The paper deals with Polivka's relation to Slovenian folklore studies, he systematically researched as a critic almost 50 years (1883-1932). Special attention is given to Polivka's critical lectures and commentaries on Slovenian folklore collections, based on his positivistic method and terminology. His best known »Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- und Hausmärchen« (J. in W. Grimm) helped Polivka make his mark in the history of Slavonic folkloristics. Considering his attention to Slovenian fairy-tales, the paper sums his contribution in shaping ethnology and folklore studies in Slovenia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29125421
Quasi-literature, chronicling and occasional writings are new terms; in the vertical classification of literary culture they define literary phenomena in between literary folklore and literature. The introductory chapter presents each of the three mentioned (conditionally aesthetic) categories in theoretical terms: based on terminology development, definition, form and subject. This is followed by empirical examples where both the diachronous and synchronous aspects of analysis are applied: place, education, occupation, world and aesthetic view, disadvantaged life (disabled and blind persons).
COBISS.SI-ID: 254851840
In the paper author first analyzes the relationship and dialogue between researchers and informants, performers of traditional ritual practices in Brkini that took pplace in early sixties and that co-created also the ritual practice, known as »škoromatija«. In the second part there is analysis of the role of media in the preservation of ritual, discussion about new re-constructions of ritual in eighties and nineties, that have intention to present the local identity also to the broader public.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31782701
The article explains the terms related to the Slovene culinary tradition and its role in developing catering/tourism. It considers the culinary tradition of the countryside and towns. Our scant knowledge of the tradition among the bourgeoisie, aristocracy, and professional groups needs to be enhanced. It is important to include the ethnological knowledge about national dishes and the culinary tradition in the training of future catering and tourist workers, who now lack this knowledge. Described are shortcomings and successful examples of including the heritage into Slovenia’s tourist assets.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29915949
Up to the second half of the 20th century, Slovenian researchers were concerned almost exclusively with the phenomena of folk culture in the “traditional” sense (rural, simple culture typical of an ethnic community, and a nation. Due to historical and social changes, the concept’s semantic shifts (in academic definitions and public reception) were followed by broader ways of transmitting it. These processes are the result of the reconceptualization of culture research and the marketing of culture.
COBISS.SI-ID: 32068653