Within the Viva Mexico festival, organized by Cankarjev dom in the first half of 2009, a member of program group (Šprajc) prepared a photographic exhibition »Maya Culture«, which presented the results of archaeological surveys accomplished under his direction in the central part of the Yucatan peninsula in southeastern Mexico. As a scientific consultant he also collaborated with the organization of the exhibition »Pre-Columbian Mexico: Eternal Life: Archaeology of Western Mexico«, and contributed, for the accompanying publication, an introductory text on the cultures of prehispanic Mexico.
F.28 Organising an exhibition
COBISS.SI-ID: 29693229The joint institute founded by the ZRC SAZU and the Centre National de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, France), is the first Slovenian-French Associated European Laboratory (LEA). The Slovenian institute leader is Oštir, while other members of the program group participate in its activities. About thirty researchers from various disciplines perform applied and research projects focused on spatial planning and its relationship with landscape transformations. The most up-dated technology is applied, including satellite images, spatial analyses, predictive modelling and simulation.
D.07 Presiding over a centre/laboratory
COBISS.SI-ID: 0000000Space technologies are in the process of revolutionary transition, which is particularly marked in the field of micro and nano satellites, where radical miniaturization of integrated sub-systems and the affordable commercial components have led to significant reductions in the costs of developing, launching and use of satellites. A consortium of 11 partner organizations has realized the great potential of emerging technologies and applications. 46 researchers and engineers will join forces under the CE in various areas, including remote sensing and image processing.
D.02 Establishment of a research centre, laboratory, study course, association
COBISS.SI-ID: 0000000A member of the program group (Telban) was awarded Special Commendation for 2009 Australian Anthropological Society Best Essay Prize, for his article »The Poetics of the Crocodile: Changing Cultural Perspectives in Ambonwari«. He argues that recent changes in social and cultural perspectives, which are taking place under the influence of Catholic charismatic movement, are at the same time products and producers of the changes in their relationship to ‘space’ and ‘time’, which are simultaneously changes in visual and auditory perception and expression of their life-world.
E.02 International awards
COBISS.SI-ID: 28612141The ethnographic film, co-authored by a member of the program group (Telban), presents the life of an eight years old girl from Ambonwari in a tropical rainforest in Papua New Guinea. It is an experiment of a subtle and non-predictable interaction between Enet, camera and the camerawoman. The film was awarded Wiley-Blackwell Student Film Prize 2009 Commendation at the 11th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Leeds, UK, 1 – 4 July 2009.
E.02 International awards
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