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Author(s): Tihana Rubić,Željka Jelavić,Ana-Marija Vukušić,Sanja Potkonjak,Valentina Gulin Zrnić,Sanja Đurin,Ozren Biti,Maja Pasarić,Nada Kujundžić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 38/2015

book reviews: Sanja Potkonjak: Teren za etnologe početnike (Tihana Rubić); Jelka Vince Pallua: Zagonetka virdžine. Etnološka i kulturnoantropološka studija (Željka Jelavić); Mirna Tkalčić-Simetić: Hrelić. Antropologija prijepornog mjesta (Ana-Marija Vukušić); Zborovanje slovenskega muzejskega društva, eds. Verena Vidrih Perko, Borut Rovšnik, Verena Štekar-Vidic, Ida Gnilšak (Sanja Potkonjak); Captured by the City. Perspectives in Urban Culture Studies, ed. Blagovesta M. Momchedjikova (Valentina Gulin Zrnić); Joanna Crow: The Mapuche in Modern Chile. A Cultural History (Sanja Đurin); Iva Pleše: Pismo, poruka, mejl. Etnografija korespondencije (Ozren Biti); Boris Perić, Tomislav Pletenac: Zemlja iza šume. Vampirski mit u književnosti i na filmu (Maja Pasarić); The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales, ed. Maria Tatar (Nada Kujundžić); Ruth B. Bottigheimer: Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic. From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance (Nada Kujundžić)

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Отражение черт национального характера в этнических автостереотипах белорусов Молдовы

Author(s): Vasily Sakovich,Elizaveta Kvilinkova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2018

Based on materials obtained through field researchcarried out in 2008–2009 among representatives of the Belarusian Diaspora of Moldova, the article discusses the ethnic stereotypes typical of Belarusians. In the course of thesurvey, the respondents were asked to identify, from theirpoint of view, the important traits typical of the representatives of the Belarusian ethnic group as a whole and, tosome extent, distinguish them from those of other peoples.In the received free answers, the respondents mention certain values and characteristics, which were grouped intoseveral blocks in accordance with the frequency of theirbeing mentioned. By generalizing the respondents’ statements about the traits of the Belarusian national character,the authors succeeded in revealing the main features of thenational character in the view of the Belarusians of Moldova, the importance of their social attitudes, value orientations, etc. In the opinion of the respondents, the specificcharacter of the Belarusians was affected by concrete historical conditions of life. In conclusion, the authors statethat the Belarusians of Moldova, who have lived for a longtime away from the ethnic homeland, have preserved notonly their identity, but also the national traits.

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Asszonysors – tükrözve

Author(s): Tamás Mohay / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2018

An exhibition titled ANNA was presented in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest from November 2017 through April 2018. The exhibition told the imaginary story of a woman in the mid-20th century Székelyföld, who had to decide whether or not to keep her unexpected baby. The exhibition guided the visitors through the two different directions her story could take based on her decision. At the end of the exhibition, the two routes met in the same spot. In his essay the author analyzes the exhibition, and raises questions about social rules and about the respect of human life.

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Variációk múzeumi autentikusságra három székelyföldi kiállítás kapcsán

Author(s): Beáta Molnár / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2018

Most objects exhibited in a museum have not been made originally for the purpose to be exhibited there. These objects are primarily endowed with meaning by the researcher or museologist in the course of collection or selection of the material. Their interpretation is also determined by the concept of the exhibition defined by the curator, and not least by the visitors’ responses to them. We are slowly getting used to the idea that museums have changed or are still in a process of transformation, and the discourse about them has changed accordingly. Until recently, the concept and context of the museum has implied constancy, stability, fixed values and fixed times, but today it has relativised. This relativity brings up several questions in museology, curatorial practice and visitors alike. In this article, I shall focus on the most fundamental concept of museology, namely the problem of authenticity, shedding light on the external and internal factors that continuously define and shape our thinking about authenticity.

