The monograph discusses relationship between festivals and places as it shows on the geographical margins. Vonnection between a festival and place has a special function in a contemporary capitalism. Since the postmodern fundaments for acumulation of capital demand a "difference", both festival and place are useful for the purpose. Festival is a locally bounded activity which gives a place its difference, while the place gives a difference to the festival.
COBISS.SI-ID: 270847744
The monograph deals with the political dimensions of some redletter days. In it the authors, i.e. members of the research group, shows how those in power use redletter days as instruments for imposing their understanding of the past and present.
COBISS.SI-ID: 265970688
The article uses an analysis of local festivals in Janče to address the rocesses of the social construction of holidays and the performance of traditional ritual practices at the local level. Festivals in the countryside are usually connected with past agricultural tasks, crops, or the changing seasons. Ritual practices used to unite a community or had a magical meaning, but in their present form of performance they become cultural heritage which influences people’s feelings of affiliation, connects the inhabitants and also has considerable economic effects. At the same time, festivals may stimulate cultural creativity, develop ecological consciousness, and support the development of the countryside in line with the principles of sustainable development.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36609837