Part of a popular culture of the era of mass socialist consumerism and tourism in the former Yugoslavia was also widely recognized advertising slogan for Coppertone sunscreens. With the image of a girl who’s bathing suit was grabbed by a... more
Part of a popular culture of the era of mass socialist consumerism and tourism in the former Yugoslavia was also widely recognized advertising slogan for Coppertone sunscreens. With the image of a girl who’s bathing suit was grabbed by a puppy, the slogan recommended suncreams which made it possible to darken, but not get burned-out: “Da pocrnite, a ne izgorite” (“To get a darker skin tone while not getting burned-out”). If, half a century ago in the former Yugoslavia, and thus Slovenia, burnout was therefore associated merely with summer lounging on the beach and (excessive) exposure to the sun, in the meanwhile its perceptions
have changed not only globally, but also locally. The World Health Organization considers burnout a professional condition related to the work environment. It is said to be the result of unsuccessfully treated chronic stress at the workplace, while publicly it is often regarded as one of the most widespread occupational diseases of the 21st century. Supposedly it appears also outside of the work-related contexts and for many it is a symptom of contemporaneity. The paper therefore presents contemporary public, media discourses and at the same time professional
approaches towards burnout (at the workplace) in Slovenia. It sketches the process of psychologization, medicalization and commodification of burnout (related to work) in Slovenia while it also critically questions the specificity of the burnout as a phenomenon and its possible local contours.
have changed not only globally, but also locally. The World Health Organization considers burnout a professional condition related to the work environment. It is said to be the result of unsuccessfully treated chronic stress at the workplace, while publicly it is often regarded as one of the most widespread occupational diseases of the 21st century. Supposedly it appears also outside of the work-related contexts and for many it is a symptom of contemporaneity. The paper therefore presents contemporary public, media discourses and at the same time professional
approaches towards burnout (at the workplace) in Slovenia. It sketches the process of psychologization, medicalization and commodification of burnout (related to work) in Slovenia while it also critically questions the specificity of the burnout as a phenomenon and its possible local contours.
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Članek se z vpogledom v medijske objave in s pregledom različnih strokovnih objav ukvarja z izgorelostjo na delovnem mestu, predvsem z opredelitvami pojava in temami, ki so bile najpogosteje deležne raziskovalne pozornosti. Prikaže, da je... more
Članek se z vpogledom v medijske objave in s pregledom različnih strokovnih objav ukvarja z izgorelostjo na delovnem mestu, predvsem z opredelitvami pojava in temami, ki so bile najpogosteje deležne raziskovalne pozornosti. Prikaže, da je izgorelost tudi na Slovenskem medikalizirana in da strokovna prizadevanja po sistemskih ukrepih za preprečevanje oziroma soočanje z izgorelostjo stremijo po stanju v razvitih severnoevropskih socialnih državah. Izpostavlja vidike izgorelosti, ki kličejo po njenih etnoloških oziroma (kulturno)antropoloških obravnavah, in predstavlja njihova izhodišča.
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Pivško is a small region in southwestern Slovenia that appropriated a nationally recognised literary hero named Martin Krpan as its most visible heritage. The article questions if this act of appropriation correlates with what the... more
Pivško is a small region in southwestern Slovenia that appropriated a nationally recognised literary hero named Martin Krpan as its most visible heritage. The article questions if this act of appropriation correlates with what the inhabitants of the Pivško region consider as examples of their personal, family, local or regional heritage. These various heritages are observed through the prisms of (political) power relations and community-building processes, while the main question addressed in the article is, the symptom of what any of those heritages are. The power and uses of heritages are therefore considered as well as their capacity to overcome already existing macro-social definitions, hierarchies and positions. The research sample of mostly middle-aged or older generations, local activists or representatives of various associations or political bodies revealed that the heritage of the Pivško region is diverse, related to the natural environment and personal life histories, while Martin Krpan was rarely considered a part of it. Despite its variety of interpretations, the common denominator for heritage is its capacity to serve as a mechanism of social cohesion and community formation. However, while mostly viewed as a remedy against individualisation and alienation, heritage at the same time reproduces existing socio-political power relations and, especially when compared to the creative industries, is only rarely considered an additional or exclusive existential opportunity.
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The article discusses methods in ethnological research work or different ways of communicating. It presents experiences with telephone conversations and, above all, internet-based video-conference conversations as research techniques,... more
The article discusses methods in ethnological research work or different ways of communicating. It presents experiences with telephone conversations and, above all, internet-based video-conference
conversations as research techniques, comparing them to live conversations and field work. It deals with the role and possibilities of information-communication technology as a communicational
intermediary and with the issue of what such technologically conveyed communication facilitates in research and what it does not. It questions the role of researchers and the possibilities of embodied experiencing and understanding, especially in researching physical spaces remotely.
