„Нашият питомец спечели от Тото-2“. Из живота в Дом № 8 за деца и юноши с душевни недъзи в София
“Our Inmate Won from Toto-2”. About the Life in Home No. 8 for Children and Adolescents with Mental Disabilities in Sofia
Author(s): Georgi TodorovSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Sociology, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Social history, Gender history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Social psychology and group interaction, Family and social welfare, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: institution; socialism; mentally disabled children; social home; imbecile”; National Republic of Bulgaria
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the essence of (and life in) Home No. 8 for children and adolescents with mental disabilities in Sofia until the beginning of the 1960s. For this purpose, a microhistorical approach is used, based mainly on the documents from the archive of the home. Through a rare case of a pet who won the Toto 2, the daily life of the home for disabled children, the living conditions, the upbringing and education of the adolescents, and their participation in work activities and organized intertainment is presented. The question is raised about the reticenceof this type of institution in the period of socialism and the possibilities and ways of contact between them and the outside world.
Journal: Българска етнология
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 30-47
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Bulgarian