- Since 1960 the IES has been publishing the journal Razprave in gradivo/Treatises and Documents. As the only Slovene s... moreSince 1960 the IES has been publishing the journal Razprave in gradivo/Treatises and Documents. As the only Slovene specialized journal for ethnic issues it publishes articles by Slovene and foreign experts.
The editors welcome the submission of articles in the field of ethnic and minority studies, especially on racial and ethnic relations, ethnic identity, nationalism, xenophobia, protection of (ethnic, national, linguistic, religious, and other) minorities, migration, multiculturalism and related subjects. The journal is particularly interested in discussions regarding ethnic and minority issues in the so-called Alpine-Adriatic-Panonnian area and all comparative studies, which include – only partially or as a whole - this geographic area.
All papers are subject to a double blind review procedure.
Two issues of the journal are published every year, usually in June and December.
Manuscripts should be sent via the journal internet site (https://rig-td.si/en/).edit
This study analyses the current situation and solutions for supporting minority ethnic households in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, in improving their sustainable poverty alleviation capacity, by interviewing 3,400 representatives from poor and... more
This study analyses the current situation and solutions for supporting minority ethnic households in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, in improving their sustainable poverty alleviation capacity, by interviewing 3,400 representatives from poor and poverty-alleviated households of six ethnic minorities (Thai, Tho, Muong, Hmong, Dao, and Khmu) in Thanh Hoa province. The statistical results describe the number of laborers in the households, the educational level of the head of the household, health capacity, skills, labor production experience of the households, capital mobilization capabilities for business, and proposed solutions for enhancing human capital to leverage sustainable poverty. Minority ethnic households need to participate in training and vocational programs to improve their educational level, knowledge, understanding, and skills to enhance their sustainable poverty alleviation capacity.
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This study analyses the visual coverage of the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian conflict on Asian news sites, utilising the frameworks of war and peace journalism. Conducting a content analysis of 397 images from seven leading Asian news sites, we... more
This study analyses the visual coverage of the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian conflict on Asian news sites, utilising the frameworks of war and peace journalism. Conducting a content analysis of 397 images from seven leading Asian news sites, we contribute to the literature on visual coverage, particularly from online platforms. Our analysis identifies the predominant visual narratives employed by these news sites and offers insights into variations in coverage intensity, regional and ethnic focuses, portrayal of age groups, and depiction of harm. The study extends the understanding of framing theory by analysing visual frames, providing valuable implications for future visual studies and contributing to a deeper understanding of conflict portrayal in online news media.
Research Interests: Media Studies, Peace Journalism, War Journalism, Conflict Reporting, Russian-Ukrainian Relations, and 11 moreNewspapers and online journalism, Media Representation, Visual Journalism, Conflict Reporting Peace Journalism, War and Peace Journalism, Online news business models, News Analysis, Representations of Race and Ethnicity In the Media, Visual Coverage, War Journalism and War Photography, and Russian war in Ukraine
In this study, the responses of 182 Bosniaks were analysed to examine the interplay between previous adversity (past challenging or traumatic experiences a person has faced), mental well-being, and ethnic distance in Bosnia and... more
In this study, the responses of 182 Bosniaks were analysed to examine the interplay between previous adversity (past challenging or traumatic experiences a person has faced), mental well-being, and ethnic distance in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the lens of polyvagal theory, which emphasises the role of physiological reactivity and body awareness. The results show that there is no direct association between past adversity and well-being or ethnic distance. However, previous adversity is a significant predictor of autonomic reactivity and body awareness, which serve as mediators of well-being and ethnic distance. These findings point to the potential benefits of trauma-informed interventions to improve social cohesion in post-conflict settings.
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Namen pričujočega prispevka je uporabiti ekokritiški literarnovedni pristop za analizo izbranih odlomkov nekaterih slovenskih manjšinskih ustvarjalcev v Italiji. Na temeljnih izhodiščih ekokritiškega diskurza avtorica predstavi raznoliko... more
Namen pričujočega prispevka je uporabiti ekokritiški literarnovedni pristop za analizo izbranih odlomkov nekaterih slovenskih manjšinskih ustvarjalcev v Italiji. Na temeljnih izhodiščih ekokritiškega diskurza avtorica predstavi raznoliko pojmovanje bivanjskega prostora, svoje zanimanje pa nato usmeri v analizo izbranih odlomkov, prek katerih poskuša dokazati, da se pri manjšinskih literarnih ustvarjalcih okoljska problematika tesno prepleta z identitetnim vprašanjem: pojem ogroženosti prostora je tesno povezan tudi z ogroženostjo etnične skupnosti. To je še posebej razvidno na primeru literarnih ustvarjalcev iz Beneške Slovenije. Svojo obravnavo avtorica zaključi z analizo literarnih del najmlajših slovenskih avtorjev iz Italije, pri katerih je še posebej opazno zanimanje za ekološko tematiko, ki ni omejena le na bivanjski prostor slovenske manjšine v Italiji, temveč obravnava tudi globalno ekološko krizo.
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In official narratives, Austria was seen for decades as the first victim of Nazi Germany that had to participate in national socialist felonies. A remembrance of "dutiful" soldiers who gave their lives in the "fight for their fatherland"... more
In official narratives, Austria was seen for decades as the first victim of Nazi Germany that had to participate in national socialist felonies. A remembrance of "dutiful" soldiers who gave their lives in the "fight for their fatherland" (Kühnel 2022, 199) is over-represented in public space, while the persecuted victims of national socialism are little remembered. The Austria-wide digital platform DERLA, the Digital Memorial Landscape, established in 2023, makes all memorials to the victims of the Nazi era (as well as didactic material) available on the Internet. The analysis of the information collected on this platform makes it possible to add new findings to academic literature. This article focuses on bilingual Carinthia, provides an insight into new memorials for the victims of national socialism, and compares the Carinthian memorial landscape both spatially and geographically.
