The article analyses how members of the Italian and Hungarian minorities in Slovenia view multiculturalism and its manifestations such as ethnic heterogamy transcultural identities, ethnic in/tolerance and ethnic prejudices. The minority status (and bordering position) are in this regard perceived as a platform for attitudes to multiculturalism and a key explanatory factor. The article highlights the presence of the transcultural nature of the minorities and their positive attitudes to multiculturalism, yet also emphasises that the related ethnic sentiment is highly variable, relational and situational. Although one would expect the minorities to more strongly defend the positive effects of multiculturalism, this is not the case. The reason is the confrontation of two ideologies, nationalism and transculturalism, the former interfering in the otherwise transculturally oriented minorities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2495187
The ICT sector is one of the most important economic sectors in the world and the driving force behind the industry 4.0. On this basis, the paper highlights the significant ways in which industry 4.0 transforms requirements regarding essential competencies of contemporary European ICT sector`s workforce. Stemming from this the author argues that competencies of the workforce in the ICT sector are gradually shifting from strictly technical towards hybrid (i.e. combination of technical and soft). The latter is associated with the fact that industry 4.0 is not only based on technology and creativity of people applying technology, but in addition also on increasing intertwining of ICT sector with other socio-economic sectors, which results in changes of competencies of its workforce. In order to verify the thesis, the case study of Slovenian ICT companies(interviews with representatives) was implemented.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2617811
Slovene associations in Croatia began to emerge at the moment when there were enough individuals in a given space who understood that the Slovene language and culture acquired in their region of origin were different from what they encountered in their new homeland. The book presents the founding, development, work, but also disappearance of Slovene associations in Croatia starting from the end of the 19th century, when the existence of the first Slovene associations on the territory of Croatia was recorded, until the year 1991, which marks a change in the state-political organization and the moment when the members of the Slovene community in Croatia received the status of a national minority. At least 42 Slovene associations were registered in the observed period in major Croatian cities. This work aims to provide more detailed descriptions of the types of Slovene associations, their activities, the people involved in them, and the difficulties their members faced, as well as to present the history of the activities of Slovene associations, which shape the fabric of the Croatian cultural, social, and political history. Undoubtedly, these associations have also influenced the creation of the society we live in today and have left an indelible trace of existence for future generations in Croatia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13854541
The scientific monograph has been published with the financial support of the Slovene Research Agency at a major Italian academic publisher in Rome. It represents an implementation of the Slovene scientific knowledge abroad, in particular for what concerns the study of the so called "contact areas" and processes of both social convergence and divergence in these areas. The monograph discusses in particular the case of the Upper Adriatic and the area of social and cultural contact between Slovene and Italian population, reflecting on the simultaneous potentials of social conflict and coexistence in the region.
COBISS.SI-ID: 10630892
The book chapter deals with a comparative analysis of the situation of territorial minorities and minority languages on the case of the Slovenes in Italy and the Welsh regional minority.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2500307