ЕТНОГРАФІЯ В НОВОРОСІЙСЬКОМУ УНІВЕРСИТЕТІ: ДО ПИТАННЯ ПРО ВИТОКИ НАРОДОЗНАВЧОЇ ДИСЦИПЛІНИ
ETHNOGRAPHY AT NOVOROSSIYA UNIVERSITY: TO THE QUESTION OF THE FOLK STUDY ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE ORIGINS

Summary/Abstract: The south of Ukraine is known for its ethnographic diversity. In the north and north-west parts of the Black Sea region, Albanians, Bulgarians, Gagauzes, Greeks, Moldovans, and Russians who were compactly settled among Ukrainians, who still communicate in their native languages, celebrate traditional holidays, and adhere to customary ritual practices. Therefore, the regional population history and culture must study, disseminate and protect this universal heritage, and as an object and subject it requires careful scientific study made by professional specialists whose training is carried out in university lecture halls This article deals with the history of the formation of ethnography as a science and academic discipline before the creation of the Department of Geography and Ethnography. The source is the Protocols of the Council of the Imperial Novorossiya University, according to which we can trace the evolution of awareness of how important is to have folk studies as a science and educational aspect at the University, taking into consideration its role in educational, scientific and social activities of the region. In the first half of the 19th century the interest in folk studies keeps growing among the intelligentsia, periodicals, in particular the Odesskiy Vestnik. The study of folk-life culture is became one of the main tasks of the Odessa Society of History and Antiquities. Eventually, in 1882, the introduction of the folk study academic discipline into the educational process at Novorossiya University appeared as a separate issue. The establishment of the Department of Historical Geography was proposed. The proposal was supported and in 1884 the Department of Geography and Ethnography appeared at the Faculty of History and Philology.

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