Κοινωνικές και εθιμικές πρακτικές στον ελληνικό λαϊκό πολιτισμό

The course acquaints students with the various forms of contemporary rituals found in Greek folk culture and with the basic social and ideological parameters that inform the functioning and formation of these rituals.  It also gives them an understanding of the meaning of the evolution and of the handling of older forms of tradition and the ways in which these forms function.  The course also acquaints students with the functioning of phenomena, such as secularization, the introduction of cultural prototypes, folklorism and cultural globalization in practice, which it does through the use of various examples drawn from the contemporary ritual life of the Greek people.