Tradition in new global contexts: From living to survival

• Main Author: Leontina Musa
• Format: Article
• Language: ces
• Published: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická Fakulta 2019-06-01
• Series: Studia Ethnologica Pragensia
• Subjects: traditional; globalization; context; rite; (re)actualization
• Online Access: https://studiaethnologicapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/Leontina_Gega-Musa_73-82.pdf

The continuity of tradition in present times can not imply only its transmision in time and space, but also building of new concepts through selection and adaptation of values and beliefs, which reach into the present and confirm collective identity. Today, in the conditions of globalization and technological flows, when the traditional scheme of cultural communication and cultural contacts has changed, we distribute our tradition in different ways and contexts. This process determines also the conception of a series of rites, namely family rites, such as those of a wedding, which under new circumstances are subjected to modification and consequently to transformation. Certainly, such a progress in the field of ethno-culture also reveals the indispensable need for research and discussion, such as: How much have geopolitical changes and the free movement influenced the transmission of values and how much affected the preservation of our ethno cultural identity? What is the role of digital technology in general, in the traditional culture? What are the traditional elements of these family rites, crucial to human life, which have survived? What are the new elements in (re)actualization of these rites in contemporary times? What is the interaction of these elements within the cultural and social processes which can lead them in the future to be considered as ‘traditional’? In addition to relevant literature on this issue, the paper is also based on the empirical data.