Invention of Tradition
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Draft chapter for a collection on East Asian Pegagogies.
Great Moravia and Great Moravian Tradition of Generation of Kollár and Šafárik This study focuses on factography and symbolism of Great Moravia in the works of Ján Hollý, Ján Kollár and Pavol Jozef Šafárik. It gives an insight in their... more
Abstract for a keynote to be given at a conference in South Korea in November 2015
Issue two of Martial Arts Studies - Spring 2016
RESUMEN “Miguel Hidalgo en los relatos de nación. Del patriotismo criollo al nacionalismo posrevolucionario” no es una investigación que se ocupe de la vida y obra de Hidalgo. Este estudio... more
The article analyzes the category of invention of tradition in history and anthropology and some uses of history in the present times
This paper investigates the presence of the commedia dell’arte as an autonomous language in theatrical dance from the 17th century until present performance. On the one hand, the nature of such a language suggests an idea of the tradition... more
The gradual imposition of Christianity over the public space at Rome had changed the face of traditional paganism itself. Although many changes in the collective forms of devotio had occurred already in the third century AD, it was during... more
According to a contemporary source, the Venetian doge Enrico Dandolo, leader of the Fourth Crusade, was buried with great honor in the famous Hagia Sophia in 1205. A marble slab with inscription “Henricus Dandolo” in the floor of the... more
This article presents an analysis of the invention of tradition within music created by and related to Swahili culture. We focus on the ways the local tourist industry deals with musical heritage. Through the analysis of history and... more
Bu çalışmada, kültürlerin ve geleneklerin hiçbir zaman ‘saf’ ve ‘özgün’ hâlde bulunmadıkları, ‘yaratılışlarının’ mübadele, uzlaşma, temellük etme, adaptasyon, melezleşme gibi süreçlere dayandığı varsayımından yola çıkılmıştır. Buna göre... more
Author Mark Kurlansky’s quote underlines just how unique our relationship with salt is. Every European language has its equivalent of “The salt of the earth” or “Not worth his salt,” sayings which represent the value of salt, at least in... more
Recent anthropological and other literature tends to assume that the uses of heritage in modern societies lead to the falsification, petrification, desubstantiation, and enclosure of the things and practices so designated. Yet two... more
Les religions ne constituent pas des monolithes immuables et inchangés dans le temps. Elles évoluent au fil de l’histoire humaine, changent au gré des transformations culturelles et sociales des communautés dans lesquelles elles... more
The “Illyrian heraldry”, as a phenomenon of the invented tradition, encompasses the rolls of arms - armorials, which appear in Dalmatia, Italy, Spain and Austria at the end of the XVI and beginning of the XVII century. These armorials... more
Journal of Inquiry and Research 107 (2018), p. 211-220. In this article, I introduce a class called "Area Studies: Europe (A History of Europe in 13 objects" that I have been teaching in Kansai Gaidai University. I present its key... more
In all of the primitive societies Totem means the sacred animal, which is believed that the community has derived from it. This believing, is named as Totemism, has become a system of belief in Central America and South Africa. According... more
The Trans-temporal and Trans-spatial Contexts of “Sadae", “Kyorin", and “Sojunghwa" as the Historical Frameworks of Modern Korean Historiography Chong, Da-ham Since the liberation, ROK historians have depicted the history of the... more
Jan Hus as a proto-communist The reconstruction of Bethlehem Chapel in Prague and the construction of nationaltraditions in Czechoslovakia after World War ll After the communist takeover in February 1948, Czechoslovak public space... more
Marostica is universally known today as the city of the chess tournament, but this identification is the result of the curious and happy invention of a tradition, originated in the early '50s of the twentieth century. The popularity... more
According to the conventional construction of the religious history of the Roman Empire, the dense variety of Greek and Roman religions had ceased to exist sometime around the fourth to fifth centuries CE, during the so-called... more
As two of the most romanticized symbols of traditional Japan, samurai and castles feature prominently in popular culture and tourist promotions, and serve as important markers of both regional and national identities. In spite of their... more
Since its expansion beyond the sphere of language and text, translation has become an important analytical category in the humanities and social sciences. Has translation in the process of crossing various disciplines become a "travelling... more
Hoy más que nunca, el período medieval se presenta como un filón del que extraer modelos, ejemplos e identidades para entender el mundo actual. Desde la supuesta nueva cruzada entre el Islam y Occidente, pasando por los cuentos de hadas y... more
Monografia sa venuje významnej téme slovenskej historiografie – obrazu veľkej Moravy v prvej polovici 19. storočia u generácie Všeslávie. Prináša definíciu tejto generácie ako aj aspekty dobového formovania moderného národa, súhrn práce... more