2023-24

Σκοπός του μαθήματος είναι η εξοικείωση των φοιτητών και των φοιτητριώνμε τις σύγχρονες μεθοδολογικές προσεγγίσεις της λαογραφίας στον τρόπο έρευνας και μελέτης του ενδύματος, παραδοσιακού και σύγχρονου. Αναλύονται οι λόγοι για τους οποίους το παραδοσιακό ένδυμα απασχόλησε αρχικά τους εκπροσώπους της εξωακαδημαϊκής λαογραφίας. Αναδεικνύεται η συμβολή της «Σχολής των Ιωαννίνων» στην αναγνώριση του ενδύματος ως αυτόνομου πεδίου επιστημονικής μελέτης στην Ελλάδα.

The main aim of the course is to introduce students to the concept of consumption in anthropology. Consumption studies have shown that the material world is not static and fixed.  Instead, objects have their value and their histories and so the material world is part and parcel of any given society. To consume certain goods is a choice, a political act subject to several historical, economic and social conditions and norms. Thus consumption creates and recreates everyday politics. The course deals with various aspects of consumption and uses several ethnographic examples.

The course deals with the history of Roumelia (the Balkan Province) from the 14th to the 20th century. Particular attention is given to Thrace, which is the main area studied.  Thrace was the heartland, nearest to Istanbul, the main city of the Balkan peninsula and played an important role in national movements and other developments during the period. The course also focusses on the issue of social mobility and the emergence of the Ottomans as new conquerors. Such social mobility changed the demographic composition of the area.