Članek posega na področje metod etnološkega raziskovalnega dela oziroma različnih načinov komuniciranja. Predstavlja izkušnje s telefonskimi in predvsem spletno posredovanimi videokonferenčnimi pogovori kot raziskovalnimi tehnikami dela in jih primerja s pogovori in terenskim delom v živo. Ukvarja se z vlogo in možnostmi informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije kot komunikacijskega posrednika ter z vprašanji, kaj tovrstno tehnološko posredovana komunikacija raziskovalno omogoča oziroma česa ne. Pri tem preizprašuje vlogo raziskovalca, njegove možnosti utelešenega izkušanja in razumevanja, sploh ko gre za raziskave fizičnih prostorov na daljavo.
conversations as research techniques, comparing them to live conversations and field work. It deals with the role and possibilities of information-communication technology as a communicational
intermediary and with the issue of what such technologically conveyed communication facilitates in research and what it does not. It questions the role of researchers and the possibilities of embodied experiencing and understanding, especially in researching physical spaces remotely.
Članek posega na področje metod etnološkega raziskovalnega dela oziroma različnih načinov komuniciranja. Predstavlja izkušnje s telefonskimi in predvsem spletno posredovanimi videokonferenčnimi pogovori kot raziskovalnimi tehnikami dela in jih primerja s pogovori in terenskim delom v živo. Ukvarja se z vlogo in možnostmi informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije kot komunikacijskega posrednika ter z vprašanji, kaj tovrstno tehnološko posredovana komunikacija raziskovalno omogoča oziroma česa ne. Pri tem preizprašuje vlogo raziskovalca, njegove možnosti utelešenega izkušanja in razumevanja, sploh ko gre za raziskave fizičnih prostorov na daljavo.
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The article presents some experiences the teaching staff at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, had with online education in the spring of 2020. They are supplemented with... more
The article presents some experiences the teaching
staff at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, had with online education in the spring of 2020. They are supplemented with the
experiences gained elsewhere, and are placed in the context
of the directions some globally crucial institutions draw for the
future of higher education struck by the health, economic and
socio-political situation of the Covid-19 epidemic/pandemic.
The field is heading towards learnification, which marginalizes
not only the importance of learning and general knowledge, but
also the role of the teaching staff.
staff at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, had with online education in the spring of 2020. They are supplemented with the
experiences gained elsewhere, and are placed in the context
of the directions some globally crucial institutions draw for the
future of higher education struck by the health, economic and
socio-political situation of the Covid-19 epidemic/pandemic.
The field is heading towards learnification, which marginalizes
not only the importance of learning and general knowledge, but
also the role of the teaching staff.
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The article discusses what the inhabitants of the Pivško region consider the heritage of the area they live in: it questions what they perceive as their personal, family or local heritage, how they associate it with the so-called local... more
The article discusses what the inhabitants of the
Pivško region consider the heritage of the area they live in: it
questions what they perceive as their personal, family or local
heritage, how they associate it with the so-called local attractions and how their perceptions relate to the authoritarian heritage discourses. Taking into account various power rations, it
deals with the processes of heritagisation, with the meanings
these processes have for the people. It was revealed that these
are mostly related to the feelings of belonging and affiliation,
and to the processes of community formation.
Pivško region consider the heritage of the area they live in: it
questions what they perceive as their personal, family or local
heritage, how they associate it with the so-called local attractions and how their perceptions relate to the authoritarian heritage discourses. Taking into account various power rations, it
deals with the processes of heritagisation, with the meanings
these processes have for the people. It was revealed that these
are mostly related to the feelings of belonging and affiliation,
and to the processes of community formation.
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Mostly through the case studies of the Slovenian Komisija and Czechoslovak Chronor, Kle-noty and Bazar stores, this article presents socialist commission shops as providers of basic household goods. It therefore contributes insights into... more
Mostly through the case studies of the Slovenian Komisija and Czechoslovak Chronor, Kle-noty and Bazar stores, this article presents socialist commission shops as providers of basic household goods. It therefore contributes insights into the complexity of commission shops as a specific type of secondhand retail as well as insights into the complexity of types of retail and socialist consumerism in general. It briefly compares commission shops with some other socio-historically known forms of secondhand retail, while pointing to the differences and similarities among them.
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Acknowledging mostly normative and written sources, the article outlines the functioning of Slovene and Slovak examples of commission shops. It describes the commission shops of the Association of the Military War Invalids of Slovenia and... more
Acknowledging mostly normative and written sources, the article outlines the functioning of Slovene and Slovak examples of commission shops. It describes the commission shops of the Association of the Military War Invalids of Slovenia and the (Czecho-)Slovak stores Klenoty and Bazar. It notes that in times of economic shortages after 1945 such shops represented one of the few legal means of supplying the population with secondhand clothing while their functioning was ideologically encouraged as well as systematically managed. While (Czecho-)Slovak shops existed until the end of the 1980s, in Slovenia or Yugoslavia these shops eventually transformed and sold primarily luxury goods.
