Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of ... more Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of the socialist state and its successors than is usually thought to be the case. The collection by the authors from the region presents feelings, stories and memories on popular music in Yugoslavia and its successor states.
There is a pressing need for volunteer amateur naturalists to participate in data collection for ... more There is a pressing need for volunteer amateur naturalists to participate in data collection for biodiversity monitoring programmes in Europe. It is being addressed in some countries, but less so in others. This paper discusses the results from qualitative research using semi-structured interviews, focus groups and participant observation within nine Participatory Monitoring Network (PMN) organisations in six European countries. The paper examines the features that facilitate recruitment, retention and motivations of volunteers to participate in biodiversity monitoring, including the social and cultural milieus in which they operate. The paper concludes that volunteers place a high degree of significance on their social experience within PMNs. Successful creation and management of PMNs thus requires that similar levels of attention be paid to social aspects of the organisation as are paid to the generation and management of data.
Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of ... more Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of the socialist state and its successors than is usually thought to be the case. The collection by the authors from the region presents feelings, stories and memories on popular music in Yugoslavia and its successor states.
To date Slovene ethnology has avoided explicit discussions of emotitions. The author presents a b... more To date Slovene ethnology has avoided explicit discussions of emotitions. The author presents a brief survey of the development of the anthropology of emotions in the past three decades, emphasising that emotions are a cognitive category embedded in the political sphere. He therefore connects the interest in emotions with the process of the changes in the East-European countries and contemporary warnings about the risk society. He also dwells upon ethnographic practices and methods which necessarily implicate eithies when they take account of emotions. Beside tending towards empathy, researchers have to resort to a critical distance in certain circumstances.
There is no simple answer to the question o f the relationship between folk and popular music. If... more There is no simple answer to the question o f the relationship between folk and popular music. If we discuss folk and popular music from the point o f view o f the active participants in the musical activities, and especially if we analyse the ways of music use in the particular life contexts of individuals and groups of people, it becomes clear that almost all the characteristics of the old folk music appear in modern popular music, although in changed circumstances. Popular music is not universal and it cannot be a means o f homogenisa t ion , for it is more democra t ic than totalitarian. In a case study o f the "autochthonisation" (indigenisation) of punk rock music in the village o f Trate in north-east Slovenia between 1979 and 1992, the author emphasises the essential characteristics of the local popular music scene, with the same (or at least a similar) meaning and purpose in the life o f the local subculture, and that it is being used by individuals and groups in ...
Different levels, or ranges, of the study of popular music micro-, mezzoand macro-level demand di... more Different levels, or ranges, of the study of popular music micro-, mezzoand macro-level demand different methodological approaches, The author presents anthropological approach to the study of historical and current reception, reproduction and production of popular music in Slovenia. He starts with presentation of historical development of Slovene popular music, compares it with the view from below, presenting experiences of musicians and common people he studied in the field, and concludes the paper with some general remarks concerning the present 'global' situation, 148 Murs"Ic: Slovene Popular Music
To the anthropology of music the legacy of the Pohorje singer and poet Jurij Vodovnik continues t... more To the anthropology of music the legacy of the Pohorje singer and poet Jurij Vodovnik continues to live on in our days. People still sing his songs, and this certainly means that they carry universal messages. Vodovnik's activities can be compared with similar historical and local phenomena like the joculators or Griots. Furthermore, the creativity of a gifted individual from the early 19th century may be compared to contemporary popular music developments from blues to chansons. The A. underpins these comparisons with reflections about the common characteristics of folk music and popular music.
... Sigismund Herberstein was an ambassador to Moscow and described life in the emerging eastern ... more ... Sigismund Herberstein was an ambassador to Moscow and described life in the emerging eastern European empire (Rerum Moscoviticarum Comentarii, 1549). ... A typical example isGregor Krek's Einleitung in die slawische Literaturgeschichte (1874). ...
Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of ... more Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of the socialist state and its successors than is usually thought to be the case. The collection by the authors from the region presents feelings, stories and memories on popular music in Yugoslavia and its successor states.
