Ethnography and Matija Majar

This article examines the research issues and personal problems faced by Matija Majar (a.k.a. Ziljski), one of the most important collectors of folk culture material in the mid-nineteenth century, his place among other researchers, his intentions, and, not least of all, the reception of his work among his contemporaries. *** V članku avtor obravnava raziskovalne dileme Matija Majarja Ziljskega, enega najpomembnejših zbiralcev sestavin ljudske kulture sredi 19. stoletja, njegovo mesto med drugimi raziskovalci in njegove namere, nenazadnje tudi recepcijo njegovega dela pri sodobnikih.