METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF CREATING LAZIAN ETHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY

Abstract

The paper discusses the methodological approaches of compiling an ethnological dictionary and, based on the experience in Georgia, presents the challenges that accompany the process of compiling an illustrated ethnological dictionary.

Laz Ethnological Illustrated Dictionary, both from thematical and architectonics point of view, is built up a structure based on certain methodical principles, and at the same time it includes different methodical approaches, such as the alphabetical arrangement of short articles with the attachment of literary sources, the visual and content matching of an ethnographic event, the presentation of the photograph with a particular feature of an object.

Ethnological dictionary is a fundamental work of a specific nature, which summarizes the achievements of the field. It has the form of a scientific essay and its fundamental structure is based on the ethnographic description of the term. The fundamentality and thematic diversity of the dictionary determine the diversity of methodological approaches to its compilation.

Keywords: ethnology; dictionary; methodology; visualization.