أسس العمل الميداني لجمع عناصر الثقافة الشعبية

Abstract EN

Field work is the basic stage on which the protection of the intangible cultural heritage (folklore), the preservation of its items, the study of its artistic and literary genres, the classification of its items, and the analysis of its contents, especially topics related to elements that are still alive and effective, in social and cultural life.

This study approaches a number of principles and paths of field collection, starting with the introduction of basic theoretical concepts and their problems, passing through the rooting of the subject in the Arab world, then discussing its theories and proposals at the international level, and ending with monitoring the major challenges for the future of field collection.

The study leads to an overall conclusion: the inevitability of changing the tools, methods and techniques of field work; Where social media platforms and virtual world networks are seen as “fields” for collecting and documenting items of folklore, The roles of the new vessels and their media converge with the new circumstances and challenges imposed, in turn, by COVID-19 pandemic on human societies, a difficult path that would bring about fundamental changes and open up new horizons for field work.

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