Studies and articles
Moving Beyond Borders: Vráz, Frič and Kořenský (Barbora Půtová)
On Reflection of the Past in Memory. Czechs in the Republic of South Africa (Stanislav Brouček)
Folklore Movement and its Function in the Totalitarian Society (on an example of the Czech Republic in the 2nd half of the 20th century) (Martina Pavlicová, Lucie Uhlíková)
Long Woollen Cloth Trousers - Medieval Heritage or Carpathian Attribution of Shepherd Culture? (Martin Šimša)
Current Studies of Games and Play in the Czech Republic (Petr Janeček)
Materials
String Games in František Pospíšil's Photo Documentation (Hana Dvořáková)
Czech Traditional Culture and the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Eva Románková)
The List of Intangible Elements of Traditional Folk Culture of the Czech Republic (Eva Románková)
Reports
The Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Zdeněk Uherek)
The National Institute of Folk Culture (Jan Krist)
The Institute of Ethnology of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (Petr Janeček)
The Institute of European Ethnology at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno (Miroslav Válka)
Czech Ethnological Society (Daniel Drápala, Eva Románková)
Czech Association for Social Anthropology (Zdeněk Uherek)
Musaionfilm: the Museum Film Festival in Uherský Brod (Aleš Kapsa)
Folk Crafts and Folk Art Manufacture in the Czech Republic (Martin Šimša)
Book Reviews / Review essays
Stanislav Brouček, and Richard Jeřábek, eds. Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska / Folk Culture. Ethnographic Encyclopaedia of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia (Miroslav Válka)
Culture, Society, Traditions: Collection of Studies from Ethnology, Folkloristics and Sociocultural Anthropology I-IV (Zdeněk Uherek)
Ethnological Studies and Ethnological Materials: Edition Series of the Institute of European Ethnology at Masaryk University in Brno (Alena Křížová)
Alena Křížová, and Martin Šimša. Lidový oděv na Moravě a ve Slezsku I. Ikonografické prameny do roku 1850 / Traditional Folk Dress in Moravia and Silesia I. Iconographic Sources until 1850 (Alena Jeřábková)
Editorial
Summary
The special issue of Journal of Ethnology 5/2013 presents an overview of the professional production of Czech ethnology. In her study (Moving Beyond Borders: Vráz, Frič and Kořenský), Barbora Půtová introduces three hitherto non-acclaimed Czech travellers – E. S. Vráz (1860–1932), A. V. Frič (1882–1944), J. Kořenský (1847–1938) – who crossed the borders between Europeans and the„exotic“ world. Stanislav Brouček submits his knowledge from the long-term research of personal testimonies of Czech expatriates living in South Africa (On Reflection of the Past in Memory. Czechs in the Republic of South Africa). Martina Pavlicová together with Lucie Uhlíková focus on the function of folklore and folk traditions in Czech environment in the period of the totalitarian regime (Folklore Movement and its Function in the Totalitarian Society /on an example of the Czech Republic in the 2nd half of the 20th century). Martin Šimša devotes himself to the origin of a selected type of male trousers in folk dress (Long Woollen Cloth Trousers – Medieval Heritage or Carpathian Attribution of Shepherd Culture?) Petr Janeček acquaints the readers with the anthropological phenomenon of play significantly touching upon the culture of children (Current Studies of Games and Plays in the Czech Republic).
Material column publishes two contributions: Hana Dvořáková submits the knowledge of ethnologist František Pospíšil (1885–1958) from the research of children’s string games (String Games in František Pospíšil´s Photo Documentation) and Eva Románková explains the principles of the protection of traditional folk culture in the Czech Republic and its collaboration with the UNESCO (Czech Traditional Culture and the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). The Journal publishes also reports about the activities of Czech ethnologic community and introduces the structure of this branch in the Czech Republic.
