Prilog za razvoj ekomuzeja u Ravnim kotarima
Contribution to the Development of Eco-Museum in Ravni Kotari

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the possibilities of the development of a specific attitude towards heritage observable in the form of a special type of museum institution, eco-museum, in the region of Ravni Kotari, the headquarters of which would be in the Tower of Stojan Janković in the village of Islam Grčki. The authors provide an outline and a constructive contribution to museological theory and practice, supplemented by ethnological and cultural anthropological research of the villages of Islam Grčki, Islam Latinski, Kašić, Smilčić and Podgradina conducted during 2005 and 2006. In the first part of the article they outline the theoretical premises on the history of foundation and development of eco-museum; a kind of reminder and guideline for the future development of eco-museum. In the second part they analyze specific segments from the traditional culture of the researched villages: rural architecture and housing culture, olive growing, agriculture, water supply, melioration, traditional diet, annual customs, folk medicine and belief in supernatural beings, and suggest possible future projects which would centre on the activities and development of eco-museum in Ravni Kotari. The aim of the article is also to encourage future and more detailed ethnological and cultural anthropological as well as other related research, which would collect enough material necessary for the project of formation of eco-museums and which would make them reality.

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