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The article presents an analysis of events in two contemporary Bosnian national parks, Kozara and Sutjeska, chief destinations of ideological tourism in the past, to illustrate how notions of tradition are constructed. The author... more
The article presents an analysis of events in two contemporary Bosnian
national parks, Kozara and Sutjeska, chief destinations of ideological tourism in the past, to illustrate how notions of tradition are constructed. The author primarily focuses on the selective usages of the past or on the culture of selective traditions. Yet tradition, similarly to heritage, authenticity, or sincerity, can be perceived as just another marketing label supposedly adding a special (economic) value to events, for example, in tourism. The research involved fieldwork as well as analysis of the periodical sources. The author exemplifies how so-called
traditional events refer to the past and particular past events, with a special focus on the Yugoslav socialism and its values. She describes how the socialist past affects contemporary events in the parks and addresses the perception of their traditionality, specifically in the national parks of Kozara and Sutjeska, where the memorial architecture is still preserved. At the same time, she discusses the nationalistic reinterpretation of the common past and the role of the emancipatory Yugonostalgia.
national parks, Kozara and Sutjeska, chief destinations of ideological tourism in the past, to illustrate how notions of tradition are constructed. The author primarily focuses on the selective usages of the past or on the culture of selective traditions. Yet tradition, similarly to heritage, authenticity, or sincerity, can be perceived as just another marketing label supposedly adding a special (economic) value to events, for example, in tourism. The research involved fieldwork as well as analysis of the periodical sources. The author exemplifies how so-called
traditional events refer to the past and particular past events, with a special focus on the Yugoslav socialism and its values. She describes how the socialist past affects contemporary events in the parks and addresses the perception of their traditionality, specifically in the national parks of Kozara and Sutjeska, where the memorial architecture is still preserved. At the same time, she discusses the nationalistic reinterpretation of the common past and the role of the emancipatory Yugonostalgia.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This article contradicts Slovenian public opinion that asserts there is no tradition of secondhand clothes stores in... more
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This article contradicts Slovenian public opinion that asserts there is no tradition of secondhand clothes stores in Slovenia. It briefly demonstrates that secondhand retail clothing has a long history in the country that was interrupted for a few decades following the 1960s. In addition, the article reflects upon the question of why "socialist mentality" or more precisely, a "specifically Slovenian socialist mentality" is publicly perceived as the main reason for the contemporary lack of such a retail sector. According to the author, it is not unimportant that such mentality is most often ascribed to marginal and lower social strata who supposedly link secondhand clothes with poverty, thus sustaining their premodern ("socialist") notions. However, public perceptions of the modernization process can only primarily hide contemporary social differences.
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V članku je obravnavano, kako (so)organizatorji prireditev, ki potekajo v Narodnem parku Kozara in Narodnem parku Sutjeska v Bosni in Hercegovini, v sodobnosti pojmujejo njihovo tradicionalnost. Avtorico zanima, s katerim časom povezujejo... more
V članku je obravnavano, kako (so)organizatorji prireditev, ki potekajo v Narodnem parku Kozara in Narodnem parku Sutjeska v Bosni in Hercegovini, v sodobnosti pojmujejo njihovo tradicionalnost. Avtorico zanima, s katerim časom povezujejo tradicijo, kakšno mesto tu pripada jugoslovanski socialistični preteklosti in takrat poudarjenim vrednotam, ki so bile pomembne v razvoju obeh parkov. Pred desetletji sta bila oba pomembna kraja ideološkega turizma, kar opravičuje raziskavo sodobnih rab preteklosti s pozornostjo na obdobje socializma. Na primeru prireditev se sprašuje, ali so sodobne rabe različnih preteklosti v BiH res vedno nacionalistično prilagojene in, če niso, kakšne so in komu oziroma čemu so namenjene. Ključne besede: tradicija, prireditve, (post)socializem, narodni parki, Bosna in Hercegovina The article analyses how (co-)organizers perceive the traditionality of contemporary events that take place in Kozara National Park and Sutjeska National Park, both located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In particular, the author examines the historical periods that are linked to tradition and the place accorded to the Yugoslav socialist past and its values, which played an important role in these parks' development. Decades ago, both parks were important sites of ideological tourism, which warrants the study of contemporary usages of various pasts, with a focus on the socialist period. Are these contemporary appropriations of the past in the case of these events really always nationalistic, and if not, how else is the past also defined, to whose benefit and for what purpose? UVOD V Bosni in Hercegovini danes obstajajo trije narodni parki: najstarejši in največji (70.000 hektarov) je od leta 1962 Narodni park (NP) Sutjeska (Dizdarević in Hudović 2012: 461), le nekaj let mlajši je NP Kozara. Oba sta danes na območju Republike srbske (RS), tretji, NP Una, je v Federaciji BiH in je bil ustanovljen šele leta 2008 (Spletni vir 1). 1 V članku se osredinjam na prireditve v narodnih parkih Kozara in Sutjeska in analiziram, kako je v sodobnosti dojeta in rabljena njihova tradicionalnost. Besedilo je nastalo kot rezultat bilateralnega raziskovalnega projekta, 2 navezuje pa se na raziskavo pojmovanja tradicionalnosti prireditev v edinem slovenskem narodnem parku, Triglavskem narodnem parku (TNP) (Habinc 2013, 2014). Če me je v zvezi s tradicionalnimi prireditvami v TNP zanimalo, kako so organizatorji prireditev v različnih zgodovinskih obdobjih razumeli njihovo tradicionalnost, me pri raziskavi prireditev v NP Kozara in Sutjeska zanima le, 1 Slednjega nisem vključila v raziskavo. 2 Bilateralni raziskovalni projekt Vojna kot prelom v vrednotenju preteklih in sodobnih izkušenj (BI-BA/16-17-017) je med 1. 1. 2016 in 31. 12. 2017 financirala Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost RS.
