РЕЦЕПЦІЯ БОЛГАРІЇ НА СТОРІНКАХ ГАЗЕТИ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ БОЛГАР «РОДЕН КРАЙ» (ОДЕСА)

Author(s): Vyacheslav Shvets / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 2/2015

The article is devoted to the analysis of the perception of Bulgaria in the newspaper "Roden Krai", which readers were discovering their historical homeland in the new socio-political conditions. The role of these processes in the rise of national consciousness of Ukrainian Bulgarians is being studied. The period studied of 1989 - 1995, is a period when the revival of ethnic identity took place under conditions of Ukrainian civic consciousness formation. The editorial policy concerning formation of a new image of the historical ancestral home of newspaper readers is analyzed. Difficulties (particularly ideological) which the editorial staff faced during the political and economic decline, a rethinking of the past both in Ukraine and in Bulgaria were also analyzed. The metropolis authors’ role in the formation of the holistic and true image of the homeland among readers of the newspaper "Roden Krai" is emphasized.

ЖИЗНЕНИ РАЗКАЗИ

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2017

Кризата в официалните и народните празници: за казусите от Габрово, Вършец и Кости

Author(s): Georgi Medarov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The article analyzes the potential of local festivals to serve as an instrument to overcome crises in three particular case studies, namely Gavrovo's Festival of Humour and Satire, Varshets' Resort, Mineral Water and the Balkan Mountains Festival and Kosti's fire dancing. The analysis is based on the results of an empirical research conducted in the summer of 2021 within the project “Local festivals: a resource of local communities for crisis management,” supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund. The main argument is that in all of these cases the festivals cannot be subsumed under the logic of coping with economic underdevelopment. Nevertheless, the festivals have a direct effect on coping with the coronavirus crises both in terms of the practical realization of its irreversibility, as well as in terms of using it as a medium to renegotiate local contradictions and conflicts. Lastly, the article demonstrates the efficacy (and limits) of Bakhtin's theory of the carnavalesque for the understanding of local festivals' role in coping with crises.

Градските фолклорни и занаятчийски фестивали в контекста на пандемия: случаят на Шумен

Author(s): Tchavdar Marinov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The study presents the results of an empirical research conducted in the summer and autumn of 2021 in the town of Shumen within the project “Local festivals: a resource of local communities for crisis management,” financed by the Bulgarian National Science Fund. The research focuses on a local folklore and folk crafts festival and, in particular, on the way its organizers and guests define the relationship between its economic rationality and symbolic importance at the level of local identity and as a mechanism of social solidarity of the local community. The role of the festival in local cultural policies is also analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the extent to which festivals may play the role of mobilizing community resources to address significant crises – in particular the effects of the global epidemiological crisis surrounding Covid-19.

Новите градски фестивали: дейности, организатори, бенефициенти и интереси по повод на Капана фест

Author(s): Maya Keliyan / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The festivalization of cities and their transformation into „eventful” centers of the postmodern urban lifestyle has been a global trend since the mid-1990s. The aim of the text is to analyze the features of the new city festivals in Plovdiv by analyzing the Kapana Fest, examining their activities, audience, organizers and beneficiaries and reaching conclusions about their socio-economic and cultural significance. Festivals are a crossroads of a number of interests, whose bearers are different socio-group actors – local government, organizers, participants, visitors, business representatives and residents of the local community. The article presents the results of an empirical sociological research carried out using qualitative methods within the project “Local festivals: A resource of local communities for coping with crises”, funded by National Science Fund – Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Bulgaria (KP-06-H45/5 from 30.11.2020). The research approach used is in the thematic field of social stratification, focusing on the socio-group characteristics and interests of the various actors associated with the festivals. The new city festivals are understood as part of the postmodern lifestyle, with its characteristic consumption patterns and leisure patterns. The question whose answer is sought in the text is: who are the winning socio-group actors from the huge social, economic and cultural potential of the Kapana Fest in Plovdiv?

