Съпротивите срещу игрите

Author(s): Miglena Nikolchina,Enyo Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2020

The text presents a discussion on the variety of concerns that are accompanying the continuous rise in popularity of video games today. The discussion focuses on the "medicalization" of the so-called video game addiction, the question oThe text presents a discussion on the variety of concerns that are accompanying the continuous rise in popularity of video games today. The discussion focuses on the "medicalization" of the so-called video game addiction, the question of the reasons for the overexposure of violence in this novel cultural form, the dangers, inherent in some of the business practices, espoused in this largely unregulated industry, as well as the conditions for the reception of its products in Bulgaria.

Научен отзив за Кръглата маса на тема: Образи на прехода: кино, театър и визуални изкуства

Author(s): Elena Fuchedzhieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 10/2021

How do different arts - cinema, theater, literature, music - tell the story of the transition to democratization? This was the main topic discussed at a Round Table, held in the end of September at G8 Cinema by researchers for the project ‘The Transition after 1989 - Interpretations of Historical Change, Social Experience and Cultural Memory in Contemporary Bulgarian Literature’. The cultural heritage of Transition was at the center of discussions about the memory, the clash between the image of freedom and the market mechanisms of governing culture and art and the role of the media.

Сериализирането в международния информационен поток

Author(s): Maria Neikova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 10/2021

In the proposed text is sought to answer the question of whether and when we can talk about serialization in the international information flow. An attempt has been made for some systematization of the possible types of serialization, among which the anniversaries stand out. There are two major branches – the traditional serialization and the one generated by the possibilities of new technologies. The example with the ‘Tiananmen Papers’ is considered in more detail. It is also worth noting the borrowing serialization, shown in two examples of connecting processes in the present with such from the recent or very distant past.

Български места на памет, възпоменателни чествания в Република Северна Македония и техните медийни отражения

Author(s): Lozanka Peycheva,Lozanka Peycheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 10/2021

The research focuses on commemorative practices around the figure of Mara Buneva and her memorial plaque in the center of Skopje, which can be interpreted as a Bulgarian place of memory. The study tracked only online reporting of the practices, without observing the corresponding offline events. Online versions of electronic media and agencies (TV, radio, news agency websites); online media (information websites) and social ‘we-media’ (video sharing websites, blogs, social networks, etc.) were researched. The studied materials reveal the care of some communities to establish the memorial plaque as a special Bulgarian place of memory in Northern Macedonia and the efforts of other groups seeking complete amnesia and ultimate delegitimization of the past related to Mara Buneva.

‘The Arbitrary Distribution of Emphasis’. (Conclusions)

Author(s): Vladimir Agrigoroaei,Ovidiu Olar / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2021

Re-reading the Bulgarian Folklore Journal

Author(s): Valentina Ganeva-Raycheva / Language(s): English Issue: Special 2/2020

This article is dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Folklore Journal. The reflections on the Journal which are discussed here are made in the context of the political and sociocultural development of Bulgaria, as well as in the context of national and international traditions in the study of folklore. At the same time, these reflections address changes in scientific paradigms and theoretical approaches, the problems of the existing boundaries between disciplines, the re-definition of scientific scope and newly defined fields of research. The interdisciplinary nature of the Journal, the development of its scientific profile, and its transformation into a journal for scholarly research in the field of folklore studies, ethnology and anthropology in the 1990s are given special attention. Editorial politics and practices, as well as different aspects of its theoretical sensibility and applied aims are traced. The place of the Journal among Bulgarian humanities periodicals and its international visibility are also highlighted.

Странстващи идеи по пътищата на хуманитаристиката. Изследвания по фолклористика, културна антропология и славистика в чест на доц. д-р Катя Михайлова. София: Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“. Т. 1, 2020. Т. 2, 2021

Author(s): Albena Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Book review

Милковица през погледа на Зоя Микова

Author(s): Rada Slavinska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Book review

Слова при представянето на книгата "Социалистическото българско радио (1944-1989:) на доц. д.н. Вяра Ангелова

Author(s): Raina Konstantinova,Snezhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 12/2022

The text contains a review made within the Public Seminar of the Department of „Radio and Television“, held on November 1, 2022, where Raina Konstantinova, Chair of the Public Council of the Bulgarian National Radio, and Prof. Snezhana Popova presented the new book of Assoc. Prof. D.S. Vyara Angelova „The Socialist Bulgarian Radio (1944-1989)“ (University Press „St. Kliment Ohridski“, 2022). We publish both speeches given at the premiere of the book.

Човекът - изваден наново

Author(s): Enyo Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 12/2022

The text offers a review of Prof. Miglena Nikolchina's monumental study "God with Machine: Subtracting the Human", dedicated to fundamental theoretical conceptualizations around anthropological issues. The review dwells in particular on the central conceptual paradox outlined in Prof. Nikolchina's book, namely the double determination of man as "a being who wants to be human" and “being who does not want to be human”

The Musical Instruments in the Early Vernacular Translations of the Psalms (4).