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Parlamentarne volitve na Madžarskem leta 2022 so narodnostim že tretjič ponudile priložnost, da izvolijo svojega narodnostnega zagovornika oz. na prednostni ali preferenčni način izglasujejo svojega parlamentarnega poslanca. Polom liste... more
Parlamentarne volitve na Madžarskem leta 2022 so narodnostim že tretjič ponudile priložnost, da izvolijo svojega narodnostnega zagovornika oz. na prednostni ali preferenčni način izglasujejo svojega parlamentarnega poslanca. Polom liste predstavnikov najštevilčnejše, romske narodnosti in odločitev Evropskega sodišča za človekove pravice o kršitvi številnih elementov volilnega sistema pa sta pozornost usmerila na nujnost celovite ocene dosedanjih izkušenj in reforme preferenčnega narodnostnega mandata in institucije zagovorništva. K temu želi s predstavitvijo institucionalnih okvirov in volilnih rezultatov, s posebnim poudarkom na analizi narodnostnih vidikov zadnjih parlamentarnih volitev in položaja slovenske narodnosti, prispevati tudi pričujoča študija. Ključne besede: Madžarska, parlamentarno zastopstvo narodnosti, volilna udeležba, etnopolitična mobilizacija, slovenska narodnost, zagovornica Slovencev v madžarskem parlamentu, Evropsko sodišče za človekove pravice.
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Članek raziskuje razumevanje koncepta matične domovine pri pripadnikih italijanske narodne skupnosti v Slovenski Istri. Avtorji v članku ugotavljajo, da sta tako koncept domovine kot koncept matičnosti teoretsko še popolnoma nedefinirana... more
Članek raziskuje razumevanje koncepta matične domovine pri pripadnikih italijanske narodne skupnosti v Slovenski Istri. Avtorji v članku ugotavljajo, da sta tako koncept domovine kot koncept matičnosti teoretsko še popolnoma nedefinirana in nedodelana, kar skorajda onemogoča raziskovanje amalgamiranega teoretskega koncepta matična domovina, ker se vsaka raziskava na to temo začne ab ovo. Prav tako avtorji ugotavljajo metodološke nekonsistentnosti v različnih raziskavah, ki se ukvarjajo s proučevanjem koncepta matične domovine. Ključna ugotovitev članka je, da intervjuvanci, pripadniki italijanske narodne skupnosti v Sloveniji, trdijo, da je po njihovem mnenju koncept matične domovine preživet, saj je danes razmišljanje znotraj binarnih (o)pozicij zaradi fluidnosti identitet že samo po sebi zastarelo.
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Članek obravnava fenomen množičnih migracij s pomočjo intersekcijske analize, s katero pokažemo na součinkovanje diskriminatornih praks in raziskujemo skupne mehanizme izključevanja na primeru dveh manjšinskih skupin, muslimanskih žensk... more
Članek obravnava fenomen množičnih migracij s pomočjo intersekcijske analize, s katero pokažemo na součinkovanje diskriminatornih praks in raziskujemo skupne mehanizme izključevanja na primeru dveh manjšinskih skupin, muslimanskih žensk ter migrantov in beguncev. Izhodišče analize je medijski diskurz o dveh pravnih dokumentih, ki naslavljata prepoved zakrivanja obraza muslimanskih žensk in problem nelegalnih migracij (Marakeška deklaracija). Rezultate raziskave apliciramo na širši razmislek o vzrokih in posledicah diskriminacijskih politik na manjšinske in priseljenske skupnosti.
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The paper analyses public opinion towards immigrants in Slovenia, especially in terms of openness and acceptance. It begins by providing some key theoretical background on the topic and then draws on selected empirical data from the... more
The paper analyses public opinion towards immigrants in Slovenia, especially in terms of openness and acceptance. It begins by providing some key theoretical background on the topic and then draws on selected empirical data from the European Social Survey from a cross-temporal perspective. According to survey data, respondents in Slovenia have become more open towards immigrants in recent years. However, there are significant tensions between those who are more open to and those who oppose immigration. This divide between immigration supporters and opponents is a persistent social tension that characterises political orientations in Slovenia in general. Despite the shifting public opinion towards greater tolerance, right-wing populist politicians may still target and mobilise those who remain sceptical or hostile towards immigrants.
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The civic and political participation of immigrants in the receiving country are important dimensions of the integration process. However, immigrants often encounter various barriers in accessing individual forms of participation, either... more
The civic and political participation of immigrants in the receiving country are important dimensions of the integration process. However, immigrants often encounter various barriers in accessing individual forms of participation, either due to legal barriers or due to informal opposition from the majority population. This article aims to examine the attitudes of the majority population towards the civic and political participation of immigrants in Slovenia and the factors influencing such attitudes. The survey on a representative sample of Slovene residents revealed predominantly negative attitudes of the majority population towards both civic and political participation of immigrants. Particularly notable is the opposition to granting immigrants active and passive voting rights. Relevant factors influencing such attitudes include gender, age, education, the type of settlement in which the respondents reside, and their ideological orientation.
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After a brief presentation of the history of the concept of diaspora and its derivatives, and a critical review of the relevant literature, the article explores the phenomenon of diasporic Sloveneness, with a particular focus on the... more
After a brief presentation of the history of the concept of diaspora and its derivatives, and a critical review of the relevant literature, the article explores the phenomenon of diasporic Sloveneness, with a particular focus on the contemporary Slovenian diaspora. The concept encompasses, but is not limited to, Slovenes and members of Slovene national communities (with an emphasis on Carinthian and Trieste Slovenes) who have dispersed around the world since Slovenia's independence in 1991. The author concludes that the contemporary Slovene diaspora consists mainly of young, highly educated people who are actively striving to establish themselves in the global world. Even though they have emigrated from their country of origin, they remain-especially through modern communication technologies-connected to it. The article provides an insight into the complex and multifaceted process of diasporic grouping and long-distance nationalism, which also includes processes of transculturation and sheds light on Slovene national identity in the contemporary globalised world.
Research Interests: Diasporas, Diaspora, National Identity, Transculturation, Diaspora Studies, and 8 moreDiaspora and transnationalism, Nations and nationalism, Transcultural Studies, Migration and Diaspora, Slovene diaspora, Ethnicity and National Identity, Migration and Diaspora Studies, and Nationalism and identity construction
The role of education systems is crucial in creating bilingualism and multilingualism. Based on domestic and foreign literature and structured interviews with public officials in North Macedonia and Italy, the article analyses the... more
The role of education systems is crucial in creating bilingualism and multilingualism. Based on domestic and foreign literature and structured interviews with public officials in North Macedonia and Italy, the article analyses the solutions and incentives for institutional bilingualism, which have proven insufficient thus far. It also offers a model of multilingualism as a concept of an ideal environment where speakers can communicate using multiple languages. The impact of new information and communication technologies on language learning and use in bilingual areas and their contribution to the creation of an ideal environment conducive to multilingualism will also be examined. The data obtained shows, among other things, that artificial intelligence is also revolutionising language use and learning. Nonetheless, despite rapid progress, human communication in different languages cannot be replaced by artificial algorithms.
