Methods in working with intangible cultural heritage - report

One of the results of field research on the
old crafts is a publication Living rural
trades in Užice region and their protection
in the examples of pottery, coppersmith’s
and blacksmith's crafts. Its aim is to
highlight the importance of the pottery,
cooper and blacksmithing crafts have had
for the environment in which they evolved,
to describe their history, traditional
techniques of products making, materials
and tools used in production, changes in
production methods conditioned by
modern way of life, to highlight the
continuity of trade existence, their
protection and relevance they have today
in the development of family and local
community 13 , and smaller publications like
Užice meat processing products, Basin
makers from the village of Pilica, Making
Flutes and Double Flutes in Užice
Region 14 . Publishing of systematized field
material is planned to be continued in the
next period.
“It is particularly interesting to discuss
contribution of ethnologists in maintaining
traditions of society in which they live,
which is especially evident in the work of
ethno-parks and museums. It is quite
expected that members of a society
experience their collective identity in the
essential and static way, but an ethnologist
should not share such attitudes of other
members of the community; instead he
should approach identity (primarily
national and ethnic) as a rational and
dynamic phenomenon“. 15
13 Tomić-Joković, S. i Toskić, J. (2010): Živi seoski
zanati u Užičkom kraju i njihova zaštita na primeru
grnčarskog, kačarskog i kovačkog zanata, Muzej na
otvorenom ,,Staro selo” Sirogojno, Sirogojno
14 Tomić-Joković, S. (2012): Užički suvomesnati
proizvodi, Muzeja na otvorenom ,,Staro selo”
Sirogojno; Toskić, J. (2012): Čančari iz sela Pilica,
Muzeja na otvorenom ,,Staro selo” Sirogojno;
Cicvarić, D. (2012): Izrada svirala i dvojnica u
užičkom kraju, Muzej na otvorenom ,,Staro selo”
Sirogojno.
15 Ribić, V. (2005): Osnove nastave iz predmeta
Primenjena etnologija: perspektive razvoja, in:
Etnologija i antropologija: stanje i perspektive; ur.
Application of research results
Field work collected information about the
real way of life and cultural models as we
see them. “The task of anthropologists is to
help people transform their awareness of
social needs into social action ... This
means that the purpose of research is
addressing real life problems of the studied
population 16 ”. Systematization and
processing of field material provide a total
of qualitative and quantitative data that do
not stay trapped in documentary funds and
depots, but are still used in implementation
of various actions within the museum
activity: permanent and thematic
exhibitions, trade shows, educational
programs, presentations.
The permanent exhibition of the Museum
includes three craft workshops: pottery,
coppersmith’s and blacksmith’s. Beside
displayed tools and craft products, quite
significant is the narrative of craftsmen,
artisans who were the owners of these
workshops, as well as their engagement in
practical presentations of traditional craft
skills 17 . Although “the activities were
called crafts demonstrations and their
introduction to visitors through the
museum obsolete measures of (folk)
architecture facilities rehabilitation
represented unsuccessful attempt of
museum documentation resuscitation” 18 ,
Dragana Radojičić, Ljiljana Gavrilović, Beograd:
Etnografski institut SANU, str. 253-261
16 Ribić, V. (2007): Primenjena antrolpologija:
razvoj primenjenih antropoloških istraživanja u
Velikoj Britaniji i Sjedinjenim Američkim
Državama, Beograd: Srpski genealoški centar:
Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju Filozofskog
fakulteta u Beogradu, str. 104.
17 Toskić, J. (2011): Lončarska radionica, Muzej
na otvorenom ,,Staro selo” Sirogojno, Sirogojno;
Tomić-Joković, S. (2011): Kačarska radionica,
Muzej na otvorenom ,,Staro selo” Sirogojno,
Sirogojno; Tomić-Joković, S. (2011): Kovačka
radionica, Muzej na otvorenom ,,Staro selo”
Sirogojno, Sirogojno.
18 Krstović, N. (2012): Zanati: gde posle muzeja?
in: Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU LX(1), p.
79-92.
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