Местните празници-видимите и невидими ползи за локалните общности: емпиричен поглед

Author(s): Kamelia Petkova Tsvetkova-Nedyalkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The article presents the results of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions held in Sadovo, Elin Pelin, Gabrovo, Bolyartsi, Novi Han and Pozharevo within a project “Local festivals: A resource of local communities for coping with crises”, funded by National Science Fund – Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Bulgaria (KP-06-H45/5 from 30.11.2020). The aim of the text is, based on the main essential features and characteristics of local festivals, to prove and derive empirically the importance of “visible” and “invisible” benefits of these events for the preservation of local communities. The various points of view of representatives of local authorities, organizers of local festivals, and representatives of the Roma ethnic community will be presented without claiming to be exhaustive. Numerous studies are available in the literature, focusing on the benefits of holding these events and the various effects they produce on the cultural, social and economic life of local communities. Local festivals in the Bulgarian context, regardless of their thematic focus, in most cases combine the festivities of traditional society, combined with new forms of collective gatherings. In most cases, these events can also be seen as part of the process of building local identities, which draw their resources from what is imagined, reconstructed and argued as local heritage.

Истории, митове и усещане за място в публичния образ на три фестивала в България

Author(s): Svetlana D. Hristovа / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The object of this study is the public image of three local festivals in Bulgaria: the Festival of Rose in Kazanlak, July Morning in Kamen Bryag and the Festival of Peppers, Tomatoes, Traditional Foods and Crafts in Kurtovo Konare. The public image of the three festivals is decomposed to the following elements for the sake of the analysis: narrative (history, myth), human factor, sense of place and public communication. The methods included participant observations, in-depth interviews, desk research of scientific literature, online and social media. The study revealed that the Festival of Rose in Kazanlak is part of an integrated cultural and tourist product, identified with the good local governance. July Morning in Kamen bryag, once a celebration of an alternative sub-society, has been commercialized towards fragmented (dispersed) festive events which obscured the sense of community and the sense of place affiliated with the initial phenomenon. Local farmers with their inherent sense of identity, agrarian knowledge and willingness to associate at a local level, play a central role in the publicity of Kurtovo Konare Fest. Local festivals share a distinctive feature: striving for the well-being of the local community. The result is an increase in the reputation of the region, attracting of media attention, awakening of the real estate market, spatial rehabilitation, improvement of road infrastructure, expansion of tourism opportunities and strengthening of networks for civic participation. This abstract is based on results within the project “Local Festivals: A Resource of Local Communities for Coping with Crises”, funded by the National Scientific Fund of Bulgaria – Ministry of Education (KP-06-H45 / 5 of 30.11.2020).

Произход и функции на китайските календарни празници Цинминдзие и Чуняндзие

Author(s): Evelina HEIN / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The article analyses the connection between Chinese folk calendar and the fundamental to the whole religious and social tradition of China ancestor worship. With the aim to clarify the role of folk calendar in the formation of the traditional culture, the author makes use of the theory of the Chinese philosopher Li Zehou about the development stages of the mankind evolution and civilization as stages of a process of sedimentation. The article presents two examples with the seasonal festivals Qingming and Chongyang, both dedicated to the ancestor worship. Origin, development and functions of this festivals are traced in the context of the ancestor worship and the culture of the filial piety (xiao), based on the latter. The author uses the Dual Filial Piety Model, developed by Bedford and Yeh and creates a consequent model for describing the functions of the festivals Qingming and Chongyang as a binary complex of corresponding rituals. Thеse rituals are analysed as fulfilling basic psychological and social needs of the members of the Han ethnic community in connection to the specific background of the culture of filial piety (xiao).

Mental Asylum as a Social and Political Metaphor in the Cinema from the Two Sides of the Iron Curtain

Author(s): Gergana Doncheva / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2024

Applying comparative analysis, the article examines the usage of the mental health institution in two emblematic for American and Bulgarian Cinema films – “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Adaptation”. Despite the fact that the movies were produced in quite different social and cultural contexts, their contents reveal analo-gous critical messages addressed to society during the 1970s: the system tries to domi-nate by making some extraordinary individuals obey the common rules.

From War Wounds to Welfare: Caring for Albania’s Elderly in the Transition to Socialism (1945 ‒ 1948)

Author(s): Inxhi Brisku / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2024

This article explores Albania’s socialist regime’s efforts in addressing post-war societal challenges, particularly housing impoverished elderly individuals in Shkodër’s nursing home. It highlights disparities in the treatment of the elderly compared to children, focusing on their sacrifices and the neglect of their emotional and cultural needs. Healthcare provisions and cultural neglect within institutions like the nursing home are emphasized, underscoring the regime’s differential treatment of age groups. The article reflects on the regime’s privileging of specific categories, the scarcity of medical professionals, and the emotional and cultural void experienced by the elderly, drawing comparisons to practices during the monarchical regime in Albania.

