Spomienkové slávnosti: Ako inštitúcie ovplyvňujú identifikačné procesy
Commemorative ceremonies: How institutions influence identification?
Author(s): Michaela FerencováSubject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: ethnic identification; local identification; ethnic categories; commemorative celebrations; local institutions; social constructivism
Summary/Abstract: In this article the preliminary outcomes of a two-month ethnographic fieldwork in a town inhabited by Slovaks and Hungarians, situated in south-western Slovakia, are presented. The article deals with the relation between identification and commemoration and describes how local institutions influence identification processes. A study of two commemorative celebrations organized by local cultural institutions representing Slovaks and Hungarians (the commemoration of Anton Bernolák, a priest who is considered as a first codifier of Slovak language, and the commemoration of the 1956 revolution in Hungary) shows that there is a close connection of identification with ethnic groups to commemoration. Comparing the two examined public events to the third one, organised by the municipality and having no more a character of commemorative ceremonies, statements about the relation between ethnic and local identification are made.
Journal: Slovenský národopis
- Issue Year: 53/2005
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 19-37
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Slovak