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Komisijske trgovine so imele v socialistični Jugoslaviji dvojno vlogo: lahko so bile trgovine z novim, uvoženim (oziroma pretihotapljenim, zaželenim) blagom ali pa trgovine z rabljenimi stvarmi. Prispevek se osredotoča na komisijske... more
Komisijske trgovine so imele v socialistični Jugoslaviji
dvojno vlogo: lahko so bile trgovine z novim, uvoženim (oziroma
pretihotapljenim, zaželenim) blagom ali pa trgovine z rabljenimi
stvarmi. Prispevek se osredotoča na komisijske trgovine v
Sloveniji ob koncu 40. in v začetku 50. let prejšnjega stoletja.
Glede na arhivsko in periodično gradivo ter pričevanja so bili to
takrat pretežno prostori za prodajo rabljenega blaga, ki jih je iz
gospodarskih kot tudi ideoloških razlogov vsaj deloma upravljala
invalidska organizacija.
In socialist Yugoslavia, commission stores played
a dual role. They were either shops selling new, imported (or
smuggled, desirable) goods or else trading in second-hand
goods. The paper focuses on commission stores in Slovenia
toward the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s.
Drawing on archival data, periodical publications, and interviews,
the paper argues that these were mostly premises selling
second-hand ware and managed, at least partly due to ideological
motives, by disability organizations.
dvojno vlogo: lahko so bile trgovine z novim, uvoženim (oziroma
pretihotapljenim, zaželenim) blagom ali pa trgovine z rabljenimi
stvarmi. Prispevek se osredotoča na komisijske trgovine v
Sloveniji ob koncu 40. in v začetku 50. let prejšnjega stoletja.
Glede na arhivsko in periodično gradivo ter pričevanja so bili to
takrat pretežno prostori za prodajo rabljenega blaga, ki jih je iz
gospodarskih kot tudi ideoloških razlogov vsaj deloma upravljala
invalidska organizacija.
In socialist Yugoslavia, commission stores played
a dual role. They were either shops selling new, imported (or
smuggled, desirable) goods or else trading in second-hand
goods. The paper focuses on commission stores in Slovenia
toward the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s.
Drawing on archival data, periodical publications, and interviews,
the paper argues that these were mostly premises selling
second-hand ware and managed, at least partly due to ideological
motives, by disability organizations.
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In the article the author tries to illustrate three socialist metaphors for various attitudes towards state centre as Deema Kaneff articulated three various socialist constructions of the past – history, folklore and tradition. A case... more
In the article the author tries to illustrate three socialist metaphors for various attitudes towards state centre as Deema Kaneff articulated three various socialist constructions of the past – history, folklore and tradition. A case study presented is based around seasonal holidays, which inhabitants of smaller Slovenian town Brežice have celebrated in the first decades after the second world war. Mostly by comparing st. Rok’s feast and Carnival celebrations the author compares pre- and postwar organization and performances at the holidays, their scenarios and their meanings for various groups of people. In the article traditionality and folklorisation of holidays are considered and at the end of the text interpreted from the point of view of folklorism, heritage and legitimacy of tradition.
