CE About Kypseli and "The Comparative Approach"

• Kypseli is part of a Comparative Approach to looking at Greece, especially rural Greece, and European Villages in General. We will be looking at . . .
  
  
  • Kypseli, on Santorini (an etic ethnological approach)
    
    
  • Vasilika, in central Greece (an emic approach, in the film Life Chances by Peter Loizos)
    
    
  • Vasilika, in central Greece (the textbook, by Ernestine Friedl)
    
    
  • Villages in the Republic of Ireland (the textbook, Nan)
    
    And I will be adding materials from  . . . .
    
    
    • Stan Aschenbrenner's work in Karporfora
      
      
    • Thessalonikia (Salonika)
      
      
    • Duluth, Minnesota

    
    We will also look at be adding materials from  . . . .

  • Inish Óirr Links to an external site., in the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland
    
    
  • Gyönk, and other villages in Hungary
    
    
  • Italy

 

And I will be adding materials from . . .

• villages in other parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland, Austria, and Italy

• Questions about the case study project on Kypseli: Women and Men apart–a Divided Reality?
  
  
• Or about the video Kypseli: Women and Men apart–a Divided Reality itself?
  (41 min., 1973 / 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)
  
  
• Visual Anthropology
  
• How to Watch Anthropology Films Links to an external site. -- Thomas ‘Tad' McIlwraith
  Links to an external site.
• The Descriptive Essay Links to an external site. -- Purdue University Online Writing Lab Links to an external site.

What changes have occurred
since the making of the film?

• Nationwide Greece has been under Austerity Programs imposed by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 2011.
  
  
• In general, there has been an out-migration of the young people from the villages, largely to Athens
  
  
• In some villages, and more so on the mainland, and especially where there is some tourism and/or small manufacturing facilities, (and in virtually all of the cities) there is an in-migration of individuals, especially from other EU countries
  
  
• TVs have changed the nature of the gathering of the men in the evening at the local coffee shops
  
  
• The internet is opening and expanding communication network
  
  
• In some places grave sites are no longer recycled after three years
  
  

• The out-migration has been going on a long time, and when those who have left reach retirement age (which tends to be younger in Europe) they sometimes return to their home village
  
  
  • sometimes to take care of elderly parents
    
    
  • but also because they can live there fairly cheaply on their pensions
    
    
  • and they might still own family property there
    
    

• What is happening today in villages of Europe?
  
  
  • Prof. Willie Henderson in the Italian village he lives in during the summer . . .
  
  
  • Tim Roufs will talk about Inis Óirr (aka Inis Beag) when we cover the Aran Islands, Ireland
    
    
  • Time permitting, Tim Roufs will talk about Gyönk, a village in Hungary