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In observing the integration process at a local and neighbourhood level, this paper aims to analyse the integration experiences of asylum beneficiaries (refugees) in Croatia and their relationships with various stakeholders. The analyses... more
In observing the integration process at a local and neighbourhood level, this paper aims to analyse the integration experiences of asylum beneficiaries (refugees) in Croatia and their relationships with various stakeholders. The analyses are based on data obtained in 2018 by interviewing 25 refugees about their perceptions of living prospects in Croatia. The results indicated that most of the interviewees described their relationships and experiences with state institution officials as mostly negative or challenging, and in some cases discriminatory. Acceptance in local communities was predominantly assessed as positive, although it took a while for refugees to feel accepted.
Research Interests: Corporate Social Responsibility, Asylum, International Migration, European Immigration and Asylum Law, Migration Studies, and 8 moreAsylum seekers, Migrant integration, Social cohesion, Integration, Croatia, Refugees and Forced Migration Studies, Local Community, and Local government/local development/community development/project management/public administration
The study aimed to determine the push and pull factors and the impact of the pandemic and the opening of the Austrian labour market for Croatian citizens in 2020 on the migration of Croatian citizens to Austria after Croatia entered the... more
The study aimed to determine the push and pull factors and the impact of the pandemic and the opening of the Austrian labour market for Croatian citizens in 2020 on the migration of Croatian citizens to Austria after Croatia entered the EU. The study was conducted using qualitative methodology, i.e., semi-structured interviews as the main research method. The results showed that, in addition to the influence of economic and personal factors on emigration from Croatia, social migrant networks stood out as a strong pull factor for respondents to migrate to Austria. Nevertheless, some respondents, regardless of family and friends in other countries, migrate to Austria for its better living and working conditions. The pandemic and the opening of the Austrian labour market in 2020 were at one time an obstacle to emigration for some respondents, and their experiences indicate that in the next few years the number of Croats who immigrate to Austria could increase, both due to delayed emigration from Croatia and the migration of Croats from Germany.
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The paper discusses the COVID-19 mortality in Slovenia and Croatia in 2020 and 2021. The aim of the paper is to determine similarities and differences in mortality trends during COVID-19 period and to discuss the underlying causes and... more
The paper discusses the COVID-19 mortality in Slovenia and Croatia in 2020 and 2021. The aim of the paper is to determine similarities and differences in mortality trends during COVID-19 period and to discuss the underlying causes and consequences. It is hypothesised that the unfavourable age structure of both countries was a catalyst of the excess mortality differentials, and that the different paths of post-socialist transitions significantly contributed to differential mortality in 2020. The analyses confirmed a biased effect of the excess mortality indicator, which is applicable only if supported with sufficient attributive data. Moreover, findings confirmed the hypothesis that COVID-19 mortality largely contributed to overall mortality in Slovenia in 2020, particularly due to the increased mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCF) which was about 70% higher compared to that of Croatia.
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The article deals with increasing cross-border education, namely students from Slovenia attending upper-secondary level minority schools in Austrian Carinthia. We conducted interviews with school management and focus groups with students,... more
The article deals with increasing cross-border education, namely students from Slovenia attending upper-secondary level minority schools in Austrian Carinthia. We conducted interviews with school management and focus groups with students, who also completed a short questionnaire. Based on qualitative and quantitative data, we drew conclusions about the motives of students from Slovenia for enrolment in Slovene minority schools in Austria and about the consequences of their decision-their well-being, their knowledge and use of languages, their plans for the future-as well as in relation to their sense of Europeanness and their varying identities. Cross-border schooling turns out to be a success story. The outcome seems to be particularly favourable for the Slovene minority in Austrian Carinthia as it maintains the scope and quality of minority education, while also having the positive consequence of giving the members of the Slovene minority much greater exposure to the Slovene language, especially spoken language, with which they otherwise have less direct contact.
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Cross-border cooperation, German Language, Border Crossing, Minority Languages, and 10 moreForeign language teaching and learning, Second Language Learning, Language Learning, Minority language education, Language Instruction, Cross Border Education, Austria, German as a Foreign Language, Slovenian Language, and Minority Education
In this article, we will discuss the case of fair and inclusive schools that are considerate of the specific and unique needs of their pupils and offer quality education for all. We will highlight the most important indicators of... more
In this article, we will discuss the case of fair and inclusive schools that are considerate of the specific and unique needs of their pupils and offer quality education for all. We will highlight the most important indicators of inclusive education and focus on research that confirms the importance of the teachers' willingness to establish good interpersonal relationships with their pupils. In the empirical section, we will introduce the results of our qualitative study. Based on interviews conducted with 20 mothers and 20 primary school pupils in two Slovene Roma settlements, we explored how pupils and their mothers perceive teachers' attitudes towards Roma children. Our findings were very promising, for they showed that the interviewed pupils and their mothers had a positive experience with the teachers and their pedagogical work with Roma children. However, we should not ignore the few cases that pointed to ethnic discrimination towards Roma pupils.
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Schools with Italian as the medium of instruction in Slovenia are open to all children and young people, regardless of their ethnic affiliation. The article addresses the impact of linguistically diverse classes on the linguistic... more
Schools with Italian as the medium of instruction in Slovenia are open to all children and young people, regardless of their ethnic affiliation. The article addresses the impact of linguistically diverse classes on the linguistic development of children attending Italian nursery schools. The children's parents provided basic background information on the child's language use outside nursery school. The level of the children's communicative competence in Italian, in terms of listening comprehension and oral production, was measured by means of a standardised test. Although results may not always be statistically relevant due to the small number of participants, they show that the prevailing presence of children that only speak Slovene at home does not hinder the linguistic development of children that only speak Italian at home, and that the Slovene-only cohort clearly benefits from attending Italian nursery school.