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Recesijska zgodba o ukinjanju praznikov (in dela prostih dni) na Slo-venskem ima vsaj del svoje predzgodovine v »dobrem zgledu« države, tj. v krčenju števila državnih proslav že leta 2009. Tri leta pozneje je vlada sklenila, da se zaradi... more
Recesijska zgodba o ukinjanju praznikov (in dela prostih dni) na Slo-venskem ima vsaj del svoje predzgodovine v »dobrem zgledu« države, tj. v krčenju števila državnih proslav že leta 2009. Tri leta pozneje je vlada sklenila, da se zaradi varčevanja na državni ravni leta 2012 ne organizirata državni proslavi ob dnevu upora proti okupatorju (27. april) in dnevu reformacije (31. oktober), prav tako je napovedala polovično zmanjšanje sredstev, namenjenih drugim državnim proslavam (Denarja…). Kot eden od varčevalnih ukrepov je bil maja istega leta z Zakonom za uravnoteženje javnih financ kot praznik in dela prost dan ukinjen 2. januar, medtem ko je 2. maj, katerega ukinitev je bila prav tako predlagana, ostal praznik in dela prost dan (Zakon 2012). Podobno kakor v Sloveniji so leta 2012 o ukinjanju praznikov razmišljali tudi na Hrvaškem, prispevek zato analizira spletne vire, predvsem
medijsko poročanje in spletne komentarje in skuša primerjati poročanje in komentiranje v Sloveniji in na Hrvaškem, ob tem pa primerjalno obravnava tudi precej redkejše objave iz Srbije, Črne gore in Bosne in Hercegovine.
medijsko poročanje in spletne komentarje in skuša primerjati poročanje in komentiranje v Sloveniji in na Hrvaškem, ob tem pa primerjalno obravnava tudi precej redkejše objave iz Srbije, Črne gore in Bosne in Hercegovine.
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Contemporary use of second-hand clothes in Slovenia, and particularly trading with them, is frequently characterized by the media and other sources as a novelty without any local history, which is why it allegedly generates dislike and... more
Contemporary use of second-hand clothes in Slovenia,
and particularly trading with them, is frequently characterized
by the media and other sources as a novelty without any
local history, which is why it allegedly generates dislike and
prejudice. Summarizing basic findings on contemporary handling
of textile waste in Slovenia, the text describes the offer
in second-hand clothes shops (for adults); analyses literature
and other sources that present reasons for the niche market of
this commercial activity; and produces facts that challenge the
claim that it has no previous tradition.
and particularly trading with them, is frequently characterized
by the media and other sources as a novelty without any
local history, which is why it allegedly generates dislike and
prejudice. Summarizing basic findings on contemporary handling
of textile waste in Slovenia, the text describes the offer
in second-hand clothes shops (for adults); analyses literature
and other sources that present reasons for the niche market of
this commercial activity; and produces facts that challenge the
claim that it has no previous tradition.
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Short abstract: We focus on abandoned urban places where the memories of marginal groups who identify with them remain mute due to the change of power relations. Is it possible to influence the revival of urban spaces by giving them the... more
Short abstract: We focus on abandoned urban places where the memories of marginal groups who identify with them remain mute due to the change of power relations. Is it possible to influence the revival of urban spaces by giving them the power to speak and by bringing together different memories on local heritage?
Long abstract: Due to populations' transfers the countries of Eastern and Central Europe after WW II have been transformed on the principle of ethnic homogeneity. The groups which did not identify with the new nation/political system had to leave or became marginalized. A similar marginalization in former socialist European states was experienced half of the century later with the democratisation and the independence processes of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since then urban centres have been facing a decentralisation and disintegration, a loss of central social functions, migration of population, disappearance or transformation of public spaces, and consequently of the city bustle. Socialist heritage, especially the former barracks, industrial plants, once a symbol of progress and working class have been left to decay. Among the most frequent reasons that such places stay empty is the fact that local population does not identify with them, as only those who are usually part of the minority and as a rule marginalised together with their memories, perceive them as heritage.
The panel invites discussion on abandoned urban places (centres, quarters, brownfields etc.) where the presence of its former inhabitants cannot be directly perceived since their heritage is silenced within the hegemonic heritage discourse and subject to the processes of (non)heritagisation. We especially encourage presentation of practices where marginal groups gained power to be heard and, by bringing together different population groups with diverse memories and understandings of local heritage, succeeded to influence the revival of urban spaces.
Long abstract: Due to populations' transfers the countries of Eastern and Central Europe after WW II have been transformed on the principle of ethnic homogeneity. The groups which did not identify with the new nation/political system had to leave or became marginalized. A similar marginalization in former socialist European states was experienced half of the century later with the democratisation and the independence processes of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since then urban centres have been facing a decentralisation and disintegration, a loss of central social functions, migration of population, disappearance or transformation of public spaces, and consequently of the city bustle. Socialist heritage, especially the former barracks, industrial plants, once a symbol of progress and working class have been left to decay. Among the most frequent reasons that such places stay empty is the fact that local population does not identify with them, as only those who are usually part of the minority and as a rule marginalised together with their memories, perceive them as heritage.
The panel invites discussion on abandoned urban places (centres, quarters, brownfields etc.) where the presence of its former inhabitants cannot be directly perceived since their heritage is silenced within the hegemonic heritage discourse and subject to the processes of (non)heritagisation. We especially encourage presentation of practices where marginal groups gained power to be heard and, by bringing together different population groups with diverse memories and understandings of local heritage, succeeded to influence the revival of urban spaces.
