The article deals with the circumstances of founding, subsequent development and the most important characteristics of the Časopis Národního muzea (founded 1827). It also describes and analyses the institutional and social-political context of the important milestones in the history of this periodical that belongs to the oldest scientific journals in Central Europe focused on history, linguistics and cultural history.
The independent department of History and Museology of the Faculty of Arts and science of Silesian University in Opava was launched in academic year 1992-1993. However, the study of museology had already been implemented in 1990 at the
department of Literary studies, Museology and Photography.
Theoretical museology was based upon historical studies of material culture and the collection and protection of cultural and natural heritage. It was supplemented with topics from art history, ethnographical lectures and seminars became part of the syllabus; the first lecturer was PhDr. Jaroslav Štika, Csc. Mgr. Jiřina Veselská lectured between the years 1995-2008. She was replaced by PhDr. Věra Tomolová in 2008. Within the framework of their studies, students are requested to complete one ethnographical proseminar, two seminars and a compulsory course Introduction to Ethnography. They can also attend another optional course. Studies
are focused on the clarification of terminology, history of discipline, methods of research, the documentation of traditional culture and the management, maintenance and presentation of ethnographical collections. The optional course, also attended by students enrolled on unrelated study programs, concentrates on the transformations of contemporary village life. High numbers of students that are attending particularly the optional courses show evidence of interest in the documentation of traditional culture and the preservation of material artefacts in museums. After passing ethnographical courses, many students have chosen ethnographical topics as subjects for their bachelor’s and master’s theses (e.g. documentation of the production of non-professional woodcarvers, traditional clothing deposited in museums, bibliographies, contemporary handicrafts, editions of sources, catalogues of collections). The list of these works concludes this essay. and Součástí článku je Seznam dosud obhájených prací věnovaných dokumentaci lidové kultury vypracovaný autorkou
In the past couple of decades the social sciences have paid much
attention to the topic of boundaries and boundary regions. The present article analyses the changes in the discursive assessment of the Czech-Saxon boundary after 1989. It focuses on the transformation of the national and transnational culture and politics of history related to boundaries, cross-border regions and
cross-border interactions. The interplay of the socio-political transition with its discursive implications and the application of new methods and concepts in social sciences (boundary and identity studies, spatial turn etc.) created conditions for a significant
modification of the approach to boundaries and boundary regions. Concentrating on the public and academic discourse, the article assesses the conceptualization and representation of the
Czech-Saxon boundary in political and public rhetoric, historiography and museology. and Článek zahrnuje poznámkový aparát pod čarou
Mýtus o společných dějinách a kultuře, který se objevil v 19. století a stál u počátků národní státnosti, měl být pro jednotlivé národy habsburské monarchie závazný. Navzdory všem centralizačním snahám však nevznikly pro získávání a uchovávání starověkých památek a nálezů jednotné normy. Nápadné jsou rozdíly mezi periferií a centrem. První a zásadní impulzy pro rozvoj muzeologie a archeologické památkové péče přinesly regiony a jednotlivé součásti monarchie, mezi nimi i Čechy. Naproti tomu německy mluvící země i politické centrum Vídeň tyto kroky učinily až se značným časovým zpožděním. Protože vědy o starověku ani památková péče nebyly habsburskými panovníky podporovány, chybí dodnes památkové péči v Rakousku jistá společenská opora, bez níž se péče o památky neobejde. and The myth of shared histories and cultures that appeared in the nineteenth century, and which played a role in the nascent stage of national statehood, was to be obligatory for the individual nations of the monarchy. However, despite all of the centralisation efforts, uniform standards were not created for collecting and preserving ancient artefacts. The differences between the centre of the monarchy and the outlying territories were significant. The first important impulses for the development of museology and archaeological heritage care came from regions and individual parts of the monarchy, including Bohemia. In contrast, these measures were adopted much later by the German-speaking lands and the political centre of Vienna. Due to the lack of support from the Habsburg rulers for the study of ancient times and for heritage care, there is a certain lack of support from Austrian society today for these concerns – support that is vital for the proper care of a country’s archaeological history.