“Ethnographic Geognosy“ and Beginnings of Urban Protoethnology

• Autorzy: Petr Lozoviuk

Warianty tytułu

CS

„Etnografická geognosie“ a počátky urbánní protoetnologie

• Języki publikacji: CS

Abstrakty

EN

The objective of the submitted study is to point out the fact that examples of unusually mature protoethnological texts, which focus on the urban environment in a surprisingly modern way, could be found as early as in the mid-19th century. As an example for the aforementioned statement, a study from the year 1841 is analysed, which was written by Johann Georg Kohl (1808–1878), a German ethnographer and traveller. Kohl’s text deals with Odessa, a town which – due to its special features – drew attention of many Russian and foreign observers immediately after it had been found. Kohl’s hitherto unusual sensibility for the perception of the town as a specific social space resulted in an unusually modern synthesis. The texts of Kohl’s type can be viewed as valuable sources for ethnographically directed information which is relevant even today due to the diachronic analysis of populations thematised in them; in addition, those texts are important sources usable for the study of the history of European ethnology.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

History of ethnology; urban ethnology; Odessa; Johann Georg Kohl

• Wydawca: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Czasopismo: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 27
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 107 - 113

Twórcy

autor

Petr Lozoviuk