Завръщане в Родопите - за "пловдивския" терен и проф. Тодор Ив. Живков
Return to the Rhodope Mountain – the fieldwork of "Plovdiv" and Professor Todor Iv. Zhivkov

Author(s): Borislava Petkova
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: fieldwork; Rhodope Mountain; students
Summary/Abstract: The text follows the processes of arranging and conducting field researches on Ethnology and Folklore studies for Ethnology students, focusing on the research of second-year students. Summer practices are an integral part of the Ethnology curriculum. Prof. Todor Iv. Zhivkov laid down the basis, concept and methodology. The research has been carried out every year since 1994 without interruption. The text tracks the different villages, small towns and big cities, where the local urban culture studies are conducted in its variety of forms, as well as the themes and highlights in the fieldwork of the young people. It is emphasized on the fact that most of the 19 successful summer practices, 11 of them are held in the Rhodope mountain (village of Davidkovo (1994), village of Petkovo (1996), village of Zagrazhden (1995, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2012), town of Kardzhali (2004), city of Smolyan (2010.) The settlements in the Middle Rhodope are becoming one of the "preserved" fieldworks for students and professors from the Department of Ethnology.

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