Women's Education, Knowledge and Competence in Ancient Greece
Žensko obrazovanje, znanje i kompetencije u antičkoj Grčkoj
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The paper deals with women’s education in Ancient Greece. In ancient
times, women were dominated by men throughout the Greek world,
while their roles and competence were strictly defined (albeit differently
across various city-states). Although not all women were deprived of
education, their education was almost never organized by the city-state.
Women’s knowledge and voice were never welcome in the public domain.
However, the picture of women’s education, knowledge and competences
is not one-dimensional and it would be wrong to claim that those did
not exist. Foreign women sometimes had more freedom of education
and free communication with men than Greek citizens’ wives (especially
in Athens); education was also available for girls from rich families; some
city-states other than Athens were less restrictive towards their women.
The other aspect of the issue was the fact that there was some
knowledge available to women, and in some professions, women did not
...
appear as an exception, but rather as a rule. Such was the case of midwives,
women physicians and herbal specialists/pharmacists. Their prominent
role in the private domain did not only involve care of home and closest
kin, but also rituals, and this should be considered an important aspect
of women’s competence. However, researching women’s education and
knowledge in antiquity is a difficult task, because veils of silence were
cast over women’s voices in ancient times, including those that attempted
to break through the barriers of their age.
Rad istražuje obrazovanje žena u antičkoj Grčkoj. U doba antike, žene su bile podređene
muškarcima širom grčkog sveta, a njihova uloga i kompetencije strogo su bili definisani (doduše na različit način u različitim polisima). Iako je bilo žena kojima je obrazovanje bilo dostupno, ono gotovo nikada nije bilo organizovano od strane polisa. Žensko znanje i ženski glas
nisu bili dobrodošli u javnom prostoru. Pa ipak, slika ženskog obrazovanja, znanja i kompetencija nije jednodimenzionalna i bilo bi pogrešno tvrditi da su ih žene bile u potpunosti lišene. Strankinje su katkada uživale veću slobodu u pogledu obrazovanja i slobodne komunikacije sa muškarcima nego supruge grčkih građana (pogotovo Atinjana); obrazovanje je bilo
dostupno devojkama iz bogatih porodica.
Sa druge strane, činjenica je da su postojala znanja i profesije koji su bili dostupni ženama i u kojima su se one često pojavljivale. To je bio slučaj sa babicama, lekarkama i biljarkama/farmaceutkinjama. Dominantna uloga ...žena u privatnom domenu nije samo podrazumevala brigu o kući i najbližim srodnicima, već i nadležnost u ritualnom domenu koja je spadala
u žensku kompetenciju. Pa ipak, istraživanje ženskog znanja i obrazovanja u atnici nije jednostavno, pre svega zbog velova tišine kojima su obavijeni ženski glasovi u antici, uključujući
i one koji su pokušali da se probiju kroz barijere sopstvenog doba.
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women / education / knowledge / competence / private domain / public domain / death rituals / žene / obrazovanje / kompetencije / privatno / javno / pogrebni ritualiSource:
Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society, 2023, 34, 1, 43-58Publisher:
- Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju / Belgrade : Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
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DOI: 10.2298/FID2301043S
Cobiss ID: 278404108
ISSN: 0353-5738 (print); 2334-8577 (online)
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85152643898
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https://journal.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/fid/issue/view/98https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/14530
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Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Stevanović, Lada PY - 2023 UR - https://journal.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/fid/issue/view/98 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/14530 AB - The paper deals with women’s education in Ancient Greece. In ancient times, women were dominated by men throughout the Greek world, while their roles and competence were strictly defined (albeit differently across various city-states). Although not all women were deprived of education, their education was almost never organized by the city-state. Women’s knowledge and voice were never welcome in the public domain. However, the picture of women’s education, knowledge and competences is not one-dimensional and it would be wrong to claim that those did not exist. Foreign women sometimes had more freedom of education and free communication with men than Greek citizens’ wives (especially in Athens); education was also available for girls from rich families; some city-states other than Athens were less restrictive towards their women. The other aspect of the issue was the fact that there was some knowledge available to women, and in some professions, women did not appear as an exception, but rather as a rule. Such was the case of midwives, women physicians and herbal specialists/pharmacists. Their prominent role in the private domain did not only involve care of home and closest kin, but also rituals, and this should be considered an important aspect of women’s competence. However, researching women’s education and knowledge in antiquity is a difficult task, because veils of silence were cast over women’s voices in ancient times, including those that attempted to break through the barriers of their age. AB - Rad istražuje obrazovanje žena u antičkoj Grčkoj. U doba antike, žene su bile podređene muškarcima širom grčkog sveta, a njihova uloga i kompetencije strogo su bili definisani (doduše na različit način u različitim polisima). Iako je bilo žena kojima je obrazovanje bilo dostupno, ono gotovo nikada nije bilo organizovano od strane polisa. Žensko znanje i ženski glas nisu bili dobrodošli u javnom prostoru. Pa ipak, slika ženskog obrazovanja, znanja i kompetencija nije jednodimenzionalna i bilo bi pogrešno tvrditi da su ih žene bile u potpunosti lišene. Strankinje su katkada uživale veću slobodu u pogledu obrazovanja i slobodne komunikacije sa muškarcima nego supruge grčkih građana (pogotovo Atinjana); obrazovanje je bilo dostupno devojkama iz bogatih porodica. Sa druge strane, činjenica je da su postojala znanja i profesije koji su bili dostupni ženama i u kojima su se one često pojavljivale. To je bio slučaj sa babicama, lekarkama i biljarkama/farmaceutkinjama. Dominantna uloga žena u privatnom domenu nije samo podrazumevala brigu o kući i najbližim srodnicima, već i nadležnost u ritualnom domenu koja je spadala u žensku kompetenciju. Pa ipak, istraživanje ženskog znanja i obrazovanja u atnici nije jednostavno, pre svega zbog velova tišine kojima su obavijeni ženski glasovi u antici, uključujući i one koji su pokušali da se probiju kroz barijere sopstvenog doba. PB - Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju / Belgrade : Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory T2 - Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society T1 - Women's Education, Knowledge and Competence in Ancient Greece T1 - Žensko obrazovanje, znanje i kompetencije u antičkoj Grčkoj SP - 43 EP - 58 VL - 34 IS - 1 DO - 10.2298/FID2301043S UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14530 ER -
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Stevanović, L.. (2023). Women's Education, Knowledge and Competence in Ancient Greece. in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju / Belgrade : Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory., 34(1), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2301043S https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14530
Stevanović L. Women's Education, Knowledge and Competence in Ancient Greece. in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society. 2023;34(1):43-58. doi:10.2298/FID2301043S https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14530 .
Stevanović, Lada, "Women's Education, Knowledge and Competence in Ancient Greece" in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society, 34, no. 1 (2023):43-58, https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2301043S ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14530 .