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Shifts in Lithuanian Culture of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries. Folk Music in Vilnius

Author(s): Austė Nakienė / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

A modern metropolis is an artificially created landscape brimming with a vast variety of significant places, public spaces that mark the historical past, streets with flows of transport, and internet networks that transmit information at lightning speed; it is a landscape with numerous cultural institutions and even with locations where these institutions are concentrated (cultural industries). Traditional culture lives on in such a complex urban structure yet in modest conditions, small premises, or abandoned spaces. Hardly will a resident of Vilnius, who is not interested in it, detect any signs of its existence, but more curious burghers know that they can visit various events associated with traditional culture. Traditional culture has adapted itself: it has found a shelter and has taken root like moss on a stone.This research was carried out by participating in the folklore movement of Vilnius, by taking part in various events and carefully observing them. Having scrutinized the musical scene, the author found some connections between the changes that traditional music underwent in earlier times and the historical shifts she has witnessed in her own lifetime.

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Z badań nad słownictwem muzyków ludowych środkowej Polski

Author(s): Ewa Sławińska-Dahlig / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

This article focuses mainly on the language of folk musicians and the vocabulary they use in relation to their own music (performance practice, musical instruments, folk musicians,repertoire, musical education, etc.). This text represents a survey of the principal thematic areas and the vocabulary most often appearing in interviews with folk musicians, including terms for the criteria of correctness in musical practice, as well as properties regarded as positive or negative. There is also a wide range of terms that are crucial to reflection on traditional folk music (incl. ‘weeping’, ‘taste’ and ‘accent’). I will also look at the life of a folk violinist, illustrated by an autograph manuscript of the life story of the Rawa violinist Stanisław Skiba (1932–2015). This articlewas based on the author’s interviews with twenty three folk violinists from central Poland, mostly from Łódź voivodeship, born in the years 1921–1954. Taking account of musicians’ comments, opinions and vocabulary provides insight into their way of thinking and their worldviews, and it also enhances our knowledge of the musical culture of central Poland.

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Flamenco: Contemporary Research Dilemmas

Author(s): Marta Wieczorek / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Contemporary vantage points on various types of flamenco differ vastly. This disparity is visible among flamenco aficionados, performers and while analyzing academic attitudes. The paper explores some of the recurring discrepancies in the scholarly flamenco disputes. It dwellson the role of the discussed genre in ethnic debates and its place in Spanish culture. The article also looks at the antagonism between traditional and contemporary or “pure” and commercial display of flamenco. These discussions are part of – as a dance scholar Michelle Heffner Hayes (2009: 4) phrases it – “conflicting narratives of flamenco’s history” and contribute to a complex and multifaceted image of this art form.

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Brass Ensembles and Brass Bands in the Traditional Culture of Samogitia Region, Lithuania

Author(s): Rūta Žarskienė / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

In this article, the primary focus is the tradition of brass bands and orchestras in the lifestyles of Samogitia’s towns and villages in the 20th–21st century. This music-making fromLithuania’s western region (Lith. Žemaitija) is no doubt related to the development of Lithuania’s musical culture as a whole. Therefore, on the basis of historical sources, the author briefly covers the development of ensembles in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The formation of brass ensembles’ tradition was particularly impacted by the celebrations of Catholic Church holidays and solemn processions (particularly in the 17th–18th century), and later – manor orchestras and music schools (end of the 18th–19th century). It was in Samogitia that music-making with brass instruments thrived until the very beginning of the 21st century. The author, on the basis of data collected mainly during fieldworks, reveals the role of brass bands in this region’s folk piety, family and community customs, this tradition’s changes.

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„Etnomuzykologia Polska” – nowe pismo poświęcone tradycji i współczesności

Author(s): Katarzyna Smyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2018

The text presents a new journal: „Etnomuzykologia Polska” (2016), numer 1, ss. 140; (2017) numer 2, ss. 104, W. Grozdew-Kołacińska, T. Nowak (red.), Warszawa: Zakład Etnomuzykologii Instytutu Muzykologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Polskie Seminarium Etnomuzykologiczne.

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A népi vallásosság megjelenési formái a Palócföldön

Author(s): Gábor LIMBACHER / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2-3/2018

On ritual community holidays and occasions, it was traditionally defined what people of a certain age should rejoice about and when, how men and women should celebrate or mourn. With the spread of the scientific worldview, supernatural schemas were replaced by the basic principle of natural causality. In relation to that, the situation and network of relations of the people in society, with respect to the natural environment and the objective world was relativized and differentiated by the processes of secularization.

