Folklore revival as a research topic

0580420 - EÚ 2024 eng A - Abstract
Stavělová, Daniela
Folklore revival as a research topic.
[4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance of the Slavic World. Faculty of Music and Dance, Academy of Performing Arts (Prague, Czech Republic) Lichtenstein Palace, Malostranské náměstí 258/13, Praha 1, 05.10.2023-07.10.2023]
Method of presentation: Prezentace
Event organizer: Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Faculty of Music and Dance, Academy of Performing Arts
URL events: https://www.eu.avcr.cz/cs/aktuality/4th-Symposium-of-the-ICTM-Study-Group-on-Music-and-Dance-of-the-Slavic-World-00001/ 
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GF22-31474K
Institutional support: RVO:68378076
Keywords : revival * identity * folklore * community * post-socialism * Czech Republic
OECD category: 6.5 Other Humanities and the Arts

The paper contributed to the definition of the concept of folklore in late modern society and to the debate on the ways of using elements of traditional folk culture for different purposes. It was based on long-term qualitative research on the folklore movement in former Czechoslovakia and the contemporary Czech Republic. The trajectory of the performativity of music and dance folklore has historical roots and cannot do without the systematic transmission in different contexts of practices. The mass founding and state support of folklore ensembles in accordance with the ideology of the time in the second half of the 20th century is undoubtedly reflected in today's folklore activities, either in the acceptance of this heritage or, on the contrary, in its rejection. Today's post-socialist culture not only reassesses previous principles but also brings new perspectives on folklore and its role in society. This raises questions about the role of cultural and collective memory, who is currently the bearer of tradition, and how its knowledge or competence interferes with processes of community and identity building. The paper will bring some examples from the field of folklore ensembles and their extended activities. The theoretical frameworks consists of concepts of memory studies (Tota, Hagen 2019), which allows us to develop a view of revivalism from the perspective of the sustainability of the phenomenon, but especially its reformulation into newer perspectives on the role of elements of vernacular culture today.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0349264