Author: Špela Ledinek Lozej

Association of Critical Heritage Studies 6th Biennial Conference in Santiago (Chile)

Between 4 and 7 December 2022, the 6th Biennial Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) took place at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago. It was organised by the Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies and dedicated to interculturalities and their relationship to heritage with the aim “to gain an…
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29. 12. 2022 0

Photography exhibition by France Stele

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the continuous operation of the Slovenian Cultural Center Planika (Slovensko kulturno središče Planika/Centro culturale Stella Alpina) in the Canale Valley (Slov. Kanalska dolina) in Italy the photographic exhibition about the Ugovizza/Ukve alpine pastures was put on display in the old dairy in Ugovizza (Slov. Ukve). The photographs by France…
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24. 10. 2022 0

Pasts and presents of common property

On October 21, 2022, Špela Ledinek Lozej led a round table in the Xcenter Collective property as an opportunity for the future, as part of the RETHINKABLE Cross-Border Festival of Transformative Economies and Territorail Communities, co-organized by the University of Udine  (Nadia Carestiato and Lucia Piani), the University of Nova Gorica (Nikita Peresin Meden) and…
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22. 10. 2022 0

Critical Heritage Studies: Central European Perspectives

Since the founding of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) in the early 2010s, various local or thematic networks have emerged around the world to promote new ways of addressing what is understood as heritage. Central Europe has been somewhat neglected in these discussions. The conference Critical Heritage Studies: Central European Perspectives (6-7 October…
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15. 10. 2022 0

Heritage of Alpine cheeses

On October 3, 2022, Špela Ledinek Lozej participated in the Round Table on Alpine Cheese at the 12th Annual Conference of the European Farmhouse and Artisan Cheese and Dairy Producers European Network in Bohinjska Bistrica (Slovenia), dedicated to the past and future of Alpine cheese production. Together with Maurizio Tondolo from the Ecomuseum in Gumin/Gemona…
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04. 10. 2022 0

Photography exhibition by France Stele

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Tone Cevec, a photography exhibition about the Ukve/Ugovizza alpine pastures will be held in the Atrium of ZRC SAZU between 31 May and 16 June 2022. In 1979, Dr. Tone Cevc (1932–2007), ethnologist, and researcher at the Institute of Slovene Ethnology of the Slovenian Academy…
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31. 05. 2022 0

Research approaches and methods

The latest issue of Etnolog (2021) brings to the fore current research methods and challenges in ethnology and anthropology. While Dan Podjed, Rajko Muršič, and Mateja Habinc reflected on ethnography during the Covid 19 pandemic, Nataša Rogelja Caf and Špela Ledinek Lozej re-considered the connection between research and walking. In the article titled I walk,…
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03. 03. 2022 0

Heritages: Perspectives and Practices

The first issue of the 50th volume of Traditiones, the journal of the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology and Institute of Ethnomusicology ZRC SAZU, is dedicated to heritage perspectives and practices. The content of the issue follows the topics of the conference Borders and Boundaries of/in Heritage  scheduled for April 2020 and conceived by the Institute…
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02. 02. 2022 0

Behind the memories: About events and people

On October 6, 2021, at the future book centre in Nova Gorica, a conversation with Branko Marušič, the author of the monograph Izza spominov: O dogodkih in ljudeh (Behind the Memories: About Events and People) took place. In the book, personal memories and public events intertwine to reveal the rich layers of the past of…
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18. 10. 2021 0

Round table: Heritage – between legacy and ideology

On Monday, 28 June 2021, the Historical Association of Slovenia and the Heritage on the Margins programme group organised a roundtable on the issues arising from the different interpretations of heritage in legislation/legislative acts, state administration, public discourse, business and various professional discourses. In the introduction, Špela Ledinek Lozej outlined the expansion and consolidation of…
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06. 07. 2021 0