On Research and Access to Cultural Heritage in Slovakia on the Example of the Process of Writing an Ethnochoreological Monograph

The paper presents an example of methodological approach to ethnochoreological research and exploitation of material in a monographic publication in the field of applied ethnochoreology. The methodological approach was based on ethnochoreological and ethnomusicological archival, rescue and return qualitative field research on dance-singing expressions that are functionally connected with the calendar cycle and that disappeared in Slovakia during the 20th century. The research results were subjected to a contextual analysis inspired by the methodological approach of dance and symbolic anthropology. In order to potentially apply scientific knowledge to the practice of formal and non-formal education, it also presents a proposal for a methodological procedure by implementing the knowledge of constructive dance pedagogy. The introduction reflects the broader context of the state of ethnochoreological research and education in folk dance in Slovakia.