Ethnographical atlas of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the new millennium: Using historical sources and GIS

Woitsch, Jiří (2012) Ethnographical atlas of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the new millennium: Using historical sources and GIS. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 57 (1). pp. 41-53. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

In the paper the overview of the content and methodological background of the recently published and currently prepared volumes of Ethnological atlas of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia is given. The main aim of the paper is to show, how written sources from the early modern period could help with the preparation of ethnological maps in the country, where field research of the folk culture hardly can be done at present. Secondly the very successful application of GIS (geographic information system) in the ethnological research is stressed. The very best example of fruitful utilization of both the mentioned aspects is the 5th volume of the Ethnological atlas of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, which deals with spatial differentiation of the Jewish settlements and professions in Bohemia.

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