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Linguistic development, Foreign language teaching and learning, Second Language Learning, and 9 moreItalian (Languages And Linguistics), Italian language, Language Learning, Teaching Italian as a Second Language, Slovenia, Pre-school education, Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language, Linguistics. Philosophy. Cognitive Sciences. Languages: Italian, and Italian national minority
The article presents the situation of members of the Slovene community in Croatia, focusing on selected aspects of their socioeconomic participation (inclusion) in Croatian society. This topic has not been thoroughly studied yet, firstly... more
The article presents the situation of members of the Slovene community in Croatia, focusing on selected aspects of their socioeconomic participation (inclusion) in Croatian society. This topic has not been thoroughly studied yet, firstly due to the low interest of researchers in the position and activities of members of the Slovene community in Croatia, and secondly due to a continuous lack of data on the socioeconomic participation of members of not only the Slovene community but of all minorities in Croatia in general. Based on the analysis of data mainly collected from Croatian official reports, the situation of members of the Slovene minority in Croatia is presented mainly in relation to the exercise of their rights to education and employment.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated media and scholarly literature since 2020. The impact(s) of crisis management on democracy, legitimacy, human rights, minorities, marginalized groups, and persons belonging to them are mentioned but... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated media and scholarly literature since 2020. The impact(s) of crisis management on democracy, legitimacy, human rights, minorities, marginalized groups, and persons belonging to them are mentioned but seldom the main focus. From the perspective of human rights, protection of minorities, and the principle of non-discrimination in multilevel systems in Europe, the paper discusses certain conceptual, terminological, and methodological problems in studying such complex dynamic phenomena and argues that qualitative approaches might be the most suitable for studying the perceptions of persons belonging to diverse minorities on democracy and the legitimacy of crisis management and governance.
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Introduction to Special Issue on 25-years after B/GFA
Research Interests: Northern Ireland: Unionism & Loyalism, Postconflict Peacebuilding and Everyday Priorities, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding, Northern Ireland, and 10 moreConflcit transformation and Peacebuilding, Post Conflict Peacebuilding, Civil Society and Peacebuilding, Northern Ireland (Peace Process and Politics), Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland and the Troubles, Power Sharing, Critical Studies of Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding and Development, and Brexit, Northern Ireland, Good Friday Agreement
The attempts to implement the Good Friday Agreement have often been frustrated by Unionist parties’ reluctance to share power given their discontent with the difficulties in achieving decommissioning and more recently the Northern Ireland... more
The attempts to implement the Good Friday Agreement have often been frustrated by Unionist parties’ reluctance to share power given their discontent with the difficulties in achieving decommissioning and more recently the Northern Ireland Protocol that was part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Given the continuing difficulties in operationalizing the institutional framework negotiated in 1998, Nationalist and Republican parties, especially Sinn Féin, have begun a discussion on a joint referendum that would bring Irish unification. This paper explores the changing narrative of Northern Ireland politics from peaceful powersharing to a transition toward Irish unity.
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Marking the 25 th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we review the gendered legacy of power-sharing and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. The participation of an all-women's political party in the 1996-1998 peace talks and... more
Marking the 25 th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we review the gendered legacy of power-sharing and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. The participation of an all-women's political party in the 1996-1998 peace talks and world-class commitments to human rights and equality enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement suggested that Northern Ireland would stand as a conflict resolution and institutional design model par excellence. While the intervening years have been largely peaceful, and women's political representation has improved, years of political stalemate and poor equality and human rights protections for women suggest a mixed legacy of gender inclusion and powersharing. In this paper, we chart the ups and downs of Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions in the context of feminist peace activism over two and a half decades and offer a set of feminist reflections on the promise and peril of power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
Research Interests: Social Justice, Gender Equality, Feminism and Social Justice, Northern Ireland, Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights, and 6 moreHuman Security, Women's Rights, Gender Equality, Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland and the Troubles, Power Sharing, Gender and Social Inclusion, and Feminist Peace Research
Reconciliation and consociation were at the core of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (BGFA) in 1998. Analysis of the politics of the last 25 years in Northern Ireland (NI), however, reveals that many presumed aspects of... more
Reconciliation and consociation were at the core of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (BGFA) in 1998. Analysis of the politics of the last 25 years in Northern Ireland (NI), however, reveals that many presumed aspects of reconciliation-integrated education, desegregated living, the disbandment of armed groups, cultural rapprochement, linguistic and cultural diversity, safe and secure shared public space, an approach to the past which puts the suffering of victims at its core-remain unaddressed or are deeply disputed. The article explores how consociational government in Northern Ireland has gradually decayed under pressure from this weakness. Since 2016, reconciliation has been a secondorder consideration for the shaping partnership between the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Ireland which made the Agreement possible, leaving the Agreement at risk from the repeated exercise of the veto and dependent on the absence of any alternative, rather than proactive commitment.
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development, Peacekeeping, Reconciliation, Sustainable Peacebuilding, and 13 morePostconflict Peacebuilding and Everyday Priorities, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding, Northern Ireland, Post Conflict Peacebuilding, Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland and the Troubles, Postconflict Stuides, Peace & Reconciliation, Critical Studies of Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding and Development, Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention, and Consociation
This article critically examines the extent to which increases in socioeconomic equality between Protestants and Catholics over the post-Agreement period has corresponded to a gradual de-centering of ethnopolitical identity in social... more
This article critically examines the extent to which increases in socioeconomic equality between Protestants and Catholics over the post-Agreement period has corresponded to a gradual de-centering of ethnopolitical identity in social relations and political processes. I argue that, while there has been an increase in social integration and moderate growth in the political middle ground, such trends are not experienced equally across class contexts. On an everyday basis, ethnopolitical identity is most strongly felt in relatively deprived and religiously segregated communities experiencing very little by the way of peace dividends and suffering disproportionately and intergenerationally from conflictrelated trauma and an ongoing sense of sectarian threat.
Research Interests: Social Identity, Socioeconomic Exclusion, Poverty (Sociology), Social Class, Postconflict Peacebuilding and Everyday Priorities, and 8 moreNorthern Ireland, Poverty and Inequality, Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland and the Troubles, Security and Peace Studies, Socioeconomic Status, Postconflict Stuides, and race relations with Catholics and Protestants in Irish politics
This article examines attitudes across Irish republicanism and nationalism to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA). The research draws on qualitative interviews conducted between 2009-2018, throughout the nationalist and republican... more
This article examines attitudes across Irish republicanism and nationalism to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA). The research draws on qualitative interviews conducted between 2009-2018, throughout the nationalist and republican spectrum, charting evolving attitudes across this green base. Interviewees include GFA negotiators, including the SDLP, a key architect of the Agreement, and Sinn Féin, the party that went on to claim ownership of the GFA. Interviews were also conducted with dissident Irish republicans who have never accepted the GFA. This article puts a particular focus on nationalist and republican attitudes to armed actions in pursuit of Irish unity. Further, it examines attitudes across the Irish republican/nationalist spectrum to a potential border-poll, resulting from the central principle of the GFA (consent); and analyses positions on the required 50 % plus one for Irish unity.
