The miscellany offers a selection of extended and updated contributions, which were presented at the international conference "Ethnological collections, folklore and cultural tourism between the Alps and the Karst" held in Udine on 29 May 2014. The conference was organized by the University of Udine and Institute of Slovenian Ethnology at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts within the international project ZBORZBIRK – Cultural Heritage in the Collections between the Alps and the Karst (European Territorial Cooperation, Cross- border Cooperation Programme Italy – Slovenia 2007–2013). The project aimed to identify, register, evaluate, contextualise and promote local cultural heritage collections in the border area – from the Canale Valley and the Upper Sava Valley in the north to the region of Brda in the south and from the Torre Valley in the west to the Soča Valley in the east. Alongside the lead partner (Institute of Slovenian Ethnology at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) it included two educational-research institutions (University of Udine and Institute for Slovenian Culture in San Pietro al Natisone), two museums (the Goriška Museum in Kromberk – Nova Gorica and the Upper Sava Valley Museum in Jesenice) and six local communities (the Italian municipalities of Lusevera, Pulfero, and Taipana, and the Slovenian municipalities of Brda, Kanal ob Soči, and Kobarid).
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COBISS.SI-ID: 7709932Maribor is a city of contrasts, which in the past centuries experienced periods of prosperity, as well as a number of turmoils and setbacks: from the medieval centre of Jewish culture in the Slovenian territory to the centre of Germanization in southern Styria, from the centre of rich trade in agricultural products to the most important industrial centre in former Yugoslavia. The city, which today – in a period of harsh economic conditions, is falling into ruin and is on the brink of social collapse. The scientific monograph ('Maribor and the people of Maribor') represents the views of thirteen scientists from different research fields of the humanities (ethnology, biography, history, musicology, anthropology, art and literary history) on the fate of the people of Maribor, economic and cultural development, and the capabilities of this unique urban centre in Slovenia.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
COBISS.SI-ID: 282221568The field of visual anthropology and ethnography has long since passed its formation phase, and many protagonists, who co-created its history, are today reflecting on their own work, evaluating and systematizing it, but also searching for new research questions and topics that would complement and conclude their contributions. This monograph of 16 papers from Slovene and international visual anthropologists and ethnologists firmly places itself in a self-reflective perspective. Some of the researchers are attempting to find a distant, broader view of their work; others are discussing more narrow topics and research questions in which they were more deeply engaged, e.g. educational models and approaches, fieldwork experiences and methods, definitions of ethnographic film and use of the visual in museology, in research and in the representation of cultural tradition. This book is also a tribute to Naško Križnar, the spiritus movens of Slovene visual ethnography, who has been working and creating in this field for several decades, taking responsibility for its development and affirmation at home and abroad. Several papers discuss different aspects of his work; he first is positioned in the broader context of visual anthropology in Slovenia, and then attention is drawn to some distinct examples of his activities, such as his employment at the Goriško Museum, his fieldwork in Carinthia/Koroška (Austria), and to his cooperation with professional colleagues from the region. These papers are supplemented by the bibliography, selected filmography and interview, in which Naško Križnar articulates his thoughts and observations about his past experiences and his work – about his highways and byways as an ethnologist with a camera.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
COBISS.SI-ID: 278228224Researcher was a guest editor of Studia ethnologica Croatica. Her and Sanja Lončar edited a thematic bloc on local (traditional) knowledge as a key for sustainable rural development.
C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine
COBISS.SI-ID: 47239680In 2016, the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts co-organised the fourth edition of 'Why the World Needs Anthropologists' international symposium, dedicated to the promotion of applied humanities and establishing interdisciplinary collaborations of anthropologists in different contexts (event website: www.appliedanthropology.com). In 2013, the first symposium, which was attended by 185 people, took place in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), in 2014 the event was held in Padua (Italy) and was attended by more than 200 people, in 2015, Ljubljana hosted the third symposium, which was attended by more than 450 people, and on 4 and 5 Novembre 2016 Estonian Tartu hosted the fourth edition of symposium with a thematic title 'Humanise IT!'. More than 350 participants from 20 countries attended the plenary part of the event with the main purpose to ensure collaborations between engineers and anthropologists, and to present new opportunities for developing people-centred IT solutions by ethnographic approaches. Keynote speakers at the event in Tartu were Sten Tamkivi, the founder of Teleport and a former CEO and founder of Skype, Dr Melissa Cefkin, a design anthropologist at Nissan, dedicated to the development of autonomous vehicles, Prof Dr Daniel Miller, a professor at University College London and an expert in digital media, and Prof Dr Dimitris Dalakoglou, an expert in anthropology of mobility and infrastructure at VU University Amsterdam. All four speakers attended the panel discussion, which was moderated by Assist Prof Dr Dan Podjed, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology and a convenor of the EASA Applied Anthropology Network. Live streaming enabled over 1000 people to follow the plenary part of the event, and the video of the event was later watched by over 4000 people. Well attended were also the Intercultural Hotspot, i.e. a fair for organisers and partners, and five thematic workshops, which were held on 5 November. Participants of the workshops were able to find out more about the possiblilities for cooperation of anthropologists in development of new IT solutions.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting