О ЛАОГРАФИЈИ И АНТРОПОЛОГИЈИ У ГРЧКОЈ
Laography and Anthropology in Greece

Author(s): Gordana Blagojević
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: laography; etymography; ethnography; anthropology; endo-anthropology; social laography; anthropological laography
Summary/Abstract: Greek laography was founded at the end of the 19th century. Certain historical circumstances created a need to support a theory on ancient continuity of Greeks, which would show that various recent customs have their origin in the Antique times. In the first fifty years (1890-1940), Greek laography had a philological character. Since the foundation of laography, a clear disharmony between theory and practice is present. While theoretical foundations are being developed and elaborated, their application is left in its initial phase. Until the end of the 1990’s, many contemporary Greek anthropologists have finished undergraduate or graduate studies abroad. However, they did their fieldwork in Greece. It is in this sense that Greek anthropology remains retrograde. Endo-anthropology is being born, a phenomenon known as Anthropology at home.

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