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Slavic Folklore and Folklore
Slavic Folklore and Folklore Studies at the Turn of the Millennia is the collection of papers presented at the international conference held in Belgrade, Kraljevo and Mataruska Banja 3–6 October 2006. Organized by the Institute for Balkan Studies with support from the International Committee of Slavists Folklore Commission, the SASA Committee for Folk Literature, and the National Museum at Kraljevo, the Conference assembled eminent scholars from 11 Slavic countries, and welcomed Dr. Ichiro Ito in his capacity as member of the Slavic Folklore Commission.
The main objective of the Conference was to analyze the present state of folklore studies in each Slavic country and to evaluate major results in recording and studying national folklores. Another objective was to take a look at some current issues in folklore studies, such as substandard recording and various mystifications (leading to misinterpretations of not only folklore but also of the history of Slavic non-material cultures); the subject and scope of folklore studies today; the importance of regional folklore studies; the creation of electronic databases and searching techniques.
In keeping with the initial idea, the volume is structured into three parts. The first part contains 11 papers offering overviews and evaluations of major results achieved in folklore recording, collecting, studying and publishing in 9 Slavic countries. The second part assembles texts discussing current issues in Slavic folklore studies as perceived and explicated by their authors. The third part brings an extensive excerpt from the unpublished writings of Vojislav M. Jovanovic, a distinguished searcher for various forgeries of both Serbian and European folklores. This is an annotated bibliography of the collections of folk literature and individual journal contributions in which he detected unauthentic records.