GISTraLiK

Gistralik constitutes a unique geographic information system of traditional folk culture (1750–1900) which interconnects map documents with information on traditional folk culture. The information are defined by locality (Moravia) and time (1750–1900). The major outcome of the project in the form of an on-line accessible geographic information system allows the users (professionals and amateurs) to use an information platform that includes the knowledge about documented phenomena in the field of tangible and intangible folk culture as well as about its hitherto treatment – always in relation to a particular settlement locality or different administrative and geographic units (community, court district, parish, domain, region). While creating this system, we emphasized the knowledge from diverse source documents to be concentrated in one information database that helps improve the awareness of diversity, richness and importance of historical forms of traditional culture as a significant factor contributing to the formation of local, regional and national identity, and cultural specific features based thereon. Our geographic information system of traditional folk culture becomes an important source of information for educational, popular-instructive and specialized activity (in the field of ethnology, history, cultural history, sociology etc.).

This is a joint project of the Department of European Ethnology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University and the Department of Computer Science, Masaryk University.