The article is a result of empirical research among Slovenian cultural societies in other republics of the former Yugoslavia. The central part of the article presents the results of a survey carried out in the spring of 2012 by members of the Slovenian Migration Institute at ZRC SAZU. General introductory data about the past and current presence of Slovenians in the discussed territories are followed by a summary of the findings based on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the survey results as well as the findings of the informative-strategic roundtables co-organised by the Institute at the time of the survey. The article is in the category: 1A2 (Z1, A', A1/2); Scopus (d,h), SSCI, MBP.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35516973
The article describes the context of research into women's migrations and carework as a contemporary phenomenon of the developed world, where it was supposed to have disappeared long ago. It places the book about the ŽAlexandrian womenŽ by Daša Koprivec in a wider European and global research trend, presenting historical and contemporary forms of women's paid care work.Work and the migration of women connected to it have always been embeddedin normative, socially prescribed gender roles, and as a result in thenational imagination. As the text shows, the (past) migration of women to Alexandria is therefore once more an important social topic in Slovenia. Equally important are the subjective experiences of the women migrants and their descendants, which are now finally heard thanks to researches and books like the present one by Daša Koprivec. The article is in the category: 1A2 (Z1, A', A1/2); Scopus (d,h), MBP.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36576813
The article offers an insight into the demographic development in Goriška-Gradiška (It. Gorizia-Gradisca) from the Restoration to the First World War. In this period the region witnessed a population growth resulting from a persisting high level of fertility and diminishing mortality. However, the growth was considerably lower because of emigration. The major part of the emigration was directed towards the port city of Trieste, which traditionally received a considerable contribution to its demographic growth from Goriška-Gradiška. More than half of the emigration from the region towards Trieste constituted women and the most numerous group responded to the demand of the market of domestic services. Emigration currents of seasonal or longer duration, oriented to other Austrian provinces, were predominantly male. In certain periods there were also important emigration flows abroad. They were directed to the Hungarian part of the monarchy as well as to North America and Egypt. At the beginning of the 20th century the tendencies in the regional demography were even more affected by the changes in the economic structure, correlated with the rise of the industrial centres, the advancement of the commercial agriculture and the improvement of the transport communications. The demographic development of Goriška-Gradiška was characterised by a tight relationship with the demographic and economic expansion of Trieste.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36537901
Internet tools have been used by migrants and their descendants within transnational social spaces to learn about ethnicity and culture; preserve, and/or strengthen ethnic/cultural identities; and maintain social ties with countries of origin and other expatriates. Ethnic clubs and expatriate societies have largely moved to the virtual world, and Slovenian case is not an exception. Learning about Slovenian culture and language on the internet was first enabled by emigrant communities through static web pages that also serve as tools for conservation of Slovenian national and cultural heritage. But more participation of Slovenians has been observed on virtual social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, that are less exclusive, more interactional and attract especially younger generations of Slovenian migrants and individuals of Slovenian descend. Based on an extensive analysis of web pages, portals and social networks where Slovenian emigrants learn and discuss the variety of themes connected with Slovenian culture, the authors argue that shared meanings are not necessarily communicated and negotiated within the frame of a single language, and that learning about cultural heritage and contemporary lifestyles through discussions in social networks is an efficient and popular form of informal learning. The article is in the category: 1A2 (Z1, A', A1/2); Scopus (d,h), MBP.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36495917
In the period between the Spring of Nations and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Carniolan sausage was not just food. It was also a stimulant for what was initially nascent and later – in the final decades of the period under consideration – already completely awakened national identity. Carniolan sausage had a special place in the Slovenian society and culture. It had especially strong symbolic potential for characterisation and it was a strongly marked object, allowing for various uses, among others also for a range of ‘political’ applications. The article limits itself to three appearances of Carniolan sausage in the Slovenian politics in the period under consideration, registered in the press: the wagging fingers of the Slovenski narod newspaper journalists at the »flexible« – the politicians of moderate national policy in the Taaffe period; the disputes within the socialist camp among the Slovenians in the United States; and finally one of the biggest social-political scandals in Carniola before World War I, brought to the boiling point in the atmosphere of the ruthless liberal-clericalist struggle for authority during the so-called Theimer affair.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36471853