Das war eine überaus wichtige Erfahrung, die zeigte, welche Kräfte entstehen können, wenn Jugendliche, die Objekte der „Jugendfürsorge“ waren, selbst darüber bestimmten, wie sie leben wollten. Manfred Kappeler und Anelia Kassabova im Gespräch

Author(s): Manfred Kappeler,Anelia Kassabova / Language(s): German Issue: 3/2024

The text is an interview by Anelia Kassabova with Manfred Kappeler, who is a prominent German social pedagogue and child and adolescent psychotherapist known for his extensive research and advocacy related to the history of residential care for children and adolescent, and the associated societal challenges. Through his critical examination of residential care and his commitment to the rights of former residents, Manfred Kappeler has made significant contributions to social pedagogy and the societal understanding of institutional care. His work is characterized by a deep sensitivity to the experiences of those affected and a relentless pursuit of justice and reform in the social sector. For his contributions to addressing the history of residential care and advocating for the rights of former residents, Kappeler was awarded in 2015 the Federal Cross of Merit in Germany.

International Scientific Conference on “Transformations of Postwar Europe: Medicine, Bodies and Technologies”, Sofia, May 27-30, 2024

Author(s): Denitsa Nencheva / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2024

The review presents the international scientific conference “Transformations of Post-war Europe: Medicine, Bodies and Technologies” which was held in Sofia between 27th and 30th May 2024 as part of the project “Taming the European Leviathan: The Legacy of Post-War Medicine and the Common Good” [H2020 ERC-2019- SyG; GAID: 854503], funded by the European Research Council, under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, and organized by the Medical Anthropology Department at IEFSEM – BAS.

РОД И РОДОСЛОВИЕ НА СВ. ПАИСИЙ ХИЛЕНДАРСКИ В РОДНОТО МУ МЯСТО – С. ДОСПЕЙ, САМОКОВСКО

Author(s): Nikola Kovachki / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The author retells from the first person the memories of Stana Gorgorova from the village of Dospey, Samokov municipality, about the origin, childhood, monasticism, and death of Panko Hristov Gorgorov, also from Dospey, who took the monastic name Paisiy. She claims that Panko Gorgorov and the famous Bulgarian revivalist Rev. Paisiy Hilendarski are the same person.

НАРОДНИТЕ ОБИЧАИ ПРЕЗ ПОГЛЕДА НА БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ХУДОЖНИК ОТ 20-ТЕ ГОДИНИ НА ХХ В.

Author(s): Ivo Raykov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The decade of the 1920s was undoubtedly reproductive for Bulgarian fine art in many ways. Having returned from abroad and “immersed” in European culture, many Bulgarian artists bring to their homeland the courage to create new and supranational art. Experiencing the ferocity of the First World War, many of the same artists who had been mobilized to the front line, in the following decade of the 1920s, turned their attention to the “native,” creating a much-needed consolidation of community in times of national disaster. In addition to the transformation of folklore myths and legends, characteristic of the symbolism in Bulgarian art, the study of the “native” also develops in the consideration of traditional folk customs, looking into the life and the celebration of the Bulgarian village, which is increasingly losing its national image – to replace the leotard with a balton and the breeches with trousers and become part of the society of modern Europe. Many artists capture in their paintings the disappearing images of lazarki, the “Butterfly” custom, kukeri, koledari, survakari, weddings and other moments of the Bulgarian ritual calendar.The present work traces both the ethnogenesis of the customs depicted in the paintings, as well as the specifics of their reification, the specifics of the folklore area to which they belong, and their reflections on the idea of “native art” both from the 1920s and in the next decade, when the look at folklore-ethnographic imagery pays attention to different accents, but always in search of the national tradition.

ТАЙНАТА НА РАЖДАНЕТО: НА ПРАГА МЕЖДУ НЕБЕТО И ЗЕМЯТА

Author(s): Nikolay Sivkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

In traditional culture, one of the ceremonial items used is straw. In everyday life and on farms, straw has a utilitarian purpose, but in birthing ritual practice it receives a symbolic function as a marker of the boundary between the earthly and the afterlife worlds in the mythological space; a meditative function of the connection between two different zones of the mythical space; a function that neutralizes the detrimental impact on people from the afterlife.

СВЕТИ ПАНТЕЛЕЙМОН И ЗАРАЗНИТЕ БОЛЕСТИ: БАЛКАНСКИ КУЛТОВЕ

Author(s): Iveta Rasheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The article examines the question of the veneration of St. Panteleimon in the Balkans as a healer of contagious diseases such as plague, leprosy, etc.