There is a pressing need for volunteer amateur naturalists to participate in data collection for ... more There is a pressing need for volunteer amateur naturalists to participate in data collection for biodiversity monitoring programmes in Europe. It is being addressed in some countries, but less so in others. This paper discusses the results from qualitative research using semi-structured interviews, focus groups and participant observation within nine Participatory Monitoring Network (PMN) organisations in six European countries. The paper examines the features that facilitate recruitment, retention and motivations of volunteers to participate in biodiversity monitoring, including the social and cultural milieus in which they operate. The paper concludes that volunteers place a high degree of significance on their social experience within PMNs. Successful creation and management of PMNs thus requires that similar levels of attention be paid to social aspects of the organisation as are paid to the generation and management of data.
Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of ... more Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of the socialist state and its successors than is usually thought to be the case. The collection by the authors from the region presents feelings, stories and memories on popular music in Yugoslavia and its successor states.
To date Slovene ethnology has avoided explicit discussions of emotitions. The author presents a b... more To date Slovene ethnology has avoided explicit discussions of emotitions. The author presents a brief survey of the development of the anthropology of emotions in the past three decades, emphasising that emotions are a cognitive category embedded in the political sphere. He therefore connects the interest in emotions with the process of the changes in the East-European countries and contemporary warnings about the risk society. He also dwells upon ethnographic practices and methods which necessarily implicate eithies when they take account of emotions. Beside tending towards empathy, researchers have to resort to a critical distance in certain circumstances.
There is no simple answer to the question o f the relationship between folk and popular music. If... more There is no simple answer to the question o f the relationship between folk and popular music. If we discuss folk and popular music from the point o f view o f the active participants in the musical activities, and especially if we analyse the ways of music use in the particular life contexts of individuals and groups of people, it becomes clear that almost all the characteristics of the old folk music appear in modern popular music, although in changed circumstances. Popular music is not universal and it cannot be a means o f homogenisa t ion , for it is more democra t ic than totalitarian. In a case study o f the "autochthonisation" (indigenisation) of punk rock music in the village o f Trate in north-east Slovenia between 1979 and 1992, the author emphasises the essential characteristics of the local popular music scene, with the same (or at least a similar) meaning and purpose in the life o f the local subculture, and that it is being used by individuals and groups in ...
Different levels, or ranges, of the study of popular music micro-, mezzoand macro-level demand di... more Different levels, or ranges, of the study of popular music micro-, mezzoand macro-level demand different methodological approaches, The author presents anthropological approach to the study of historical and current reception, reproduction and production of popular music in Slovenia. He starts with presentation of historical development of Slovene popular music, compares it with the view from below, presenting experiences of musicians and common people he studied in the field, and concludes the paper with some general remarks concerning the present 'global' situation, 148 Murs"Ic: Slovene Popular Music
To the anthropology of music the legacy of the Pohorje singer and poet Jurij Vodovnik continues t... more To the anthropology of music the legacy of the Pohorje singer and poet Jurij Vodovnik continues to live on in our days. People still sing his songs, and this certainly means that they carry universal messages. Vodovnik's activities can be compared with similar historical and local phenomena like the joculators or Griots. Furthermore, the creativity of a gifted individual from the early 19th century may be compared to contemporary popular music developments from blues to chansons. The A. underpins these comparisons with reflections about the common characteristics of folk music and popular music.
... Sigismund Herberstein was an ambassador to Moscow and described life in the emerging eastern ... more ... Sigismund Herberstein was an ambassador to Moscow and described life in the emerging eastern European empire (Rerum Moscoviticarum Comentarii, 1549). ... A typical example isGregor Krek's Einleitung in die slawische Literaturgeschichte (1874). ...
Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of ... more Popular music in former Yugoslavia appear to have had a much deeper impact on the development of the socialist state and its successors than is usually thought to be the case. The collection by the authors from the region presents feelings, stories and memories on popular music in Yugoslavia and its successor states.
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