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1. On new meanings of tradition: globalization, politics and questions for anthropology

Creator:
Kuligowski, Waldemar
Type:
article, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
tradition, globalization, invented tradition, heritage work, and dance houses movement
Language:
Czech
Description:
In this paper I would like to present some problems of tradition in the context of globalization and politics, because this notion lies at the heart of contemporary anthropological reflections. In the vocabulary of studies on society and culture the words "tradition" and "traditional" belong to the most commonly used. Today, the current globalization processes have significantly transformed its meaning.
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2. The Germans' Sonnwendfeier: From folk festival to radical right-wing mobilizing ritual

Creator:
Wingfield, Nancy M.
Format:
bez média and svazek
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
Bund der Deutschen (BdD), celebration, invented tradition, Sonnwendfeier, and Sudetendeutsche Partei (SdP)
Language:
Czech
Description:
This article analyzes the transition of German summer solstice celebrations in the Bohemian Lands from folk festivals to radical right-wing mobilizing rituals between the turn of the twentieth century and 1938. During the interwar period, these celebrations were a response to the historic and/or invented traditions of the First Republic, which were at the intersection of Czech (-oslovak) national identity as a construction of linguistic-cultural affiliation. The transformation of the Sonnwendfeier to a modern, mass, radical right-wing tool for organizing and maintaining a racial community parallels the growing radicalization of the nationally identifying Germans across Habsburg Central Europe between the world wars. Summer solstice celebrations played an important role in the construction of a Sudeten German community from the bottom up during the 1930s. and Článek zahrnuje poznámkový aparát pod čarou
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