Creative Creatures: Between Art and Anthropology

Author(s): Katarína Slobodová Nováková,Veronika Majdáková,Martina Pavlíková,Aleš Smrčka / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024

The visual capture of the world has been an integral part of the formation of ethnology and cultural anthropology since the beginning. It meant not only a source of knowledge of the local community, but especially of the time at which it was created. Sometimes photographs were taken accidentally during research trips as more or less documentary material, which were only superficially analysed and served to visually confirm the investigated state, or were a targeted photo documentation of disappearing phenomena, objects of material culture, ceremonies or genius loci of the researched area. At other times, photographs were created as a result of purposeful research and documentation of selected phenomena. The result of this is an interpretive openness and an effort to find and establish new analytical and interpretive processes that would be able to convey anthropological knowledge more effectively. Is art, or in our specific case artistic photography, usable for research or for interpretation of cultural or anthropological phenomena? We try to find an answer to this question by analysing the collection of photographs of the Creative Creatures project (subtitled Last Survivors) from Papua New Guinea, by art photographer Martin Machaj. We analyse not only its artistic rendering but also the ethnological, anthropological content and message of the work of art.

Проблематика образовања стручњака и дјеловања у области НКН-а: примјер Источног Сарајева

Author(s): Zorana Guja Dražeta / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2024

Questions about the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in recent years represent not only the mere registration, safeguarding, and sustainability of elements, and the application of the UNESCO Convention, but they also pose the problem of functioning and (lack of) experts in charge of the processes above. Considering the complex situation surrounding the overall political and cultural context of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thus the adopted Convention and its application, the issue of education and the work of experts in the field of protection of the ICH arise. Based on the “inside” and “outside” view, the paper will try to draw attention to the issues of education and the concrete actions of experts who acquired (and are acquiring) their competencies in different ways. The paper also emphasizes the evident need for changing/supplementing the educational programs of the profile of future experts in culture on the example of East Sarajevo. One of the two existing universities in the Republika Srpska is located in East Sarajevo, recognized as the “student” and “university center of the eastern part of Srpska”. This area is also rich on musical, folkloristic, and cultural level, and one element on the preliminary list of the ICH of Republika Srpska-Bosnia and Herzegovina comes from East Sarajevo. The aim of the paper is, on the one hand, to point out the problem of education and the creation of profiles of experts in culture through different levels of education, and on the other hand, to point out of activity of artists, (un)official experts and associations in culture, observed through the prism of ICH in the area of the City of East Sarajevo.

Методологија мапирања заједнице – истраживање наслеђа еманципације Ромкиња

Author(s): Marija Đorđević,Bojana Bogdanović,Miloš Rašić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2024

This paper presents the relatively new – in local framework of humanities rarely applied – method of community mapping is introduced and explored. Community mapping is a participatory research approach that focuses on the needs of social groups, that are evaluated and holistically understood in the process; and used as a ground for designing policies for the further development of community research. The main case study of the analysis is the project – “HEROINES: Heritage of Emancipation – Empowering Roma Women through Networks of Solidarity”, implemented by Institute of Ethnography SASA, Roma Women Center “Bibija” and the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. The project is supported by the Center for the Promotion of Science (CPN). This citizen’s research project uses community mapping as its main method, with Roma women – as simultaneously marginal and marginalized in the broader society – being the main target group and the main representative of the other in their social reality.

Contribuții la fauna blazonului în Transilvania princiară

Author(s): Alexandru Ștefan / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 45/2024

This paper aims to provide a concise presentation of the heraldic patrimony featuring animal motifs in the Principality of Transylvania, during 1541–1690, a time when the region was under the Ottoman suzerainty and the increasing pressure of the Habsburg hegemonic tendencies. The study begins with a brief overview of human mentalities, imaginary and attitudes towards animals during the Middle Ages, focusing on the symbolic meaning of various species within a heraldic context. Key features of the elite society in princely Transylvania are also outlined, together with the most significant modern and contemporary historiographical contributions to the study of noble coats of arms from this period. Drawing on two compiled corpora of heraldic descriptions, the paper elaborates both quantitative and qualitative observations regarding the recruitment pool of animal figures, and conducts a statistical analysis of the most frequently represented ones in these nobility symbols, including the lion, the crane, the swan, the dove and the bear. The horse, always depicted with its rider, has a special place in this hierarchy. The study concludes with eight miniatures illustrating some coats of arms granted by various Transylvanian princes during the already mentioned time span.