Národopisná revue 2/2025

No. 2, Vol. 35 (2025)

Date of publishing: 7. 7. 2025
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Articles on the Subject of “Social, Cultural, and Geographical Borders”
Articles on the Subject of “Social, Cultural, and Geographical Borders”
Articles on the Subject of “Social, Cultural, and Geographical Borders”
Studie k tématu Hranice sociální, kulturní i geografické
Interview
Jubilees and Obituaries
Conferences
Conferences
Exhibitions
Exhibition
Reviews
Reviews

Studies and materials

Information Panels, Politics of Memory, and Representations of the Contemporary Slovak-Ukrainian Border

Author:
Katarína Popelková , Jana Nosková
Abstract

This article explores public representations (in the sense of Dan Sperber) of the Slovak-Ukrainian border, examining its multi-layered nature from the geopolitical level to social practices and cultural productions. It focuses on the creation of border representations through a specific medium: a set of information panels installed in the Slovak borderlands since 2017. These panels are conceptualized as a medium that thematises and reproduces specific images and discourses related to the state border. The content communicated through the panels is interpreted as a tool of politics of memory and the construction of cross-border memory. In the final section, the article draws on excerpts from interviews with local residents to illustrate competing representations of the border and highlights the questions of temporality and situationality inherent in these representations.

The Fluid Borders of Europe: Contribution to the change in timekeeping in Ukraine and its impact on the perception of the borders of Eastern and Western Europe

Author:
Martina Bocánová , Tetiana Kucher
Abstract

The study analyses the (re)definition of the borders between Eastern and Western Europe against the backdrop of a liturgical reform undertaken in Ukraine in 2023 – specifically, the shift of Christmas celebrations from January to December. This step is interpreted as a significant political act and a symbolic distancing from the Russian Federation, as well as a step towards aligning with the European cultural sphere. Attention is also paid to the diversity of attitudes toward this change among Ukrainians living in Ukraine and those in Slovakia. The alteration of the liturgical calendar thus reflects a broader transformation of Ukrainian identity in the context of the rethinking the geographical and mental boundaries of Europe.

The New Place of Collective Memory in Brittany: La Vallée des Saints

Author:
Eszter Anna Nyúl
Abstract

This study explores the Vallée des Saints sculpture park as a symbolic space embodying historical, cultural, and religious memory in Brittany. Building on Norbert Elias’s The Civilizing Process, it interprets civilisation and culture as complementary value-based choices shaped by distinct geocultural contexts. The success of the sculpture park, it is argued, lies in its dual function: fostering a sense of local community while simultaneously reinforcing a broader European identity. This is achieved through the integration of Celtic, Breton, French, and Christian elements, and through its capacity to mediate between multiple geocultural spheres.

Defining the Boundaries of the Dialects Known as Hanakian: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective

Author:
Marta Šimečková
Abstract

The study examines the delimitation of the Hanakian dialects from the earliest sources to the present day. It shows how a term originally applied narrowly to dialects spoken in the Haná river basin gradually evolved to refer to a broader Central Moravian area. It analyses both linguistic and extralinguistic criteria used to define these dialects and draws attention to discrepancies between the boundaries of the Hanakian dialects and the ethnographic region of Haná. The study also addresses the colloquial term 'hanáčtina' and the contemporary status of these dialects as a component of regional identity. The text is supplemented with examples of historical dialect maps and a synthetic map showing the boundaries of central zone of the Central Moravian dialects and the Central Moravian dialect group, including its intersection with the Haná region.

I. Šafránková: Ozvěny vzpomínek ze staré Šumavy [Echoes of Memories from the Old Šumava]
M. Válka: Kamenina na Moravě. K procesu industrializace keramické výroby v 19. století [Earthenware in Moravia:About the Process of Industrialisation of Ceramic Production in the Nineteenth Century]
Exhibition “Hitler ist kaputt!”
From “Partyzánky” to “Sparty”: Smoking in Socialist Czechoslovakia
Transformations of Customary Tradition and Its Contemporary Perception
Unwriting – 17th International SIEF Congress in Aberdeen
Vilmos Voigt Did Not Truly Leave Us (1940–2025)
On Songs, Their Bearers, and the Importance of Field Research… Interviewwith jubilarian Marta Toncrová
Defining the Boundaries of the Dialects Known as Hanakian: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective
The New Place of Collective Memory in Brittany: La Vallée des Saints
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