceeol.com)
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals (https://doaj.org)
IBSS - International Bibliography of Social Sciences (https://www.proquest.com/libraries/academic/databases/ibss-set-c.html)
Index Copernicus (https://indexcopernicus.com/index.php/en/)
Bibliography of Polish Ethnography (http://www.ptl.info.pl/odie/)
Announcements
CALL FOR PAPERS (volume 65, 2026)
BODY WORK: PRACTICES, IMAGINARIES, AFFECTIVE DIMENSIONS
We invite authors to contribute to a special issue of “Łódź Ethnographic Studies” dedicated to contemporary trends and practices aimed at transforming, modifying and beautifying the body, as well as the discourses surrounding these practices.
As we plan this issue of LSE, we seek to highlight the multiple connections between socially constructed bodily idea(l)s, the economy of beauty, and mobility in the broadest sense. In doing so, the issue aims to reignite and continue discussions about body work understood as work that individuals perform on their bodies and work performed onto their bodies by others, encompassing the physical and emotional aspects of work performed on other bodies. We encourage authors to focus on both the global circulation of patterns concerning corporeality and their local manifestations, transformations, interpretations.
The volume’s thematic editor: prof. dr hab. Anna Wieczorkiewicz (University of Warsaw), dr Ruxandra Ana (University of Lodz).
The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2025.
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Redaktor tematyczny: Katarzyna Smyk
Numer wydano ze środków programu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”. UMOWA Nr RCN/SN/0173/2021/1 Czasopismo „Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne”.
Termin rozpoczęcia realizacji projektu 15.11.2022 r., zakończenia 14.11.2024 r. [24 miesiące].
Wartość przyznanych środków finansowych 67 194,00 zł.
