The development of the ethnological sciences in Southeast Europe, that is, of ethnology, ethnography, folklore, and cultural or social anthropology, has been dealt with extensively – from a historical distance – for the period before 1990; for most Balkan countries this was the period of socialism.
This volume unites analyses of the ensuing development of the ethnological sciences in rapidly transforming Southeast Europe by scholars involved in the turbulent processes of modernizing change. Their insightful and engaged contributions show, that these changes were indeed changes of basic paradigms, transforming the past-oriented and often ideologically biassed or exploited disciplines into modern, reflexive, and critical ones focussing on socio-cultural aspects of Balkan societies.
Apart from its portrayal of the present state of the ethnological disciplines, this volume also offers a comprehensive list of all ethnological institutions, associations, and journals in Southeast Europe. It thus helps to promote the scholarly exchange and cooperation between all those interested in Balkan societies and cultures.
CONTENTS
Klaus Roth, Munich Changes of Paradigms: The Ethnological Sciences in Southeast Europe in the European Context
Part I: The situation in the individual Southeast European countries
AlbaniaArmanda Hysa Kodra, Tirana Between Status Quo and Change. The State of Post-Communist Albanian Ethnology
Bosnia-HerzegovinaLarisa Kurtović, Chicago Conundrums of Ethnological and Anthropological Research in Bosnia-Herzegovina
BulgariaMilena Benovska-Săbkova, Evgenija Krăsteva-Blagoeva, Sofia Bulgarian Ethnology in the Wake of 1989: Ideas, Practices, Institutions
CroatiaJasna Čapo, Valentina Gulin Zrnić, Zagreb Croatian Ethnology as Cultural Anthropology at Home
GreeceVassiliki Chryssanthopoulou, Jutta Lauth Bacas, Athens The Ethnological Sciences in Greece Since the Late 1980s: The View from Folklore and Social Anthropology
KosovoArbnora Dushi, Prishtina Talking to Ourselves: Albanian Folklore Studies in Kosovo and the Challenges They Face Today
MacedoniaLjupčo Risteski, Ilina Jakimovska, Skopje Against All Odds: Auto-Reflexive Reconstructions of the Development of Ethnology and Anthropology as Academic Disciplines in the Republic of Macedonia (since 1990)
MoldovaLudmila D. Cojocaru, Chișinău Studying and Teaching Anthropology in Moldova after 1991: Legacies, Opportunities, and Deadlocks
MontenegroDanijela Đukić, Ana Popović, Perast, and Vesna Vučinić Nešković, Belgrade Ethnology in Montenegro: an Overview from 1990 to the Present
RomaniaStelu Șerban, Ștefan Dorondel, Bucharest Social Anthropology in Romania after 1990: Shifting Frames
SerbiaSaša Nedeljković, Belgrade A Contribution to the Study of the Development of Ethnology and Anthropology in Post-Socialist Serbia
SloveniaTanja Petrović, Ljubljana Studying Post-Socialism in Slovenia: the State of the Art
TurkeyAsker Kartarı, Istanbul The Culture and Education Policies and the Cultural Sciences in Turkey
Part II: Ethnological institutions, associations, and journals in Southeast Europe
Albania (Armanda Hysa Kodra) Bosnia-Herzegovina (Larisa Kurtović) Bulgaria (Milena Benovska-Săbkova, Evgenija Krăsteva-Blagoeva) Croatia (Jasna Čapo, Valentina Gulin Zrnić) Greece (Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou, Jutta Lauth Bacas) Kosovo (Arbnora Dushi) Macedonia (Ilina Jakimovska, Ljupčo Risteski) Moldova (Ludmila D. Cojocaru) Montenegro (Vesna Vučinić-Nešković, Danijela Đukić) Romania (Ovidiu Oltean, Ștefan Dorondel, Stelu Șerban) Serbia (Vesna Vučinić-Nešković, Aleksandra Pavićević) Slovenia (Tanja Petrović) Turkey (Asker Kartarı)
Addresses of editors and authors Instructions to authors