Field Research in Folklore Studies in Serbia: A Historical Overview and Development Perspectives

• Authors: Petrović Sonja

Title variants

CS

Folkloristické terénní výzkumy v Srbsku: historický přehled a perspektivy vývoje

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The paper offers an overview of the most relevant events in the history of collecting of the Serbian oral tradition, starting with the medieval mentions and records, through the recording of folk songs in the modern times in various regions inhabited by the Serbs, up to the systematic fieldwork collection conducted by Vuk Karadžić and the contemporary field research in folklore studies. The author indicates specific motivations of collectors in different periods, and the position and role of folklore in creating the image about the national past and in forming the national identity of the Serbs. Special attention was paid to the advances of fieldwork methodology which moved from the principles and recommendations of early ethnographers who designed field questionnaires, and later it grew and embraced contemporary interdisciplinary influences on the understanding of the field and the role of researchers. Contemporary forms and trends in the development of field research in folklore studies in Serbia are singled out and their significance for the development of Serbian folkloristics in the whole is emphasized.

Keywords

EN

Field research; Serbian folkloristics; Serbian folklore; Serbian oral tradition; history of science

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 111 - 120

Contributors

author

Petrović Sonja