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In 2022, the United Kingdom downgraded the security threat in Northern Ireland from "severe" to "substantial", first set in 2010. The latter means that an attack is likely but not highly likely. For many analysts and political observers,... more
In 2022, the United Kingdom downgraded the security threat in Northern Ireland from "severe" to "substantial", first set in 2010. The latter means that an attack is likely but not highly likely. For many analysts and political observers, the twenty-five years of peace that followed the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (B/GFA) though interspersed with periods of political stalemate, have led to an overall external sense the conflict has ended. This downgrading of the security threat in Northern Ireland appears to confirm this sense of a settled peace. Still, the type of peace that has been achieved, and particularly the political dynamics regarding contentious spatial issues, continue to shape the quality of peace experienced by the local population. In turn, it is precisely this everyday quality of peace that reflects the real success, or failure, of various peacebuilding efforts as such practices produce the empirical evidence of sustainable reconciliation or continue sectarian divisions in a post-conflict space.
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Peace Movements, Peace Politics, Contested Spaces (Anthropology of space), Contested Spaces (Sociology), and 11 morePeace & Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Peacebuilding, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Peace Process and Politics), Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland and the Troubles, Security and Peace Studies, Political Conflict and Peacemaking Processes., Peace & Reconciliation, and Everyday politics
In 2010, 13 of the 14 victims of Bloody Sunday were publicly exonerated by the Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry after the lengthy struggle of the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign (BSJC). By 2011 however, the BSJC publicly fractured over... more
In 2010, 13 of the 14 victims of Bloody Sunday were publicly exonerated by the Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry after the lengthy struggle of the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign (BSJC). By 2011 however, the BSJC publicly fractured over the impact of the Report and whether to continue the annual Bloody Sunday March. This article argues the split in the BSJC is a proxy for a broader struggle between divergent "spatial stories" (de Certeau 1984) of the city of Derry itself. Will Derry be narrated as a city transcending its difficult past or will the original struggle remain perpetually present?
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This article explores building transnational queer and disabilities communities, disabilityqueer peace, and disability-queer activism in post-peace accord Northern Ireland (NI). Through in-person and virtual interviews with activists,... more
This article explores building transnational queer and disabilities communities, disabilityqueer peace, and disability-queer activism in post-peace accord Northern Ireland (NI). Through in-person and virtual interviews with activists, staff, and leaders who are disabled, queer, and/or in allyship, it became clear in the data that respondents were ashamed, frustrated, and sad that ableism and queerphobia continues in NI. Attacks on disabled and LGBTQIA+ people have escalated as a result of the Brexit fallout and the COVID-19 pandemic that negatively impacted marginalized communities that are targeted by legal exclusion, discriminatory, and hateful practices as well as structural and interpersonal violence. Dialogue, diversity, and inclusive practices and policies and a political system that benefits all NI citizens are crucial to building sustainable peace in NI.
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There is increasing attention being drawn from the literature to build peace from the ground up. Critical studies expose the inadequacies of liberal peace regimes advocating for an everyday peace in the peacebuilding regime. Peacebuilding... more
There is increasing attention being drawn from the literature to build peace from the ground up. Critical studies expose the inadequacies of liberal peace regimes advocating for an everyday peace in the peacebuilding regime. Peacebuilding is future orientated and thus calls for a focus on children and youth in the research. Qualitative, participatory, artsbased methods allow for creativity, hope, and change for the future. This article presents qualitative data from 75 children and youth between the ages of 7 and 18 across three urban settings in the post conflict state of Colombia, highlighting potential implications for Northern Ireland 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement.
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A qualitative methodology was used to interview 120 participants from 2010 and 29 participants from 2020 who shared their experiences and perceptions about the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and their peacebuilding work. Longitudinal... more
A qualitative methodology was used to interview 120 participants from 2010 and 29 participants from 2020 who shared their experiences and perceptions about the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and their peacebuilding work. Longitudinal findings reveal that the participants were critical of the Agreement and the disconnect between politicians and the grassroots as well as recognizing that the Agreement has brought about relative peace in Northern Ireland. While the participants attest to the relative success of the GFA, they also note several criticisms including sectarian politics, new paramilitaries, Brexit, legacy of the past, continuing divisions in Northern Ireland, and the disconnect between politicians and local community peacebuilders. The participants' criticisms are significant as they attest that while the social peace at the grassroots level is moving forward the political peace is not as evidenced by the recent Unionist backlash against Brexit.
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Civil Society, Postconflict Peacebuilding and Everyday Priorities, Peace, and 10 morePeacebuilding, Northern Ireland, Post Conflict Peacebuilding, Civil Society and Peacebuilding, Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland and the Troubles, Security and Peace Studies, Civil Society Organizations, Peace & Reconciliation, and Brexit, Northern Ireland, Good Friday Agreement
During the time of National Socialism, the Slovenes in Carinthia/Koroška were persecuted. The present study examines the transmission of transgenerational trauma in Carinthian Slovenes. Qualitative problem-centred interviews were... more
During the time of National Socialism, the Slovenes in Carinthia/Koroška were persecuted. The present study examines the transmission of transgenerational trauma in Carinthian Slovenes. Qualitative problem-centred interviews were conducted with second generation Carinthian Slovenes and analysed with psychoanalytic text interpretation. Even though there were no indications of trauma disorders in the present sample, there was clear evidence of mental burden linked to many of the respondents' family histories. The familial past was often experienced as a burden. The experiences of the first generation seemed to have a significant impact on the second generation. The study holds important implications for the psychotherapeutic treatment of the offspring of Holocaust survivors and highlights the societal responsibility to acknowledge the trauma of oppression and persecution.
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Following World War II, Hungary fell under the influence and surveillance of the Soviet Union. This resulted in the Hungarian Workers' Party assuming complete control over the nation. After the defeat of the 1956 Revolution, the ruling... more
Following World War II, Hungary fell under the influence and surveillance of the Soviet Union. This resulted in the Hungarian Workers' Party assuming complete control over the nation. After the defeat of the 1956 Revolution, the ruling party reformed as the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, and after a few years of preparatory work, it composed its Roma policy of forced assimilation. This study presents the Roma policy of the single party state as carried out in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. This county had the largest Roma population and was simultaneously designated for major socialist industrialisation and social engineering. Following the transition to democracy in 1989/90, numerous sociological and anthropological studies were conducted in the region, and this location remains highly emphasised in Hungarian social sciences. In presenting the nationwide Roma policy, I have used my source publication, while in examining policy execution in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, I have relied on the county archives.