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LA VARIANTE MODERNE DE LA COUTUME DEVENIR DE GRANDES AMIES - LIOARA/ LILIOARA

Author(s): Ligia Monica Cristea / Language(s): French Issue: 15/2018

In the traditional community of the Romanian village the status of the girls was well outlined and their role in the customs was clearly established. With that being said, the custom called Lioara, which took place only in the villages on the Crişul Negru valley, captured the moment of the young girls being introduced among the big girls. Spring, as a season of renewal, spiritual peace and joy, was chosen as the season of the feast being marked by these rites of passage into another stage of life.

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The Imaginary of the old Romanian weaves. Research for the homonymous film

Author(s): Victor Gingiu / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2017

The old Romanian weaves, especially the carpets, have great potential both for anthropological research as well as for the making of a documentary. In their symbolism, a diegesis is potentially found which links the representative characters. The cinematographic reconstruction of the epic layering leads naturally to the folk imaginary. In this article, we focused on a hundred years old exemplary (rug with parrots), trying to rehabilitate a lost story.

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LA DESCRIPTION ETHNOLOGIQUE DE LA COUTUME DEVENIR « DE GRANDES AMIES » OU « DES FRÈRES POUR LA VIE » DANS DES RÉGIONS REPRÉSENTATIVES DE LA TRANSYLVANIE

Author(s): Ligia Monica Cristea / Language(s): French Issue: 14/2018

The habit of bosom friends and of surorities is full of meaning. We can see that the contemporary shape of manifestation of surorities and bosom friends decreased considerably. Therefore, the description of the habit cannot tell the various stages where the habit was or it is in the present. The habit has contributed in the past and tries to contribute even nowadays to maintain moral values, values that have been essential for Romanian people along its tumultuous existence.

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Examining the relation between the shape/manufacture technique and the function of the pottery used for salt-making (briquetages)

Author(s): Felix-Adrian Tencariu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The archaeological excavations across the world provided over time abundant evidence about the exploitation of salt water (sea water or inland brine), transformed into solid salt by means of a forced evaporation process involving the use of fire and clay containers, known as briquetage type vessels. Quite strange at first sight, regardless of age or location of salt making sites in the world (Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Iron Age in Poland; Chalcolithic and Bronze Age in Romania; Bronze Age and Iron Age in France, Germany, England; Bronze Age and Iron Age in China and Japan; even modern times in some areas of Africa), there is an affinity for the quasi-conical shape of the ceramic vessels used to obtain salt units. This paper examines adaptive convergence in briquetage-making, cases in which functional constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages.

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The Identification Process of the Urban Population in Relation to the Socio-cultural Features of Urban Districts: The Example of the City of Poprad, Slovak Republic

Author(s): Zdena Krišková / Language(s): English Issue: 30/2018

Cultural diversity and identity are topical issues related to the development of human society within communities at different levels – from international to local ones. This study focuses on the city as a basic socio-cultural unit and on the observation of the basic aspects of the ties of cultural identification among members of urban society. The City of Poprad in Slovakia is a specific example. This city is a conurbation of five originally independent towns, each with their own history and with various degrees of economic and cultural development, which is the primary basis and determining factor of the relationship between the local community and its environment. In this context, the study follows the aspects of formation of local identity at a diachronic level. At the synchronic level, it observes the identity phenomenon in the new globalisation conditions of the present.

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Uvod u problematiku komodifikacije teške baštine

Author(s): Helena Stublić,Robert Samovojska / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 30/2018

The paper provides insight into the topic of difficult heritage commodification. In the first part of the paper the authors analyse the theoretical concept of heritage from the museological point of view and proceed to define the concept of difficult heritage which is becoming increasingly prominent in research literature and denotes those segments of a community or society’s heritage which often remain unrecognized or represent the ignored and at times denied part of the past that does not fit in with the desired affirmative heritage. Subsequently, the authors elaborate on the complexity of the heritage commodification with its positive and negative aspects. The second part of the paper focuses on the importance of recognizing the commodification of difficult heritage as an especially sensitive and challenging process which inevitably requires taking into account various aspects, from interpretation and presentation of difficult heritage to the numerous ethical questions.

