Professor of anthropology of the word and anthropological theory. Author of books: Lekcja kryzysu. Źródła kulturalizmu Floriana Znanieckiego [The Lesson of Crisis: The Sources of Florian Znaniecki’s Culturalism, 1997], Słowo – pismo – sztuka słowa. Perspektywy antropologiczne [The Word – Writing – Verbal Art: Anthropological Perspectives, 2008], Luneta i radar. Szkice z antropologicznej teorii kultury [A Telescope and a Radar: Studies in Anthropological Theory of Culture, 2016]. Co-editor and co-author of textbooks Antropologia kultury [Anthropology of Culture, 2005] and Antropologia słowa [Anthropology of the Word, 2003] and of joint publications: Culture Animation: Looking Back and Forward (2002), Kulturologia polska XX wieku [Polish Culturology in the 20th Century, 2013], Od aforyzmu do zinu. Gatunki twórczości słownej [From Aphorism to Zine: Genres of Verbal Creation, 2014], Antropologia praktyk językowych [Anthropology of Linguistic Practices, 2016]. Primary investigator of the collective research project “Linguistic practices as cultural practices” (2012-2014). Member of editorial boards or councils of the journals: Anthropological Almanac (and book series) „Communicare”, „Przegląd Kulturoznawczy” and „Kultura Współczesna”. Member of the Committee of Cultural Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (for three terms). Member of the council of „Pogranicze – sztuk, kultur, narodów” [“Borderland – of Arts, Cultures and Nations”] Foundation.