Ethnological Research, No. 30, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32458/ei.30.9
Participatory Research on Misplaced Heritage: Methodological Contributions and Impacts on the Community
Joško Ćaleta
; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb
Dora Dunatov
orcid.org/0000-0002-3917-3983
; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb
Abstract
This paper presents the course of interdisciplinary ethno(music)ological research with a dual focus, emphasizing the advantages of a participatory approach in terms of scientic contribution and in relation to the community and misplaced heritage that we deal with. We perceive research as a circular and open process in which the research discourse constantly intervenes in local narratives. Since both focuses are on the periphery of the research, everyday life and memories, we found female tellers using the snowball method. The research starts from a decorative object known by various names (roga, zvijezda, jež, šiška…) to which we link the musical dimension of a neglected traditional repertoire sung while making handicrafts. At the same time, we stimulate memories by actively permeating the tactile and aural dimensions, striving to understand the broader context of creative expression in former everyday life from a female perspective.
Keywords
roga; songs that accompanied the making of handicrafts; misplaced heritage; participatory research; applied ethnomusicology; female perspective
Hrčak ID:
342841
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Publication date:
22.12.2025.
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