Etnologia ucraina. Il tema della tradizione tra passato e presente

This section seeks to highlight the path of ethnological disciplines in Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR. Following the gaining of independence, Ukrainian ethnology freed itself from the old hierarchies and began to explore new fields of research, while never abandoning the ancient and endowing theme linked to its popular traditions. The investigations in the field of material and immaterial culture still remain the basic pillar of ethnology in this country, although somewhat characterised by a broader examination of the concept of tradition viewed in its various dynamic aspects according to contemporaneity and change. The monographic section, introduced in this article, will mainly focus on the precious contributions of several Ukrainian scientists to traditions, not only from a strictly ethnographic and material viewpoint, but also on a symbolic level in relation to the past and present times.