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V članku na podlagi opravljene spletne ankete s porabskimi štipendisti, ki so se izobraževali na visokošolskih ustanovah v Sloveniji, intervjujev s predstavnicama manjšinskih organizacij, strokovne literature in časopisnih člankov... more
V članku na podlagi opravljene spletne ankete s porabskimi štipendisti, ki so se izobraževali na visokošolskih ustanovah v Sloveniji, intervjujev s predstavnicama manjšinskih organizacij, strokovne literature in časopisnih člankov analiziramo, kakšen je bil in je pomen omenjenih štipendistov za razvoj slovenske narodne skupnosti na Madžarskem. Rezultati potrjujejo izhodiščno predpostavko, da so štipendisti dejansko nosilci razvoja lastne skupnosti. Obenem rezultati prinašajo podatke o štipendijski politiki in prizadevanjih slovenskih manjšinskih struktur za vključitev mladih, tudi štipendistov, v svoje delovanje. Pridobljeni podatki so med drugim tudi pokazali, da zaradi gospodarske nerazvitosti obmejnega območja Porabje trenutno ne predstavlja perspektivnega okolja za mlade, čeprav bi si anketiranci to želeli.
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Vloga dvojezičnih ustanov je ključna pri ustvarjanju dvojezičnosti. V prispevku smo s predlaganim sistemom za merjenje uspešnosti želeli ugotoviti, kako ena izmed ključnih kulturnih ustanov na narodnostno mešanem območju, Osrednja... more
Vloga dvojezičnih ustanov je ključna pri ustvarjanju dvojezičnosti. V prispevku smo s predlaganim sistemom za merjenje uspešnosti želeli ugotoviti, kako ena izmed ključnih kulturnih ustanov na narodnostno mešanem območju, Osrednja knjižnica Srečka Vilharja Koper, uresničuje posebne pravice pripadnikov italijanske narodne skupnosti v okviru poslovanja in dejavnosti knjižnice. Kot raziskovalno metodo smo uporabili študijo primera. Pri analizi raziskovalnega problema in raziskovalnih podatkov smo uporabili deskriptivno metodo, analizo pa smo opravili glede na pet točkovno ovrednotenih dejavnikov doseganja uspešnosti pri uresničevanju posebnih pravic pripadnikov italijanske narodne skupnosti. Rezultati nakazujejo, da knjižnica zelo dobro uresničuje institucionalno dvojezičnost, vseeno pa še obstajajo možnosti za izboljšave, da bi dosegli popolno uresničevanje dvojezičnosti. Ključne besede: splošne knjižnice, italijanska manjšina v Sloveniji, institucionalna dvojezičnost, uresničevanje zakonsko določenih posebnih pravic.
Implementation of the Special Rights of Members of the Italian National Community: The Case of the Central Library Srečko Vilhar Koper
The role of bilingual institutions is crucial in developing bilingualism. The study proposes a performance management system to find out how one of the key cultural institutions in the ethnically mixed area-the Central Library Srečko Vilhar Koper-implements the special rights of members of the Italian national community in terms of the library' s operations and activities. The research method applied was case study. The descriptive method was used in the analysis of the research problem and research data. The analysis involved a set of five factors, and the success achieved by each factor was scored. The results suggest that the library properly implements institutional bilingualism. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement to achieve a full implementation of bilingualism.
Implementation of the Special Rights of Members of the Italian National Community: The Case of the Central Library Srečko Vilhar Koper
The role of bilingual institutions is crucial in developing bilingualism. The study proposes a performance management system to find out how one of the key cultural institutions in the ethnically mixed area-the Central Library Srečko Vilhar Koper-implements the special rights of members of the Italian national community in terms of the library' s operations and activities. The research method applied was case study. The descriptive method was used in the analysis of the research problem and research data. The analysis involved a set of five factors, and the success achieved by each factor was scored. The results suggest that the library properly implements institutional bilingualism. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement to achieve a full implementation of bilingualism.
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The model of education in the ethnically mixed area of Slovene Istria is designed to ensure schooling for members of the Italian national community and their children in their own language, i.e., Italian. Although also attended by pupils... more
The model of education in the ethnically mixed area of Slovene Istria is designed to ensure schooling for members of the Italian national community and their children in their own language, i.e., Italian. Although also attended by pupils of other nationalities, primary schools with Italian as the language of instruction are key for the preservation of Italian culture and language. The authors present selected research findings that shed light on the opinions of pupils and their parents on whether schools with Italian as the language of instruction develop pupils' communicative competence in both Italian and Slovene, and whether the existing model of education creates conditions that promote the pupils' awareness of the linguistic and cultural diversity of their environment. The results of the research reveal that the majority of the respondents consider competence in several languages an added value and that the model of education is adequate and good.
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Increased migration and the effects of the 2015/16 European migration/refugee crisis are reflected in changes in the attitudes towards migrants and members of certain religions. Law students, who are thought to come into contact with the... more
Increased migration and the effects of the 2015/16 European migration/refugee crisis are reflected in changes in the attitudes towards migrants and members of certain religions. Law students, who are thought to come into contact with the issue of migration in their work, are of greater concern. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted in 2019 among 1 st and 4 th year law students at four law schools in Croatia. The study aims to determine how close a relationship (on Bogardus' social distance scale) law students would achieve with the various types of migrants, Roma, and members of different religions. The results show that law students are likely to have the closest relationship with immigrants from North America and Western European countries and express the greatest average distance towards asylum seekers. They associate the greatest social closeness with Catholics. The analyses of the effects of sociodemographic characteristics, contextual indicators, and value orientations and attitudes on social distance imply that nationalism has the strongest effect on all groups.
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The article presents the results of a study on the attitudes of the majority population of Slovenia towards immigration and the factors influencing such. The factors examined included: socio-demographic characteristics of the members of... more
The article presents the results of a study on the attitudes of the majority population of Slovenia towards immigration and the factors influencing such. The factors examined included: socio-demographic characteristics of the members of the majority population, contacts between the majority population and immigrants, and perceived economic, security, and cultural threats. We took as our premise two theoretical frameworks-group threat theory and intergroup contact theory. The results show that the majority population has a rather reserved attitude towards immigration and mostly believes Slovenia should tighten immigration conditions. The influence of individual factors on the majority population's attitudes was tested using hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Perceived threats, especially cultural threat, and to a lesser extent economic and security threats, emerged as the strongest predictors of attitudes towards immigration.
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The article deals with the issue of incorporating young members of Slovene minorities in neighbouring countries into Slovenia's diplomatic and foreign policy activities. The key precondition for this is the perception of Slovenia as their... more
The article deals with the issue of incorporating young members of Slovene minorities in neighbouring countries into Slovenia's diplomatic and foreign policy activities. The key precondition for this is the perception of Slovenia as their kin-state. The paper brings two main findings: the first is that a definition of kin-state as a unique concept is problematic, since it changes with different variables. The second finding refers to a concrete case study of young members of Slovene minorities in neighbouring countries, who have different contexts and perceptions of Slovenia (and Slovenehood). This means that Slovenia needs a comprehensive overhaul-and adaption to different conditions-of its own understanding of its ethnic minorities in the neighbouring countries if it wishes to include its young kin in Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy in its foreign policy and diplomacy.
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After Croatia's accession to the European Union, a trend of increased emigration of Croatian citizens outside the borders of Croatia was noticed. The aim of this paper is to map selected demographic characteristics of contemporary... more
After Croatia's accession to the European Union, a trend of increased emigration of Croatian citizens outside the borders of Croatia was noticed. The aim of this paper is to map selected demographic characteristics of contemporary migration trends between Croatia and Austria in the period from 2013 (Croatia's accession to the European Union) to 2020. The paper uses classical demographic statistical-mathematical analytical methods in combination with GIS analysis. The paper is based on official Austrian statistics with a focus on Croatian citizens. The spatial framework of the research is the state level and the Austrian NUTS 3 regions (Gruppen von Gemeinden). According to Austrian statistics, a total of 14,011 Croatian citizens emigrated from Austria to Croatia, and a total of 33,127 Croatian citizens immigrated to Austria from Croatia, which means that Croatia recorded a negative overall migration balance compared with Austria (-19,116 Croatian citizens). As a result, Croatia lost an average of approximately 2,730 people a year due to the emigration of Croatian citizens to Austria.
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Racial/ethnic categorization in medicine presents challenges for clinicians and patients alike. Challenges arise because racial/ethnic identities do not match with objective biological traits, and at the same time, these identities do... more
Racial/ethnic categorization in medicine presents challenges for clinicians and patients alike. Challenges arise because racial/ethnic identities do not match with objective biological traits, and at the same time, these identities do have medical consequences in a racially and ethnically stratified society. Three major epistemological approaches-biological realism, eliminativism, and constructivism-dominate scientific theorization on the consequences of racial/ethnic categorization in medicine. In this paper, I present a case study of Hungarian medical genetic discourse that focuses on the possible applications of race/ ethnicity regarding Roma and non-Roma patients. In applying the methods of constructivist grounded theory, I recorded and analysed 34 expert interviews with human geneticists between 2011 and 2015. In this paper, I argue that the constructivist understanding of medical diagnoses must be complemented with materialist sensitivity, thus making sense of the contingent nature of race/ethnicity as factors that contribute to medical understanding.
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The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of family choices regarding the language of education in self-representations in the adult life of millennials, who grew up during the 1990s Yugoslav wars in Vojvodina. Although the armed... more
The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of family choices regarding the language of education in self-representations in the adult life of millennials, who grew up during the 1990s Yugoslav wars in Vojvodina. Although the armed conflicts of the 1990s Yugoslav wars avoided Vojvodina, the war had a profound effect on the region. For intermarriage-born millennials, one of the milestone events in their lives is their parents' choice of language of instruction when enrolling them in elementary school. The paper is based on an in-depth analysis of interviews conducted with millennials born in Serb-Hungarian intermarriage. The findings show the influence the choice of language of school instruction has on the millennials' identity and sense of belonging. Those who attended minority language tuition endured more ethnicity-based, nationalism-fuelled incidents during their schooling. This topic is important, since the experiences of intermarriage-born millennials in Vojvodina had previously been neglected because of the focus on Serb-Croatian-Bosnian relationships in conflict literature.
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The article analyses the speech behaviour of two speakers who were born into bilingual families, grew up in a bilingual environment in Italy, and decided as adults to move to a monolingual Slovene environment. We are interested in how the... more
The article analyses the speech behaviour of two speakers who were born into bilingual families, grew up in a bilingual environment in Italy, and decided as adults to move to a monolingual Slovene environment. We are interested in how the change in environment affects their discursive practises. To acquire the data, the guided conversation method and transcription of audio-recorded discourse were used, while the interactional sociolinguistic analysis method was used to analyse the discourse. The study showed that in the monolingual Slovene environment, both speakers found it difficult to adapt their speech to Slovene technical language. They also lacked the specific Slovene expressions used in everyday life. On the other hand, although their Slovene was interspersed with Italian interference, they knew variations in Slovene and were sensitive to the use of slang in standard Slovene.
Research Interests: Contact Linguistics, Italian (Languages And Linguistics), Language Choice, Speaker Identification, Bilingualism, and 8 moreLanguage contact, Italian, Discursive practices, Languages in Contact, Contact Linguistics Language Contact and Sociolinguistic Variation, Monolingualism, Slovene Language, and Slovenian Language
The following article discusses the poetic output in Beneška Slovenia (Benečija) written for the Senjam Song Festival of Benečija. While considering the context of the region's history and migrations, it focuses on the literary aspects of... more
The following article discusses the poetic output in Beneška Slovenia (Benečija) written for the Senjam Song Festival of Benečija. While considering the context of the region's history and migrations, it focuses on the literary aspects of the festival, particularly on the analysis of the themes and the poetry writing technique. It builds on certain theoretical premises from literary imagology and psychoanalysis. The subject of the analysis are the lyrics from the period between 1971 and 2012, published in a three-volume collection featuring over 150 authors. The article notes the following most prevalent themes: issues of assimilation, migration, and the dying of villages in Benečija. Categorised by basic mood, they fall under one of two extremes: they are either cheerful and humorous in order to encourage and bring joy and hope to the Slovenes of Benečija; or they are pervaded with deep pain and concern over the situation in their region. The lyrics of the latter use a particular writing technique, which merely hints at the pressures of assimilation, conveying them through images and metaphors.
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This paper describes the history, presence, actions and perspective of Slovene language teaching and learning in Italian primary mainstream schools in the province of Trieste as an extraordinary opportunity-after 30 years of Slovenia's... more
This paper describes the history, presence, actions and perspective of Slovene language teaching and learning in Italian primary mainstream schools in the province of Trieste as an extraordinary opportunity-after 30 years of Slovenia's independence and almost 25 years of open borders-to reflect on the role of Slovene as a minority and foreign language among the majority population of neighbouring Italy, on the interethnic relationships it fosters, and on its potential to become an element of identity awareness development within the process of identity formation for both the kin state Slovenia homeland and the Slovene community in Trieste.
Research Interests: Language Planning and Policy, Foreign language teaching and learning, Language Policy, Methodology and Didactics of Foreign Language Teaching, Italy, and 7 moreTrieste, Language education policy, Cross Border Education, Transborder Cooperation, Slovene Language, Slovenian Language, and Transborder Studies
During the second quarantine period in Italy (Oct. ‘20–June ‘21), students once again faced a remote teaching and learning format. Much research has been conducted on students’ perceptions during the first pandemic period; however, far... more
During the second quarantine period in Italy (Oct. ‘20–June ‘21), students once again faced a remote teaching and learning format. Much research has been conducted on students’ perceptions during the first pandemic period; however, far less is known about the second period, especially in the case of students within the Slovene minority in Italy. We aimed to investigate (1) students’ satisfaction with their teachers’ teaching methods in remote learning and in-class teaching formats, (2) students’ perceptions regarding the main differences between in-class and online mathematics lessons, and (3) whether students’ grades in mathematics changed as a result of the pandemic. The findings showed that students’ grades during the quarantine period increased compared to their grades before the pandemic. However, students were more satisfied with their teachers’ in-class teaching methods and believed that in-class teaching was more efficient. They were also more motivated and concentrated at school than online.
Research Interests: Education, Mathematics Education, Online Instruction, Minority Languages, Online Teaching and Learning, and 7 moreQuarantine, Minority Education, Remote Learning, Minority Schools, Instructional Strategies and Content Presentation of Online Learning Environment, Slovenes in Italy, and COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Sodobne razprave-od diskusije prešernovske strukture do vprašanja, kaj je slovenska literatura oziroma literatura na Slovenskem in kdo je lahko slovenski avtor-ponazarjajo, da je vprašanje literature eno izmed osrednjih diskurzivnih polj,... more
Sodobne razprave-od diskusije prešernovske strukture do vprašanja, kaj je slovenska literatura oziroma literatura na Slovenskem in kdo je lahko slovenski avtor-ponazarjajo, da je vprašanje literature eno izmed osrednjih diskurzivnih polj, ki se neposredno dotikajo tako problematike pojmovanja in opredeljevanja slovenske nacije kot tudi vprašanja narodnostnih manjšin. Avtorja osvetljujeta funkcionalnost, uporabnost in arbitrarnost konceptov, kot so skupni slovenski kulturni prostor, matična in zamejska književnost, manjšinska književnost, nadregionalni literarni interakcijski prostor in literarna pripadnost. Na primeru sodobne literature koroških Slovencev in z ozirom na literarno večjezičnost v današnji Sloveniji opozarjata na problematičnost etničnih, identitetnih in jezikovno-kulturnih opredelitev in oznak, ki ne odslikavajo raznolikosti sodobnih literarnih praks.
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Članek obravnava vprašanje izbire jezikovnega koda pri slovenskih literarnih ustvarjalcih v Italiji. Tudi pri tej manjšinski skupnosti, podobno kot pri Slovencih na avstrijskem Koroškem, lahko opazimo premik pri izbiri jezika, saj se... more
Članek obravnava vprašanje izbire jezikovnega koda pri slovenskih literarnih ustvarjalcih v Italiji. Tudi pri tej manjšinski skupnosti, podobno kot pri Slovencih na avstrijskem Koroškem, lahko opazimo premik pri izbiri jezika, saj se nekateri odločajo za pisanje v svojem drugem jeziku oz. jeziku okolja ali za dvojezično oz. translingvalno pisanje. V članku avtorica ta pojav poveže s psiholingvističnimi teorijami o čustvenih vidikih izbire jezikovnega koda, ki dokazujejo, da obstajajo različne stopnje čustvenega doživljanja jezika, na katerega seveda vplivajo zelo različni (tako notranji kot zunanji) dejavniki. Ker je odzivov na literarni večjezični pojav precej in ker sami avtorji v različnih oblikah utemeljujejo svojo izbiro, jo želi prispevek na podlagi ugotovitev psihologije večjezičnega govorca uokviriti in razložiti na primeru slovenskih avtorjev v Italiji.
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V času dialektoloških raziskav, ki smo jih v preteklih letih opravili v več istrskobeneških krajih, smo iz pogovorov z narečnimi govorci razbrali, da je istrskobeneško narečje najverjetneje občevalni jezik večine pripadnikov italijanske... more
V času dialektoloških raziskav, ki smo jih v preteklih letih opravili v več istrskobeneških krajih, smo iz pogovorov z narečnimi govorci razbrali, da je istrskobeneško narečje najverjetneje občevalni jezik večine pripadnikov italijanske narodne skupnosti v slovenski Istri. Ker smo želeli pridobiti natančnejši uvid v rabo istrskobeneškega narečja med pripadniki omenjene skupnosti, smo izvedli kvantitativno raziskavo z anketami, pri kateri je sodelovalo 232 naključno izbranih anketirancev, in kvalitativno raziskavo s petdesetimi intervjuji. Izpraševanci so odgovarjali na različna vprašanja o jezikih, ki jih uporabljajo v vsakdanjem življenju. Raziskavi sta pokazali, da je istrskobeneško narečje prevladujoč idiom med pripadniki italijanske narodne skupnosti v slovenski Istri, razen v komunikaciji z neitalijanskimi sogovorci in v uradnih ustanovah, kjer je kljub pravici do rabe italijanskega jezika prevladujoči sporazumevalni kod slovenščina.
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The educational system is an essential form of institutional support to ethnolinguistic vitality. In the bilingual areas of the Slovene Littoral, Italian as minority language is offered in schools with Slovene as language of instruction... more
The educational system is an essential form of institutional support to ethnolinguistic vitality. In the bilingual areas of the Slovene Littoral, Italian as minority language is offered in schools with Slovene as language of instruction as a compulsory subject with the aim of educating learners for interethnic and intercultural communication. The article discusses the relationships between social and individual factors in the development of communicative competence in the minority language. Data were collected by means of a Likert scale questionnaire. The results reveal the language behaviour of Slovene speakers as age related and strongly associated to the subjective relevance of Italian in their private life. Differences in contact with Italian were also observed, however they appear to be more related to levels of language proficiency than age.