Profile
Professor Filiciak is a cultural and media researcher. He is interested in media practices, media archeology, and theory of cultural studies. In particular, his research interests include the Internet, computer games, transformation of television, contemporary culture, and informal distribution of information.
He collaborates with numerous public cultural institutions, businesses and NGOs. He is also the co-creator of Kultura 2.0 [Culture 2.0], a project devoted to cultural transformations in the digital era as well as Medialab, the first Polish initiative combining social activism, art and technology.
He was the principal investigator on numerous research projects, including “Młodzi i media” [Youth and Media], “Tajni kulturalni” [Secret Agents of Culture], and “Obiegi kultury” [The Circuits of Culture]. Recently, he has been researching the impact of smartphones on all aspects of daily life, a project financed by the National Science Centre. Furthermore, Professor Filiciak has been leading a team researching digital heritage, as part of an international consortium COST Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing. He also contributes to a project, funded by the National Programme for the Development of Humanities (NPRH), which aims to compile an online catalogue of Polish computer games published between 1958 and 2025.
Professor Filiciak is a recipient of the New Europe 100 award and is a member of the PEGI Experts Group.
He has written several books, such as Wirtualny plac zabaw. Gry sieciowe i przemiany kultury współczesnej [Virtual Playground. Online Gaming and Transformation of Contemporary Culutre] (2006), and Media, wersja beta [Media. The Beta Version] (2014). Together with Alek Tarkowski, he co-authored Dwa zero. Alfabet nowej kultury i inne teksty [Two Zero. The Alphabet of New Culture and Other Texts] (2015). He is also Deputy Editor of Kultura Popularna [Popular Culture], a peer-reviewed academic quarterly journal. His latest publication is a book co-written with Patryk Wasiak – Weź Pan Rambo! Społeczna historia magnetowidów w Polsce (Mister, Get Rambo! A Social History of VHS Players in Poland) (2022).
At SWPS University, he teaches classes in new media, pop culture, and audiovisual culture.