Published: 2014-01-01

The International Committee for the Study of Carpathian Folk Culture

Maria Godyń

Abstract

This article presents the achievements of the institution of an international and interdisciplinary character, which is the International Commission for the Study of Folk Culture in the Carpathians (MKKK). The history of its activity dates back to the 50s of the twentieth century. In this article the author discusses the first years of MKKK’s activity, the project of three major research assumptions, selected to international, synthetic studies of traditional folk architecture, alpine pastoralism and Carpathian robber folklore. There are also discussed the scheme of works of the international teams of authors, MKKK’s organiza-tional structure, the most important conferences, as well as the effects of team works, information on publications and the topics taken consecutively. The further part of the text contains information about the resumption of activities by the Commission after the break caused by political, economic and social changes that have occurred in the member countries in the period of collapsing the communist system.

Keywords:

Carpathian folk culture, history of Polish ethnography, comparative studies

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Godyń, M. (2014). The International Committee for the Study of Carpathian Folk Culture. Ethnologia Polona, 35, 11–24. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/ethp/article/view/582

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