Karakachans in Bulgaria

A Pastoral History

Authors

  • Gabriela Fatková

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/12128112.3576

Keywords:

Karakachans, ethnicity, social identity, pastoral nomadism, transhumance, sedentarization

Abstract

This article represents a synthesis of the studies on the former pastoral nomadic life of the Karakachans in Bulgaria, published in English and Bulgarian. The discussion on the origin of the Karakachans is analysed; there are various viewpoints, supported by various groups of researchers, by representatives of the Karakachans, as well as by the ordinary Karakachans themselves. The technology of transhuman pastoralism, related trade patterns, and the social structure of the Karakachan ethnic group in the pastoral nomadic period and at the end of this period, during sedentarization, is described.

Author Biography

  • Gabriela Fatková

    je sociální antropoložka. Nyní je studentkou doktorského programu etnologie na Západočeské univerzitě. Věnuje se dvěma okruhům témat: jednak bulharským Karakačanům a jejich životním strategiím v současnosti, jednak problematice vzdělávání sociokulturně znevýhodněných studentů v České republice.

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Published

2011-05-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Stati

License

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Karakachans in Bulgaria: A Pastoral History. (2011). Lidé města, 13(1), 51-72. https://doi.org/10.14712/12128112.3576