Retrospective and reinterpretation. Ethnographic photographs from the turn of the 19th and 20th century

The text deals with ethnographic photographs from Moravia and Slovakia, from 1880 and later, and is based on the photographs´ collection of the Ethnographic Institute of Moravian Museum, Brno (Czech Republic). This rich database contents visual documentation of many aspects of material and...

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Main Author: Beránková Helena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2018-01-01
Series:Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2018/0350-08611802387B.pdf
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Summary:The text deals with ethnographic photographs from Moravia and Slovakia, from 1880 and later, and is based on the photographs´ collection of the Ethnographic Institute of Moravian Museum, Brno (Czech Republic). This rich database contents visual documentation of many aspects of material and spiritual folk life. Through icons of ethnographic photographs, the paper tries: to unite at first sight fragmented effort of photographers, to find paths to synthesis, and to show possibilities and potential of these images for present and future ethnologic studies.
ISSN:0350-0861
2334-8259