Author(s): Vladimir Agrigoroaei,Chapel Alessia,Fabienne Toupin / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2022

This paper represents a continuation of previous publications: “The Musical Instruments in the Early Vernacular Translations of the Psalms. Collective Research” (Museikon, 3, 2019, p. 67-140—hereafter abbreviated as Musical Instruments 2019); “The Musical Instruments in the Early Vernacular Translations of the Psalms (2): Collective Research” (Museikon, 4, 2020, p. 257-302—hereafter ab-breviated as Musical Instruments 2020); and “The Musical Instruments in the Early Vernacular Trans-lations of the Psalms (4): Collective Research” (Museikon, 5, 2019, p. 91-107—hereafter abbreviated as Musical Instruments 2021). The current paper represents the finalisation of this group of articles.

Периодика 2022 – 2023

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 46/2023

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current year in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archaeology and art studies.

Сръбското епическо пеене в съпровод на гусла между научната тема и нематериалното културно наследство: етномузикологична перспектива

Author(s): Danka Lajić-Mihajlović / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

The paper presents the experience and the results of а long-term research of Serbian epics, primarily of singing to the accompaniment of gusle – the most common and preferred form of performing epic songs. Studying the tradition and the personalities proves to be important for the ethnomusicological and interdisciplinary understanding of this genre. The focus on this solo performative genre makes the relations with the guslars (epic singers who accompany their singing with gusle – a one-string bowed instrument), as primary collaborators in the research, especially intensive and complex. In relation to that, the implementation of 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Serbia is recognized as an opportunity as well as an ethical obligation of ethnomusicologists to achieve reciprocity in cooperation with guslars by supporting the safeguarding of epic singing to the accompaniment of gusle. This type of cooperation has brought new challenges and encouraged deeper reflections on social, i.e. socio-cultural responsibility and its impact on national ethnomusicology. Linking research results with cultural practice is one of the distinct challenges in contemporary humanities, so this paper in a broader sense is a contribution to the applied humanities.

Превъплъщения на словото, прояви на фолклорното. Юбилеен сборник в чест на доц. д-р Стоянка Бояджиева. Съст. и ред. Вихра Баева, Валентина Ганева-Райчева, Вихра Барова, Мариянка Борисова, Николай Вуков.

Author(s): Stanoy Stanoev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2022

Book review

По дигиталните следи на (не)определимото смешно в ефир: странният случай на Божан Петров

Author(s): Lora Tarkoleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 14/2023

The text explores the digital and documental traces of the journalist Bojan Petrov's on-air legacy, mainly left by his satirical column Fatherland Radio Review. The review was last broadcast on the Politically INcorrect show on the Horizont channel, BNR. There the review was broadcast 7 times from the creation of the programme until the death of its author, but it has a background in previous similar programmes.The analysis traces the problems of the genre definition of fun. Despite the immutable structure of the column and the original approach of the author, inexplicably different interpretations of Petrov's satire lead to its neglect and disappearance.

За Конвенцията

Author(s): Dina Koleva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

The 2003 Convention and Its Implementation in Bulgaria

Книги 2023

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 47/2023

Selected bibliography in the field of Bulgarian Studies published in the current year.

Contemporary Representations of Ktetors in Romanian Churches. A Debate (Part 1)

Author(s): Ana Dumitran,Laura Jiga Iliescu,Vladimir Agrigoroaei,Luiza Zamora / Language(s): English Issue: 7/2023

The Histories and Film Festival in Râşnov (FFIR—Festiva-lul de Film și Istorii la Râşnov) held its fifteenth edition from 18 to 27 August 2023. ‘Radicalisation’ was the main theme of the festival, namely the fact that “our society seems less and less open to balanced dialogue; everyone defends and imposes their own truth and nuances dis-appear.” Museikon organised a debate on the topic ‘Con-temporary votive depictions—from Stephen the Great to the ktetors of our days’ (Tablouri votive contemporane – de la Ștefan cel Mare la ctitorii de azi) in the Old Church of Râşnov (dedicated to Saint Nicholas), on Wednesday 23 August 2023.

Три поколения фолклорни музиканти от зурнаджийския род Лиманови

Author(s): Petyo Krastev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2023

The article traces the processes of development and renewal of instrumental folk music through the practice of three representatives of Limanovi family playing zurna. They are from the village of Debren, Garmen municipality. The father Isuf Bayryamov Limanov (1944–2020) is a performer who masters the old instrumental musical tradition of Gotsedelchev region and passes his skills on to his son Isuf Limanov (1966). Initially, due to the banning of zurna music in the 1980s, he began his clarinet studies, but subsequently established himself as one of the brightest performers mastering the Gocedelchev zurna virtuoso. The grandson Vaidin Limanov (1989) preserves and develops the family tradition through the most modern technologies of keyboard electronic instruments, that have entered the folklore performance. In the art of different generations of musicians, traditions go through processes of rethinking, changing and living their new being.

Самопредставянето като елемент на диалога в американските подкасти за кино

Author(s): Victor Chulev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 16/2024

The text offers an analytical look at self-presentation as an element of dialogue in five American audio podcasts about cinema, aiming to outline recurring motifs to highlight some of the ways in which the podcast medium has been adapted to and shaped creatively. The analysis of the observed podcasts shows that the dialogue in them is marked by a play with forms and communicative roles.