We invite you to take part in events for Human Week from 9-15 December 2024. in which we have been involved with friendly partners as part of one of the 50 Weeks in the City of Science.
Programme of events organised at the SUM Main Library (ul. Warszawska 14, Katowice).
9th December 2024 (Monday)
from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM - Exhibition ‘Between Worlds’ by Klaudia Wysiadecka, a graduate of the Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice.
Opening, brief guided tour and presentation of the exhibition project on the problem of loneliness of deaf people living between the worlds.
11th December 2024 (Wednesday)
from 4:00 PM to 6 PM - Does the Deaf person speak? - Facts and myths about the deaf community - How to tame anxiety when dealing with a deaf person, basics of communication in Polish Sign Language.
Workshop, free entrance (Agnieszka Kwiatkowska-Boryś from the SUM Library)
from 4:00 PM to 6 PM - hearing screening using an audiometer
Free entrance (Katarzyna Borowska-Wołoszczuk from the SUM Library)
12th December 2024 (Thursday)
from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Prevention of cancer - workshop activities
on phantoms for physical examination (breasts and testes).
Free entrance (Fundacja Oko w Oko z Rakiem)
from 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM - The gameplay of Bios: Origins. A game about the rivalry of early human species, by Phil Eklund, a well-known developer of games with a high level of complexity and a scientific background.
Free entrance (Stowarzyszenie Trzy Plansze)
13th December 2024 (Friday)
from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM and 5 PM to 6:00 PM - Botanical pattern bag painting workshop
Sign up at aborys@sum.edu.pl (Agnieszka Kwiatkowska-Boryś z Biblioteki ŚUM
from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Scientific fun for children: Kosmetyki i Laboratorium mydlarskie (Agnieszka Kwiatkowska-Boryś z Biblioteki ŚUM)
Permanent attractions
9th-15th December from 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM - Exhibition ‘Between Worlds’ Klaudii Wysiadeckiej
9th-15th December from 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM - Exhibition of anatomical models and presentation of a 3D atlas of human anatomy