Vesna Petreska
Biographic Data
| ID | 7251184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vesna Petreska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vesna |
| FAMILY NAME | Petreska |
| SIGNATURE | PETRESKA V |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
"Deaf wedding"
The subject of interest of the present article is time in the traditional Balkan cultures, with special emphasis on Macedonian female folk healers i.e. the time when they perform their ritual practices. The ritual practices of treatment, whether it is about collective curing practices, when the entire rural community is threatened, mostly due to an epidemic, or it is an individual in question, usually is performed at night, or in the so-called "d…
Methodological Aspects of Contemporary Research of Death
Starting from the fact that ethnology and socio-cultural anthropology are empirical sciences that try to reach knowledge through field work, this article will analyze the basic elements of contemporary field research. The main accent of the article is put upon the methodological approach during field research, referring to the social dimension of death and its communicational function through graves, family memorials and tombs, above all in the c…
Family Photography and Naration
For visual documents that occur within the family or are related to an individual’s life, which also show exceptional moments during the flow of time of a family, or this concerns the rites of passage (wedding, childbirth, baptism, children’s birthdays, death, etc.), it is being considered that that type of matter represents the ideal picture of a person or his family. But, in regards to the research of photography, we will take into consideratio…
The 'Dever' (The Brother of the Groom) as a Mediator in the Relations Between Two Families Which Are to Become Blood Related
The 'devers' or the 'pobratimi' or 'bratimi' play an important role in the wedding ceremony. Whereas the role of the 'devers' in the contemporary Macedonian wedding ritual is designated to the biological brothers of the groom, in cases where he has brothers, and only in isolated cases the role is designated to his close relatives, in the past this role was performed by close relatives of the groom, but not by his biological brothers
Urban-Rural Relationships in Kinship Relations (Examples of Migrating Macedonian Families)
The process of urbanization, besides the usual series of factors that refer to the exterior appearance of the space (a settlement, a town) and a number of hygienic elements, is manifested through the intensive migrations of the peasant population and with it is also manifested in the radical transformation of the village and the agriculture (I. Aceski 1996: 40). The socialist period and its industrialization and modernization with the all society…
The Secret Knowledge of Folk Healers in Macedonian Traditional Culture
In Macedonian traditional culture the concept of "witchcraft", is on the one hand connected to the supernatural world, i.e. with supernatural beings, but on the other hand, it is connected to the ordinary people of this world. The witchcraft which is connected to the supernatural world usually occurs at night or at the borders between night and day. In terms of space, it most often takes place near boundaries, that is at the edge of or outside th…
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The Secret Knowledge of Folk Healers in Macedonian Traditional Culture
In Macedonian traditional culture the concept of "witchcraft", is on the one hand connected to the supernatural world, i.e. with supernatural beings, but on the other hand, it is connected to the ordinary people of this world. The witchcraft which is connected to the supernatural world usually occurs at night or at the borders between night and day. In terms of space, it most often takes place near boundaries, that is at the edge of or outside th…
Methodological Aspects of Contemporary Research of Death
Starting from the fact that ethnology and socio-cultural anthropology are empirical sciences that try to reach knowledge through field work, this article will analyze the basic elements of contemporary field research. The main accent of the article is put upon the methodological approach during field research, referring to the social dimension of death and its communicational function through graves, family memorials and tombs, above all in the c…
Family Photography and Naration
For visual documents that occur within the family or are related to an individual’s life, which also show exceptional moments during the flow of time of a family, or this concerns the rites of passage (wedding, childbirth, baptism, children’s birthdays, death, etc.), it is being considered that that type of matter represents the ideal picture of a person or his family. But, in regards to the research of photography, we will take into consideratio…
The 'Dever' (The Brother of the Groom) as a Mediator in the Relations Between Two Families Which Are to Become Blood Related
The 'devers' or the 'pobratimi' or 'bratimi' play an important role in the wedding ceremony. Whereas the role of the 'devers' in the contemporary Macedonian wedding ritual is designated to the biological brothers of the groom, in cases where he has brothers, and only in isolated cases the role is designated to his close relatives, in the past this role was performed by close relatives of the groom, but not by his biological brothers
Urban-Rural Relationships in Kinship Relations (Examples of Migrating Macedonian Families)
The process of urbanization, besides the usual series of factors that refer to the exterior appearance of the space (a settlement, a town) and a number of hygienic elements, is manifested through the intensive migrations of the peasant population and with it is also manifested in the radical transformation of the village and the agriculture (I. Aceski 1996: 40). The socialist period and its industrialization and modernization with the all society…
"Deaf wedding"
The subject of interest of the present article is time in the traditional Balkan cultures, with special emphasis on Macedonian female folk healers i.e. the time when they perform their ritual practices. The ritual practices of treatment, whether it is about collective curing practices, when the entire rural community is threatened, mostly due to an epidemic, or it is an individual in question, usually is performed at night, or in the so-called "d…
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Macedonian (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)