The paper is a report on the findings of a research camp held in a village of Sri Lanka eight months after the tsunami. The camp was part of a project of collaboration between the University of Colombo and the University of Ljubljana. The report is focused on the views and experiences of humanitarian aid as expressed by people from the village.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3465317
The right to live in an urban area, with accessible public infrastructure, is discussed; in this case of Roma people in Ljubljana. The settlement at Koželjeva carries stigma due to its Roma inhabitants, deficient infrastructure and the characteristics of a slum. It is discussed how the space and its meanings influence the self-image of inhabitants of the settlement and their inclusion in the broader society, as well as the research process. The findings are derived from a field-research and relevant theories.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3353701
Subsidiarity is not firm and clear principle, but is a strategic form that is performed by different actors in different positions with different interests. Problems with subsidiarity are numerous, the article describes and analyses most important.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3399269
The article shows some aspects of human rights in Sri Lanka, where the author was a visiting professor and supervisor for the Ph. D. students. It shows the interrelatedness of children’s human rights and economic redistribution in postcolonial conditions of a country dependant from the global north. With the use of the ethnographic analysis it gives some vignettes about poverty and institutionalisation of children and questions the role of social work as a human rights profession under social conditions.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3622757
Three sets of statements commonly used by political and economic actors when interpreting the social/economic crisis were analysed. Statements that are considerably dangerous for the continued development of Slovenia include: economistic statements; globalization statements; asocial statements (the social state is too great an expense; the social state suffocates the competitiveness of the economy; social transfers need to be reduced so recipients don't grow passive etc.)
COBISS.SI-ID: 254057216