Ethnological Research, No. 11, 2006.
Review article
Traditional crafts On Problems of Ethnological Definition of a "Clear Concept"
Ivan Šestan
; Etnografski muzej, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
On the example of the usage of the term "traditional crafts", the author is discussing the usage of terms whose meaning appears so self-evident, that we do not notice that their clear definition does not exist. What makes things more interesting is that in this group of concepts we can include concepts which form the base for defining the fields of study of ethnology, such as "tradition" and "heritage". The solution of the problem of non existence of these definitions, the author sees in the subjective evaluation of experts for every example respectively. As much as we want to avoid subjectivity in a scientific work, we are constantly awere of the fact that this is not altogether possible, and hence this subjective aspect becomes the criterion of expertise.
Keywords
traditional arts and crafts; terminology; ethnology
Hrčak ID:
37106
URI
Publication date:
5.1.2006.
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