The paper focuses on the phenomenon of free time or leisure time in retirement, as these phrases are often perceived as equivalents in public discourse in European space. Research shows, however, that in reality, the life of people in retirement is filled with various activities that usually do not have to be classified as leisure activities. In line with the concept of third age as an age of fulfilment, the concept of active or successful ageing and the concept of busy ethics, the paper deals with the way how people obtain different roles when they do not have to, but they still do. The choices or decisions about retirement are undoubtedly influenced by the discussion of the right to leisure, the increasing value of leisure time and the re-evaluation of the value of work in personal and social life, on the one hand, and some pressure to continue to be beneficial to society and active on the other. The author concentrates on how the sketched discussion is reflected by a group of people who, especially in the European environment, are becoming due to the demographic development more and more numerous – the oldest generation in society. They are confronted with two different attitudes at the opposite end of the value spectrum. The empirical basis for the study is qualitative research based on ethnographic interviews with pre-retirement and retired people in nowadays Slovakia, with a specific theme on preparing for retirement and living in retirement, as well as the results of several focus groups with this group of people.
The article concentrates on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) instruments and deals with short videos as parts of the nomination files of particular ICH elements. In difference to the fairly precise instructions regarding the content and specific formulations related to the text of the written parts of the nominations, for the creation of video-documents of each element of the ICH the recommendations do not exist. Just thanks to the diverse nature of intangible cultural heritage throughout the world (whereas the Convention so far has been ratified by 161 Member States of 195 UNESCO member states) and due to the diverse respect of the state parties aimed at it, making the video-documents (as the mandatory part of the nomination dossier of the nominated) raises a number of questions. The result of above mentioned ideas is a diversity of styles, some of which become predominant, and therefore affect future visualization of intangible cultural heritage on a broader scale. At the same time the contribution presents concrete examples of making the films (in the style “learning by doing”), which were part of the nominated elements from the Slovak Republic: The Music of Terchová, Bagpipes and Bagpipe Culture in Slovakia and Slovak and Czech Puppetry.
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