Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]

The Viennese anthropologist and sociologist Roland GIRTLER has researched the rapidly changing culture of the "German" minority in Romania for more than 15 years. Every year he travels with a group of students and close friends to Transylvania to work with them on ethnographic studies and...

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Main Author: Sebastian Schröer
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Published: FQS 2009-11-01
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Online Access:http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1420
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description The Viennese anthropologist and sociologist Roland GIRTLER has researched the rapidly changing culture of the "German" minority in Romania for more than 15 years. Every year he travels with a group of students and close friends to Transylvania to work with them on ethnographic studies and the findings of this research are summarized in the volume reviewed here. Very picturesque, complex, and informative, the book covers the life of the German minority in Transylvania. Apart from a few points of criticisms, such as minor formal faults or occasionally inadequate referencing, it is a very fine volume and highly recommended for those interested in fieldwork methods, in cultural minorities, or who want to know about the "German" minority in Transylvania. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1001189
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spelling doaj.art-ecb9583400c84fc48072a0cf72fc64462022-12-22T02:51:36ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272009-11-011111276Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]Sebastian SchröerThe Viennese anthropologist and sociologist Roland GIRTLER has researched the rapidly changing culture of the "German" minority in Romania for more than 15 years. Every year he travels with a group of students and close friends to Transylvania to work with them on ethnographic studies and the findings of this research are summarized in the volume reviewed here. Very picturesque, complex, and informative, the book covers the life of the German minority in Transylvania. Apart from a few points of criticisms, such as minor formal faults or occasionally inadequate referencing, it is a very fine volume and highly recommended for those interested in fieldwork methods, in cultural minorities, or who want to know about the "German" minority in Transylvania. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1001189http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1420ethnographyfield researchmarginal culturessocial changethick description
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Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]
Forum: Qualitative Social Research
ethnography
field research
marginal cultures
social change
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title Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]
title_full Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]
title_fullStr Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]
title_full_unstemmed Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]
title_short Review: Roland Girtler (Ed.) (2007). Das letzte Lied vor Hermannstadt. Das Verklingen einer deutschen Bauernkultur in Rumänien [The Last Song before Sibiu. The Fading of a German Peasant Culture in Romania]
title_sort review roland girtler ed 2007 das letzte lied vor hermannstadt das verklingen einer deutschen bauernkultur in rumanien the last song before sibiu the fading of a german peasant culture in romania
topic ethnography
field research
marginal cultures
social change
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url http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1420
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