Calls for papers – Ethnographic Society of Slovakia

ETNOLOGICKÉ ROZPRAVY / ETHNOLOGICAL DEBATES 2023/ 1

Migration

Migration has always been an important part of the human experience. Individuals and communities have always moved from one place to another in search of new lives. There are many factors that drive human migration: some pull people to seek out better opportunities, other push people to flee unfavourable conditions and dangers. Migration results in various experiences for migrants, their families and people who face the new arrivals. The impacts of human migration today are truly global, and research on migration, on both its causes and consequences, is vital in various disciplines of the social sciences and humanities.

The prepared first issue of the journal Etnologické rozpravy/Ethnological Debates in the year 2023 is aimed to draw attention to various aspects of migration. The editors invite analytic, theoretical or synthetic articles, research reports, essays and discussions, focused especially (not, however, exclusively) on the following issues:

Factors shaping migration
Societal and political responses to large-scale migration
The consequences of migration
Policies in migration
The legal rights of refugees and other displaced persons
Integration of migrants into new society
Multigenerational integration
Households of migrants
New patterns and trends in migration and mobility
Gender aspects of migration
Transnationalism
Diaspora

Please send your abstract as an e-mail attachment to the editors, at etnologicke.rozpravy@gmail.com, until 15. 12. 2022.

Final date for papers: 15. 2. 2023.

Submission guidelines: please follow the guidelines for submissions as given on the website of the Ethnographic Society of Slovakia, http://www.nss.sav.sk/en/etnologicke-rozpravy-ethnological-debates/guidelines-for-authors/

ETNOLOGICKÉ ROZPRAVY / ETHNOLOGICAL DEBATES 2023/ 2

Folklorism

In 2005, a monothematic issue of Ethnological Debates was devoted to conscious dealing with the phenomena of traditional folk culture and their processing. Ethnologists and folklorists paid attention to manifestations of traditional culture in visual arts, music, literature, on stage or in film and television. Such manifestations covered by the term folklorism represented contemporary ideas about the past, beauty, positive ideological values, and their proximity to the contemporary society – both domestic and foreign. The term “folklorism” was introduced by Paul Sebillaut in the second half of the 19^th century to denote various forms of dealing with traditional folk culture in different communication systems and with different aims than in the so-called original environment of their existence. The theory and history of folklore have been treated continuously and intensively in the folklore studies since the 1960s, although there are more contributions on the theory and contemporary practice in folklore than summarizing studies on the history of folklore. Many contemporary phenomena of folklorism exhibit characteristics that suggest a close affinity with the phenomena, processes and functions of mass or popular culture – such as massive diffusion and accessibility, dissemination through the media, a strong commercial and entertainment function, etc.

The prepared issue of the journal Etnologické rozpravy / Ethnological Debates is aimed to draw attention to various aspects of folklorism. The editors invite analytic, theoretical or synthetic articles, research reports, essays and discussions, focused especially (not, however, exclusively) on the following issues:

concepts and terminology
phenomena of traditional culture in popular/mass culture contexts
history of folklore in Slovakia
legislation and implementation of state cultural policy in relation to traditional culture
personalities of folklorism
contemporary bearers of folklorism and related institutions
contemporary functions of folklorism

Please send your abstract as an e-mail attachment to the editors, at etnologicke.rozpravy@gmail.com, until 15. 4. 2023.

Final date for papers: 15. 6. 2023.

Guest editor:

doc. PhDr. Hana Hlôšková, CSc. (emeritus) (anna.hloskova@uniba.sk)

Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS

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