A szociográfia új fóruma
A New Forum for Sociography

Summary/Abstract: This review presents the first issue of Szociográfia, the online journal of the Magyarország Felfedezése Foundation, as an important new forum for Hungarian sociography. It discusses the journal’s attempts to define the genre through several contrasting approaches, from literary and interdisciplinary conceptions of sociography to its role in community self-knowledge, social sensitivity, and psychological or socio-psychographic analysis. The review surveys the issue’s main sections, including debates on the meaning of sociography, the forum for young sociographers, original sociographic writings, interviews, socio-photography, visual culture, and book excerpts. It argues that the journal is not merely an internal professional medium, but an experimental cultural and scholarly forum crossing disciplinary boundaries. The first issue is ultimately read as a timely initiative that encourages social sensitivity, literary quality, and non-conventional ways of mapping hidden forms of social reality.

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