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U tekstu se analiziraju službeni i neslužbeni diskursi (medijsko izvještavanje, internetski komentari i forumi) u Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj koji ukidanje praznika tematiziraju kao gospodarsku mjeru (štednje). Prate se odnosi između ukidanja... more
U tekstu se analiziraju službeni i neslužbeni diskursi (medijsko izvještavanje, internetski komentari i forumi) u Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj koji ukidanje praznika tematiziraju kao gospodarsku mjeru (štednje). Prate se odnosi između ukidanja praznika, marljivosti i mentaliteta na jednoj strani te balkanskog, socijalističkog i europskog identiteta na drugoj. Prikupljena građa sugerira da su obje vlade prijedlozima o ukidanju praznika potakle većinom dvije vrste komentara: o povezanosti praznika s marljivošću i o tome koje bi praznike i uz njih vezane identitete eventualno valjalo ukinuti. Većina neslužbenih diskursa praznike uglavnom nije povezivala s produktivnošću, niti se fokusirala na sustavno uređenje plaćanja rada za vrijeme praznika (i/ili neradnih dana) i radnička prava. Znatno više komentara posvećeno je pojmu socijalističkog mentaliteta, navodno povezanog s pojedinačnim praznicima, pri čemu se produktivnost, u manjoj mjeri nego približavanje Europi, pokazala ciljem predloženih (i/ili realiziranih) sustavnih promjena.
Članek analizira predstave o tradicionalnosti sodobnih turističnih prireditev Kravji bal, Vasovanje in Kmečka ohcet. Primerja predvsem vsebine prireditev v času njihovega nastanka, v petdesetih in deloma tudi šestdesetih letih prejšnjega... more
Članek analizira predstave o tradicionalnosti sodobnih turističnih prireditev Kravji bal, Vasovanje in Kmečka ohcet. Primerja predvsem vsebine prireditev v času njihovega nastanka, v petdesetih in deloma tudi šestdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja ter v sodobnosti, pri čemer se med drugim posveča razumevanju "etnografske ustreznosti".
This article analyzes contemporary perceptions about the traditional character of the contemporary tourism events in Bohinj known as the Cowsʼ Ball (Kravji bal), Village Serenade (Vasovanje), and Country Wedding (Kmečka ohcet). The comparison primarily focuses on the content of the events, both when they were first held in the 1950s and 1960s and currently, and detailed attention is given to the contemporary understanding of "ethnographic adequacy."
This article analyzes contemporary perceptions about the traditional character of the contemporary tourism events in Bohinj known as the Cowsʼ Ball (Kravji bal), Village Serenade (Vasovanje), and Country Wedding (Kmečka ohcet). The comparison primarily focuses on the content of the events, both when they were first held in the 1950s and 1960s and currently, and detailed attention is given to the contemporary understanding of "ethnographic adequacy."
Même si l’ethnologie slovène étudie la modernité depuis au moins les années 1960, les chercheurs qui travaillent sur le calendrier s’intéressaient surtout, jusque récemment, aux traditions présocialistes. Depuis le début du xxie siècle,... more
Même si l’ethnologie slovène étudie la modernité depuis au moins les années 1960, les chercheurs qui travaillent sur le calendrier s’intéressaient surtout, jusque récemment, aux traditions présocialistes. Depuis le début du xxie siècle, non seulement des recherches ont été consacrées aux fêtes pendant et après le socialisme, mais l’attention s’est déplacée d’une approche comparatiste culturelle et historique, pour l’essentiel, vers des questions liées au pouvoir.
Selbst wenn die slowenische Ethnologie die Modernität seit den 1960er Jahren untersucht, so interessierten Forscher, die sich mit Kalendern beschäftigen – bis vor Kurzem – in erster Linie für die vorsozialistische Zeit. Seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts hat sich dies geändert und wissenschaftliche Arbeiten beschäftigen sich nicht nur mit Festen während und nach dem Sozialismus, sondern nähern sich den Fragestellungen ebenfalls aus vergleichender kultureller und geschichtlicher Perspektive an und thematisieren Frage nach der Beziehung zur Macht.
Selbst wenn die slowenische Ethnologie die Modernität seit den 1960er Jahren untersucht, so interessierten Forscher, die sich mit Kalendern beschäftigen – bis vor Kurzem – in erster Linie für die vorsozialistische Zeit. Seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts hat sich dies geändert und wissenschaftliche Arbeiten beschäftigen sich nicht nur mit Festen während und nach dem Sozialismus, sondern nähern sich den Fragestellungen ebenfalls aus vergleichender kultureller und geschichtlicher Perspektive an und thematisieren Frage nach der Beziehung zur Macht.
