"This Is No Rumour, This Is the Harsh Reality”. Current Myths and Rumours within the OZ Proti Prúdu Organisation Cover Image

„To nie je nejaká fáma, to je krutá realita“. Súčasné povesti a fámy v prostredí oz proti prúdu
"This Is No Rumour, This Is the Harsh Reality”. Current Myths and Rumours within the OZ Proti Prúdu Organisation

Author(s): Lucia Ditmarová
Subject(s): Anthropology, Civil Society, Theory of Communication, Methodology and research technology, Demography and human biology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: contemporary legend; rumour; context; Nota Bene magazine; OZ Proti prúdu;

Summary/Abstract: The text focuses on the contemporary legends and rumors as a current genre in the present-day society. I see these narratives as texts which can be studied and analysed at several levels depending on the context of narration, and I assume that the social context influences the content and the form of these narratives.The main aim of the text is to highlight the theoretical and methodological specification of the ethnographic research of contemporary legends and rumors within the OZ (Civic Organisation) Proti Prúdu and the influences of this specific context on these narratives in the context of the daily life of sellers of the Nota Bene magazine – clients of the OZ Proti Prúdu organisation. Through several examples of narratives, the context of which depends on the given environment, I seek to point out in what way individuals can indirectly react to daily life within their particular environment.

  • Issue Year: 64/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 327-344
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak