This piece serves as an introduction to this issue of Kultura i Społeczeństwo, which features articles addressing trends and controversies in contemporary biographical research in the social sciences. The authors briefly discuss the development of the biographical method, pointing out the diversity of tools currently in use and the dangers stemming from the popularity of biographical analyses. They also outline the journal’s layout and content, indicating its three organizational frameworks: the study of biographical experience in an age of dynamic change and overlapping crises; reflection on the language of sociology and the social positioning of the researcher; and the status of experiences reported in autobiographical accounts.
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