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Perceiving work competition as a strategic practice of a selected social system the author of the article examines the relationship between work competition and (public) holidays in the period of the fi rst fi ve-year economic plan of the... more
Perceiving work competition as a strategic practice of a selected social system the author of the article examines the relationship between work competition and (public) holidays in the period of the fi rst fi ve-year economic plan of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1947−1952). This relationship was mutual and similarly as in other socialist countries centrally planned as well as directed: holidays helped spreading the idea of competitive way of working as well as they helped structuring (working) time. On the other hand work competition helped
rooting the new system of public holidays as well as it also structured and shaped holidays. Neverthless, a competition at a work-place, a category of work competition, which is most often mentioned in the literature, was only rarely referred to in people’s recollections. Only some forms of work competition, for example postwar voluntary restoration work or youth working actions, were memorised which, as the author suggests, is also infl uenced by the symbolic acknowledgment of work and workers during socialism and with the fact that cultural politics of the time was not perceived solely as a cynical manipulation of political elites.
rooting the new system of public holidays as well as it also structured and shaped holidays. Neverthless, a competition at a work-place, a category of work competition, which is most often mentioned in the literature, was only rarely referred to in people’s recollections. Only some forms of work competition, for example postwar voluntary restoration work or youth working actions, were memorised which, as the author suggests, is also infl uenced by the symbolic acknowledgment of work and workers during socialism and with the fact that cultural politics of the time was not perceived solely as a cynical manipulation of political elites.
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Članak je fokusiran na pokladna događanja u Sloveniji vezana uz karnevalske likove, zvane kurenti ili koranti, te bajoslovna ili mitska bića Kurente iz pedesetih godina prošloga stoljeća. Analizira raznolike uporabe izraza kurentovanje,... more
Članak je fokusiran na pokladna događanja u Sloveniji vezana uz karnevalske likove, zvane kurenti ili koranti, te bajoslovna ili mitska bića Kurente iz pedesetih godina prošloga stoljeća. Analizira raznolike uporabe izraza kurentovanje, koje proizlaze iz povezanosti s tim likovima i koje su se od 1960. godine, ptujskim kurentovanjem, danas “najpopularnijom i najmasovnijom kulturnom i folklornom priredbom u Sloveniji i srednjoj Europi”, počele sve više i više gubiti. U prvim godinama nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata kurentovanje je, kako je ustvrdio Gačnik, moglo označavati ne samo cijelu praksu seoskog karnevala već je to bio i izraz koji se često koristio za opisivanje odgovarajućih društvenih oblika gradskog pokladnog događanja. Zbog česte, raznolike i izmijenjene uporabe izraza korant, kurent i Kurent i ostalih izraza koji iz njih nastaju, autorica smatra da o kurentomaniji kao načinu nacionalizacije pokladne kulture možemo govoriti već (barem) od pedesetih godina prošloga stoljeća. Nakon 1960. godine, kada se u Ptuju pojavio pokladni karneval pod imenom Kurentovanje, višeznačnica je postala jednoznačnicom. U uporabi nacionaliziranog pojma za pokladni karneval, koji je redefinirao ponajprije lokalne prakse, prepoznaje se prisvajanje, a s druge strane dodatno homogeniziranje pokladne kulture u Sloveniji. Naime, ako je ptujsko kurentovanje s jedne strane pokušalo revitalizirati nestajuću pokladnu praksu, s druge je strane, makar što se tiče imena, sva druga i drukčija dotadašnja kurentovanja potisnulo u pozadinu.
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The article presents transformations of St. Roch’s Day and carnival festivities in the last decade before and the first two decades after the Second World War in the Slovenian town of Brežice. The main focus is how the public celebration... more
The article presents transformations of St. Roch’s Day and
carnival festivities in the last decade before and the first two
decades after the Second World War in the Slovenian town
of Brežice. The main focus is how the public celebration of
these two “typical” holidays of the town was transformed,
which primarily occurred as a consequence of changes in the
broader sociopolitical situation. The author thus interprets
them through the perspective of folklorization.
carnival festivities in the last decade before and the first two
decades after the Second World War in the Slovenian town
of Brežice. The main focus is how the public celebration of
these two “typical” holidays of the town was transformed,
which primarily occurred as a consequence of changes in the
broader sociopolitical situation. The author thus interprets
them through the perspective of folklorization.
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The article focuses on the authenticating strategies employed by the organizers of three Bohinj events which refer to alpine grazing and wedding customs of the area. Since the beginnings of these events in the 1950s, it was largely... more
The article focuses on the authenticating strategies employed by the organizers of three Bohinj events which refer to alpine grazing and wedding customs of the area. Since the beginnings of these events in the 1950s, it was largely textual aspects that were taken as contributing substantially to the authenticity of the events, whereas more recently temporal and spatial contexts of tangible and intangible culture, presented at the events, have also been taken into account. Over time the events with a mostly staged mode of performance have evolved into tradition. Nevertheless, their mode and the social aspects of the events are not perceived as intangible culture and are not part of authenticity considerations.
