Natalia Mika
Writer, Student, and Editor in Poland
Natalia Mika
Writer, Student, and Editor in Poland
Education
Studies
Polish philology student, BA. Besides general academic major, pursues two specialties: Creative Writing and Teaching Spec., and is planning to attend Social Communication Spec. as an auditor.
An active member of Koło Edytorów Trantiputl [Trantiputl Editors’ Students Association], where gained experience as an editor and social media manager.
Academic courses:
throughout studies, attended such courses, as:
- Aesthetics of Space
- Basics of Psychology for Teachers
- Contemporary Polish Language
- Interdisciplinarity in Practice
- Introduction to Literary Research Methods
- Lexicology, Lexicography, Linguistic Databases and Dictionaries
- Literary Axiology
- Poetics and Literary Analysis
- Research and Informatic Education
- Theoretical Readings
- Theoretical Rudiments of Language Culture
Projects
Academic projects:
- proofreading part of: Amanda Cross, Śmierć i profesura[Death in a Tenured Position], red. E. Kraskowska and E. Rajewska, Poznań, Wydawnictwo “Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne” [s.a.; not published yet] | '23;
- The 17th edition of Konkurs Literacki o Nagrodę Fanfila [FanFil Literature Contest]. (Students’ Jury member) | '23;
- experimental site, dedicated to new literary movements and intermedial phenomena (articles written by ChatGPT) | '23;
- working on:Poetry Assistance. Writing & Theory for Very Beginners, webpage including e.g.: theoretical basics, writing and composition hints, artistic view practise.
Conferences / events attended:
- Jak robi się szkołę (i jak szkoła robi nas)?[How to make school and how school makes us?] | '23
- Poznań Poetów [Poznań of Poets/Poets’ Poznań] | '23
Skills & interests
Skills
gained on academic courses:
- copywriting basics
- correspondence
- functional texts redaction
- graphic design basics
- language communication ethics
- proofreading
- social media management
- standardised text format (Harvad, Oxford)
- text edition
- web design basics
other:
- blog/web platforms (Blogger, Tumblr, Wix, WordPress)
- good social skills
- information searching
- MS: Word, PowerPoint
- social media platforms (Bandcamp, Discord, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo)
Interests:
research interests:
• affective turn • cognitive sciences • communication theory • deconstructivism • e-literature • experimental literature • intermediality • intertextuality • literature theory • logovisuality • modern philosophy • neurosciences (linguistics, perception) • new / new new media • phenomenology • psychodynamics • (publ.) image and PR • reception and perception • semantics • semiotics • synaesthesia •