Avtor v članku raziskuje ohranjanje vezi diasporičnih skupnosti z izvorno državo in navezanost na tamkajšnje dogajanje. Ugotavlja, da se to običajno še okrepi v kriznih in prelomnih časih. Avstralski ...Slovenci so se najbolj angažirali med demokratizacijskimi in osamosvojitvenimi procesi v Sloveniji, takratno dogajanje pe še vedno odzvanja pri njihovih današnjih pogledih na matično državo. V empiričnem delu članka avtor na podlagi polstrukturiranih intervjujev s skrbno izbranimi referenčnimi osebami ugotavlja, kako (izbrani) avstralski Slovenci gledajo na stanje demokratične in pravne države v Sloveniji dobrih petindvajset let po njeni osamosvojitvi in demokratizaciji. KLJUČNE BESEDE: avstralski Slovenci, vidnejši posamezniki, odnos do matične domovine, stanje demokracije, stanje pravne države
Avtor v članku preučuje pojav posameznikov slovenskih korenin iz ZDA in Kanade, ki so stik z etnično identiteto in s slovensko skupnostjo izgubili že zelo zgodaj oz. jim predniki slovenske identitete ...sploh niso predali, a so jo pozneje (ponovno) odkrili. Življenjske zgodbe posameznikov postavlja v kontekst globalnega trenda individualizacije, ki ga aplicira na omenjene mikro primere. Zanima ga, kaj jih je privedlo do iskanja korenin, kaj jim te pomenijo in kako se renesansa etnične identitete odraža v njihovih življenjih.
Slovenske narodne skupnosti (manjšine) v sosednjih štirih državah kot celóte zastopajo tako imenovane krovne oziroma zastopniške organizacije. Takšen status tem organizacijam priznavajo tako države, ...kjer te skupnosti živijo, kot Republika Slovenija. A med pripadniki teh skupnosti obstajajo tudi zelo kritična stališča, da krovne organizacije nimajo potrebne legitimnosti in da takšen sistem ni ustrezen. V príspevku so najprej strnjeno predstavljeni zgodovinski razlogi, zakaj so se prav obstoječe organizacije uveljavile kot krovne, nato pa so predstavljeni in primerjani pogledi izbranih intervjuvancev, ki so kritični glede legitimnosti in učinkovitosti takšne ureditve. Prispevek se zaključi s sintezo, v kateri je ponujen tudi razmislek o možnih reformah manjšinskega zastopstva v slovenskih zamejstvih.
Slovenian national minorities in the four Slovenia’s neighboring countries are represented as a whole by the so-called umbrella organizations. Such status is recognized to these organizations by the ...countries where these communities live, as well as by the Republic of Slovenia. But among members of these Slovenian communities there are also very critical views that umbrella organizations do not have the necessary legitimacy and that such a system is not appropriate. The article first summarizes the historical reasons why the existing organizations established themselves as umbrella organizations, and then we present and compare the views of selected interviewees who are critical about the legitimacy and effectiveness of such an arrangement. We conclude with a reflection on possible reforms of representation of Slovenian minorities.
Resia is a part of Slovenian ethnic settlement in Italy, yet due to geographical and historical reasons, most of the population has not developed a sense of Slovenian ethnic identity, but rather, ...only their local one. After 1999 the municipality of Resia was included into three protection acts for Slovenian linguistic minority. Part of the population and the actual municipal government is categorically opposed to that, which has provoked many drastic conflicts in the valley. In this paper, the author presents and analyses the placement of the municipality of Resia into the protection acts for Slovenian minority, reasons for opposing this placement and the problems with the application of the minority protection by the authorities.
In this article the author presents a phenomenon of individuals of Slovenian descent living in the United States and Canada, whose ethnic identity and connection with Slovenian ethnic community were ...either lost early in their lives, or were not even passed down to them by their ancestors, but were later (re)discovered. Life stories of individuals have been put into the context of the global trend of individualization and applied to this local case. The author examines what has motivated them to trace their roots, what this means to them today and how the discovery of Slovenian identity is reflected in their lives.
Resia, a valley situated in northern Italy, is part of the Slovene ethnic settlement and now an administrative part of the Italian state. Due to natural conditions as well as political history, its ...population has not experienced the same kind of ethnic development that has taken place in the rest of the Slovene "ethnic territory". As a result, a part of the Resian population identifies itself as an integral part of the Slovene cultural space while another part categorically rejects this notion and interprets its origin and identity in other contexts. Antagonism between these conceptual poles, which share the small valley, has produced conflicts and even escalated into violence. The issues with which Slovenes as well as other nations in Central Europe struggled primarily in the second half of the 19th century - how to identify ethnically, which alphabet to use, which ethnic communities to link with, etc. - still remain the principal political and ideological issues in Resia.
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