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V članku je predstavljen pregled etnološkega oziroma antropološkega preučevanja koledarskih praznikov po letu 1945. Najprej so orisane značilnosti evropskih in ameriških študij postsocializma, nato pa še raziskav v nekdanjih... more
V članku je predstavljen pregled etnološkega oziroma antropološkega
preučevanja koledarskih praznikov po letu 1945.
Najprej so orisane značilnosti evropskih in ameriških študij
postsocializma, nato pa še raziskav v nekdanjih republikah
bivše Jugoslavije. Podrobnejša pozornost je namenjena predvsem
preučenosti koledarskih (post)socialističnih praznikov v
Sloveniji. Avtorica ugotavlja, da so raziskave etnologije oziroma
antropologije postsocializma zelo skromno zasnovane
na slovenskem gradivu in da je to vsaj v zvezi s koledarskimi
prazniki še redkeje tudi interpretirano.
The article presents an overview of ethnological and anthropological
research of seasonal holidays after 1945. First the
author gives a brief outline of characteristics of European
and American postsocialist studies and then she focuses on
the postsocialist studies in the former republics of Jugoslavia.
How much and in what way seasonal (post)socialist
holidays in Slovenia were or are researched is analysed in
more detail. The author ascertains that the ethnological
and anthropological research of postsocialism in Slovenia
is very poorely based on slovenian material and that the
material considering seasonal holidays is even more rearely
interpreted.
preučevanja koledarskih praznikov po letu 1945.
Najprej so orisane značilnosti evropskih in ameriških študij
postsocializma, nato pa še raziskav v nekdanjih republikah
bivše Jugoslavije. Podrobnejša pozornost je namenjena predvsem
preučenosti koledarskih (post)socialističnih praznikov v
Sloveniji. Avtorica ugotavlja, da so raziskave etnologije oziroma
antropologije postsocializma zelo skromno zasnovane
na slovenskem gradivu in da je to vsaj v zvezi s koledarskimi
prazniki še redkeje tudi interpretirano.
The article presents an overview of ethnological and anthropological
research of seasonal holidays after 1945. First the
author gives a brief outline of characteristics of European
and American postsocialist studies and then she focuses on
the postsocialist studies in the former republics of Jugoslavia.
How much and in what way seasonal (post)socialist
holidays in Slovenia were or are researched is analysed in
more detail. The author ascertains that the ethnological
and anthropological research of postsocialism in Slovenia
is very poorely based on slovenian material and that the
material considering seasonal holidays is even more rearely
interpreted.
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Avtorica v prispevku izhaja iz teze, da se sodobno raziskovanje praznikov, ritualov oziroma šeg osredotoča na procese njihovega ustvarjanja, izvajanja in izkušnje oziroma na z njimi povezano tvornost. Med več njenimi vidiki poudarja... more
Avtorica v prispevku izhaja iz teze, da se sodobno raziskovanje
praznikov, ritualov oziroma šeg osredotoča na procese njihovega
ustvarjanja, izvajanja in izkušnje oziroma na z njimi povezano tvornost.
Med več njenimi vidiki poudarja vlogo, ki jo imajo prazniki pri tvorjenju,
tj. vzpostavljanju in osmišljanju skupnosti ter identificiranju posameznikov
z njo. V prispevku na podlagi gradiva o prvih desetletjih po drugi
svetovni vojni1 analizira, kako so koledarski prazniki pripomogli k vzpostavljanju
in zavedanju lokalne skupnosti.
The author posits that modern research of holidays, rituals,
and customs focuses on the process of their creation, implementation,
and experience. She emphasizes the role of holidays in the formation
and validation of a community and an individual’s identification with
that community. On the basis of data on the first decades after the
Second World War the author analyzes how much, and in what manner,
yearly holidays had contributed to the formation of the local community
in Brežice and to its members’ awareness of its existence.
praznikov, ritualov oziroma šeg osredotoča na procese njihovega
ustvarjanja, izvajanja in izkušnje oziroma na z njimi povezano tvornost.
Med več njenimi vidiki poudarja vlogo, ki jo imajo prazniki pri tvorjenju,
tj. vzpostavljanju in osmišljanju skupnosti ter identificiranju posameznikov
z njo. V prispevku na podlagi gradiva o prvih desetletjih po drugi
svetovni vojni1 analizira, kako so koledarski prazniki pripomogli k vzpostavljanju
in zavedanju lokalne skupnosti.
The author posits that modern research of holidays, rituals,
and customs focuses on the process of their creation, implementation,
and experience. She emphasizes the role of holidays in the formation
and validation of a community and an individual’s identification with
that community. On the basis of data on the first decades after the
Second World War the author analyzes how much, and in what manner,
yearly holidays had contributed to the formation of the local community
in Brežice and to its members’ awareness of its existence.