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Tales of Ephemeral Existence: Between Sculptures, Pictograms, and Photographies

Author(s): Julián David Romero Torres / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

This article, the purpose of which is to place photography into the discussion, has been developed through the diﬀ erent social sciences with which it particularly deals with the anthropological, historical and social signiﬁcant elements that include tales of human groups, the means of deﬁning their existence, and rituals and manners of constructing relationships with environmental, social and cultural surroundings. The paper has six sections, starting with an introduction. The following chapter provides some keys to understanding the possible connections between sociology and photography. The third part develops a discussion of the place of the anthropological ﬁeld in recognizing photography as a human and cultural practice. The next chapter opens a debate about photography, through the results of a case study in Colombia involving a discussion about the family, the construction of visual speech, the tales that individuals create in a family album, and the possible distortions and interest in building particular dialogues about the past. We conclude with theoretical reﬂections about the important place of visual narration and the construction of collective memory in the institution of the family. In this way, we show the continuously constructed tales that unveil the human sojourn in the world. In the same way, the family as an institution is one of those human groups that uses tools such as photography to construct their stories and their oﬃcial collective memories in oral and visual discursive narrative codes.

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The confessional - cooperative teaching Religion model in the perspective of intercultural education in Romania

Author(s): Monica Opriş / Language(s): English Issue: 9/2011

One of the strongest arguments in favor of (re)introducing Religion as a subject of education in Romania, after a period of almost half a century of absence from curricula, it’s considering its role in shaping European culture, but also in harmonizing relations between peers of different religions, faiths, races, ethnicities, from the values they promote. The relationship between religious education and intercultural education becomes evident. More than in other subjects, in Religion case, tolerance, respect for others may become support but also object of its aims, everything bearing the seal of Love. This study wants to be a path from recognizing or not the integrative role of religion and how the cooperative- confessional teaching religion model promotes or not intercultural education. The answer is as simple to set as it is difficult to accomplish: when students acquire the attributes of a small religious community class, we can speak, at this level, of the possibility of opening students to interculturalism.

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Функционално сагледавање обредног окретања на витлу у Срба

Author(s): Đorđina Trubarac Matić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2017

On the basis of the ethnographic materials collected within Serbian ethnic area, ritual whirling and swinging are compared in order to mark the differences between them, since they have been understood as synonym actions till now. With the aim to discuss their inner ritual logic, the ethnographic data are analyzed by: 1) defining the annual calendar of their performance; 2) discussing their accompanying rituals and beliefs; 3) analyzing technics for the construction of the devices used for whirling and swinging; 4) comparing these data to the similar practices in other traditions of the world. The attention is drawn to the differences in the annual calendar of their performance, while Christmas and the Lent preceding week are marked as those during which both ritual actions were practiced at the same time. The results of analysis indicate that these two actions are closely inter-related, especially during the Lent preceding week, when whirling and swinging were the most intense and performed simultaneously in the same place. However, even then, their ritual functions were not synonymous, but complementary. Although both were performed to encourage fertility, their inner ritual logics were different: whirling was the simulation of a new cosmogonic process, while swinging was performed to awaken the biocosmic rebirth.

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Прича o нама: Клуб студената етнологије и антропологије

Author(s): Jana Baćević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2003

Клуб студената етнологије и антропологије (KCEA) основала је у априлу 2001. године група студената са Одељења за етнологију и антропологију Филозофског факултета у Београду. За непуне две године рада чланови Клуба организовали су два међународна семинара, летњу школу, теренско истраживање и серију индивидуалних активности, ширећи антрополошке видике и успостављајући сарадњу са многобројним сродним институцијама у земљи и иностранству. Овај текст представља покушај да се укратко опишу почеци рада Клуба, садржај досадашњих и планови за будуће активности, као и да се истакну проблеми и значај студентског доприноса развоју научних дисциплина код нас.

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