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The purpose of this article is to present the specific character of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) in Poland as one of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We refer to the issue increasingly debated in the social sciences, that is, how to translate academic models embedded in specific social contexts to other contexts, as we trace the process of adapting ideas and patterns of AFNs developed in the West to the semi-peripheral context of CEE countries. Drawing on the theory of social practices, we divide the analysis into three essential areas: The ideas of the network, its materiality, and the activities within the network. We have done secondary analysis of the research material, including seven case studies the authors worked on in the past decade. We distinguish three network models—imitated, embedded and mixed—which allow us to establish a specific post-transformational AFN growth theory. Particular attention should be paid to the type of embedded networks, as they highlight the possibility of local and original forms of AFNs. Mixed networks show that ideas imported from abroad need to be considered in juxtaposition and connection with local circumstances.

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Self-tracking odnosi się do wszelkich sposobów monitorowania i analizowania stanu własnego organizmu za pomocą urządzeń mobilnych (telefonów, opasek, przypinek, obręczy itp.) i powiązanych z nimi aplikacji. Dzięki nim użytkownicy technologicznych gadżetów mogą sprawdzać na bieżąco swoje tętno, mierzyć przebyty w ciągu dnia dystans czy monitorować fazy snu. Ogólnie rzecz ujmując, self-tracking jest nowym wcieleniem ideologii zdrowia, o której pisał Robert Crawford. W artykule poddano analizie to zjawisko, umieszczając je w dwóch kontekstach: ideologii neoliberalnej i kapitalizmu kognitywnego. Używanie gadżetów do self-trackingu pozwala na wytwarzanie określonego rodzaju podmiotowości: skupionej na sobie, samodyscyplinującej się, przedsiębiorczej, dążącej do maksymalizacji kontroli w codziennym, naznaczonym niepewnością życiu. Jednocześnie praktyki monitorowania siebie doskonale wpisują się w nowe reżimy produkcji, oparte na pomysłowości, kreatywności i koncentracji.

This study focuses on factors that shape vaccine attitudes and behaviours in the context of a low-trust society. Our analysis focuses on the Polish vaccination programme against COVID-19, primarily on (1) the evaluation of the information campaign, (2) trust in the institutions, (3) trust in other people, (4) attitudes toward vaccine safety and efficacy, (5) attitudes toward restrictions related to vaccination (e.g., restricted access to certain services for unvaccinated persons) and the introduction of mandatory vaccination, (6) the evaluation of the government’s actions during the pandemic, and (7) political preferences. The study was conducted with a sample of 1143 adult residents in Poland (CATI). The explanation of the factors determining the COVID-19 vaccine was based on structural equation modelling (SEM). The model showed that the declared fact of vaccination was largely determined by a positive attitude toward restrictions related to vaccination and trust in vaccines. The formation of the provaccine attitude was to an extent determined by the assessment of the government’s campaign and actions during pandemic. While institutional trust had a positive effect on support for the ruling coalition (0.56), the latter on its own had the opposite effect (−0.61) on the formation of provaccine attitude. In the group who both trust institutions and support the parties currently in power, there are more of those who simultaneously reject the restrictions and mandatory vaccination and remain sceptical about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines than those who both trust in the vaccine safety and efficacy and accept the restrictions and mandatory vaccination. This indicates that in the context of strong political polarisation, ideological affiliations may play a greater role in shaping vaccine attitudes and behaviours than institutional trust.