Dan Podjed
Dan Podjed, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), an Assistant Professor for Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, and a Development Fellow at the IT company CVS Mobile. He led several applied, interdisciplinary, and industry-oriented projects, and was involved in the development of various IT solutions, including the 1, 2, 3 Ljubljana smartphone app for the promotion of sustainable mobility, and the Green FF app for reducing waste and energy consumption in public buildings. Since 2012, he has been coordinating the Applied Anthropology Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He is the main organiser of the international symposium Why the World Needs Anthropologists (Amsterdam 2013, Padua 2014, Ljubljana 2015, Tartu 2016). In 2011 he received recognition from the Slovenian Research Agency for his book on birdwatchers and environmentalists, Observing the Observers.
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Address: ZRC SAZU, Novi Trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 31 820 198
Address: ZRC SAZU, Novi Trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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and describes their interactions and conflicts, often resulting in verbal or nonverbal expressions
of anger. Using various approaches, ranging from semi-structured interviews to “participant
driving,” it describes in great detail a small part of traffic infrastructure, that is, a crossroads in
the city centre, which is a daily meeting point for thousands of people and their vehicles. Through
an analysis of driving habits and reflections on daily language and media, the article sheds light
on some key questions, which have, so far, only briefly been discussed by anthropologists: How do
people habituate their driving? How do they comprehend vehicles as an indispensable part of their
identity? And how do they express feelings and emotions on the road?
and describes their interactions and conflicts, often resulting in verbal or nonverbal expressions
of anger. Using various approaches, ranging from semi-structured interviews to “participant
driving,” it describes in great detail a small part of traffic infrastructure, that is, a crossroads in
the city centre, which is a daily meeting point for thousands of people and their vehicles. Through
an analysis of driving habits and reflections on daily language and media, the article sheds light
on some key questions, which have, so far, only briefly been discussed by anthropologists: How do
people habituate their driving? How do they comprehend vehicles as an indispensable part of their
identity? And how do they express feelings and emotions on the road?
play an important role in the creation of stereotypes about individuals
and communities. They define our social position and
install us within the network of social connections and crossgender
relationships. The paper discusses some stereotypes
about vehicles in connection to social power and cross-gender
relationships, and compares attitudes to cars, bicycles, public
transportation, and other forms of mobility in the cities of Ljubljana,
Slovenia and Belgrade, Serbia.