“I Like It!” Experiencing Mediascapes in the Artisanship of Prahova County

My text is an attempt at developing the heuristic potentialities in the escapology of video recording of anthropological fieldwork and, based on this, in the museum practice of posting videos via social media platforms. Ethnographic information is provided for various crafts from Prahova County (win...

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Published in:Martor (Bucuresti) Vol. 27; no. 27; pp. 139 - 152
Main Author: Constantin, Marin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor 2022
Romanian Peasant Museum, Martor Publishing House
National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Subjects:
craftmanship
Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Customs / Folklore
ethnographic videos
ICT Information and Communications Technologies
interpretative continuum
mediascapes
Museology Heritage Studies
online posting
Craftsmanship
mediascapes
interpretive continuum
ethnographic videos
online posting
ISSN:1224-6271, 2734-8350
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Summary:My text is an attempt at developing the heuristic potentialities in the escapology of video recording of anthropological fieldwork and, based on this, in the museum practice of posting videos via social media platforms. Ethnographic information is provided for various crafts from Prahova County (wind-instrument making, weaving, and painting) to illustrate both the artisans’ views of their own craftwork and artefacts and the online responses elicited by such arguments, evidence, ideas, etc. Distinctive and interrelated cultural scenes and dramatis personae are identified and discussed in regards with: (1) doing ethnography and artisan profiles; (2) the museum policy of posting video fieldwork records and interviews; and (3) feedback in the form of predefined emotions and comments from friends, followers, or simply visitors of video posts. The article will provide a theoretical approach to the interpretive continuum and interactive reflexivity between artisans (as bearers of folk culture), museum specialists (as promoters of curatorial and research projects), and the online audience of folk art traditions and museum programs.
ISSN:1224-6271
2734-8350
DOI:10.57225/martor.2022.27.11