LIFE AND WORK OF MELINDA ÉGETŐ (1941–2011)
LIFE AND WORK OF MELINDA ÉGETŐ (1941–2011)

Summary/Abstract: Following a few earlier writings, the serious comprehensive, systematic scholarly study of Hungarian viticulture and viniculture within ethnology including a European comparison began around the mid-20th century. From the second half of the 1950s up to the early 1980s it was principally the work of István Vincze (1922–1982), his studies published in Hungarian and foreign languages, that examine and typologise the implements and technologies of traditional viticulture and viniculture in the Hungarian-speaking regions, the ways in which wine was stored, the buildings used, as well as the historical strata of viticulture and viniculture, and the local production types. From the 1970s historical-ethnological research on the subject can be associated with the name of Melinda Égető within the frame of over four decades of activity. Although other researchers also produced numerous local studies in those decades, it was Melinda Égető who defined the theoretical and conceptual frames of the research, examined many new specific areas and put forward new interpretations. This is why we consider it important in our issue devoted to the subject to briefly present, sum up and evaluate the scholarly work, together with a selected bibliography of the main works of the researcher who died two years ago. We believe that her achievements also merit international attention.

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