Ethnological research of the city Brno: Stability and metamorphosis of Moravian metropolis

Abstract

The contribution aims to describe development of the ethnological research of the City Brno as the part of Czech - and former Czechoslovak - urban ethnology. Shortened it deals with the beginnings of research in 50ies of the 20th century, with methods and results of research and, in more details, it describes interdisciplinary projects after 1989. In recent decades there were realised such important projects like Das multikulturelle Brünn an der Schwelle zum EU-Beitritt (Multicultural Brno entering European Union), or Memory of the town, and interdisciplinary project based on sociological and geographical quantitative analysis Socio-Spatial Consequences of Demographic Change for East Central European Cities where ethnology played the role of science based on qualitative analysis and methods. The main part of contribution defines the cultural identity of Brno´ citizens and interethnical relations, as well, as the result of repetitive field research and from the point of view of ethnology.

Keywords

• urban ethnology
• Czech Republic
• Brno
• folk culture
• ethnic relations
• City
• inner City