Ethnology for the 21st Century : Bases and Prospects.

Intro -- List of Contents -- Foreword -- Historical Ethnology - a Heritage or a Perspective Research Direction? -- Traditional Folk Culture and Ethnology -- Which Traditions Does the Teaching of Folkloristics at the University in Bratislava Follow? -- The Benefit of Diachronic Research from the Perspective of Folkloristics -- Etnomusicological Crossroads at the Outset of the 21st Century: Hindsight and Prospects of an Ethnological Sub-Discipline on the Example of Two Workplaces in Brno -- The Interest in the Period of Late Socialism: a Historical or a Contemporary Ethnology? -- The Ways of Association of Town Inhabitants as a Subject-Matter of Brno Ethnology's Research -- Possibilities of Ethnological Research into the City of the 21st Century -- The Practical Application of Folkloristics -- Ethnology and Busking. The Present and Future Prospects of Research among Street Performers: on the Example of Motivation for Busking -- Socio-Economic Migration in Central Europe after 2004. Possibilities of Ethnological Research -- Emigration, Integration, Repatriation. On Academic Freedom in Research, and on Practical Applicability of Research Results for State Administration -- Interdisciplinarity in the Teaching of Ethnological Research Methods in Central Europe -- The Waiting Room: A Case Study of First Contact with Foreigners at the Department of Border and Alien Police in Bratislava -- Aesthetics of the Human Body from the Interdisciplinary Perspective -- Gender Theories in the Teaching of Ethnology: The "Nature vs Nurture" Debate -- The Evolutionary Approach in Anthropology: A Study of the Body and Corporeality -- Prospects for Medical Anthropology -- Literature and Sources -- Summary -- Information about the Authors -- Index.

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