Publication details
Vztah spisškých Romů k přírodě ve světle antropologických teorií
| Title in English | Relationship of Romanies from Spiš to Nature in Light of Anthropological Theories |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | AntropoWebzin |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.antropoweb.cz/media/document/pelikan-v.pdf |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Romanies; gypsies; stereotypes; environment; nature; culture; agriculture; ritual impurity |
| Description | This article deals with relation between Romanies from Spiš and nature. It discusses its connections with their ethnic identity. It argues with a shortcut of harmonious coexistence of Romanies and nature ("Myth of the ecologically noble savage") and also with authors who deny them direct relationship with nature. Text formulates two hypotheses: Romanies from Spiš have distinctive relationship with nature and their ethnicity can be view as both "non-Gorgio" and "non-natural". The non-agrarian relationship to landscape (nature as environment) is more specific and is rather evolving contrary to majority; however, landscape in surroundings of settlements has strong spiritual tone and acts as a space of immediate interaction with supernatural. Dichotomy nature-culture (nature as a principle) is quite similar to other ethnic groups and to our non-modern history. Second hypothesis comes from studies upon relevant majority stereotypes. It says major look on Romanies is in many ways similar to our view of nature. |
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