The author notes that new, more complex researches of connections between animals, nature and connections to humans are needed in Slovenian and European folklore, literature and cultural studies, due to the new ecological and ethical findings in the wider social and cultural environment and changing order of the world, which has moved the focus from anthropocentrism into ecocentrism. The discussion builds upon various theoretical discourses, new concepts and multidisciplinary knowledge, to create the foundations, guidelines and directions as well as theoretical and methodological ground for the new academic discipline of zoofolkloristics. Furthermore, new theoretical and analytical discourses should enable zoofolkloristics to provide an insight into changes in human attitudes to animals, in both folklore and within traditional and contemporary ritual practices, or their redefinition, and at the same time exert influence upon the legal safety of non-human subjectivities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 38587949
This article focuses on the Slovenian songs about the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake and on the context revealed by these songs. It is based on two songs about this earthquake that were published in the first collection of Slovenian folk songs from the mid-nineteenth century. Studying the genesis of both songs, it reveals the connections with European traditionand the reasons why the songs about the Lisbon earthquake were excluded from the subsequent standard collections of Slovenian folk songs. The Slovenian songs about the Lisbon earthquake therefore not only show the Slovenian response to the misfortune of the unknown people of Lisbon, but also question the social role of folklore studies.
COBISS.SI-ID: 39312941
The paper critically evaluates the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Slovenia. It outlines the only entry connected to dance heritage named Easter dance and games in Metlika and analyzes discourses and dilemmas, which have arisen with this first inscription of dance related heritage. By comparing the dance practices with a production of the sausages (which has already been entered in a national Register) the author concludes that for certain (living) dance traditions it is more important to perform than to have an inscription in the Register.
COBISS.SI-ID: 39009069
Scientific monograph is revealing or complementing our knowledge about the sonic image of folk songs from that time. It focuses on relation of folk songs in the context of choral and gramophone music production to the folk songs as they were performed in the context of everyday life of mostly rural population. This relation is examined through the focus on one of essential elements of folk music performance - part singing, to which the previous ethnomusicology studies did not pay much attention. The study explores the intertwining of folk music with other musical genres, as well as it shows how popular and choral music of early 20th century affected folk songs and its performances. Understanding of these processes is, nowadays when past folk (music) practices are often being mythologized or authenticated, the basis for understanding contemporary interplay of folk music with other music genres.
COBISS.SI-ID: 278798592
The paper presents user interfaces and methodology for gathering multimodal data about music. Several studies dealing with music recommendation and visualization base their approaches on datasets gathered with user surveys. However, gathering procedure is seldom the focus of music research, even though user interface and methodology are an important part of gathering music data and evaluation of music information retrieval algorithms. The paper presents two novel user interfaces were developed: the MoodStripe and MoodGraph. Results show both models have several advantages over the traditional models in terms of intuitiveness and functionality.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1536361667