The paper considers the basic concepts of perceiving the city, first and foremost its polarization against the country or the village and (much later) polarization between the old "solidary" and contemporary anomic cities. Aside from this, the paper considers ...

Catalogue publication of the Biennale of Western Balkans (2018). Published by the: History of Art Laboratory<br> School of Fine Arts<br> Department of Fine Arts and Art Sciences<br> University of Ioannina<br> PO 1186, 45110<br> Ioannina, Greece <strong>Citation</strong>...

The piano sonatas of Beethoven represent part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The aims of this research were to further explore this intangibility by placing emphasis on defining emotional normative ratings for the “Waldstein” (Op. 53) and “Tempest” (Op. 31) Sonata...

The ethnographic area of Han&#225; in Central Moravia (Czech Republic) has been among distinctive ethnographic regions since the 16th century. Even though traditional regional forms had gradually disappeared as a consequence of the modernization of village life, these r...

The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003 has established a new, holistic approach to cultural heritage, as well as a new set of administrative and legal instruments and strategies for identifying, preserving, managing and promot...

<p>Shepherd settlements (&#39;Mitato&#39;, plural &#39;Mitata&#39;) at the Psiloritis UNESCO Global GeoPark, Greece.&nbsp;These settlements&nbsp;were used for the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes and were made using The art of dry stone walling.</p> ...

This report summarises the findings of the JPI Heritage Plus PICH Project’s investiga¬tion of the impact of the reform of urban planning on the histor¬ic built environment. The project team conducted twelve in-depth case studies in Italy, the Neth¬erlands, Norway and th...

The article summarizes the contribution of the ethnologist Nicolae Băieșu to the identification, registration and scientific research of an ancient traditional culture form: Men’s group colindat, Christmas-time ritual. Framed in the repertoire of winter calendar holiday...

The following essay is an investigation of Huuhta, the swidden cultivation craft process, a disappearing tradition and an intangible cultural heritage. Huutha came to the north-western part of Värmland, Sweden in the 17th century with colonising Forest Finns. Huuhta is ...

The processes of transition within the socio-cultural surroundings of contemporary Serbia have inevitably found their way into the activities of the Ethnographic museum in Belgrade. As a significant participant and representative of cultural policy, immersed in the conc...