Članek se osredotoča na traadicionalno kmetijsko pokrajino (TKP) na obdelovalnih tleh in travnikih. Rezultati temeljijo na terenski raziskavi v katastrski občini Liptovská Teplička. Posebna pozornost ...je namenjena prepoznavanju pokrajinske raznolikosti in biodiverzitete ter njunemu povezovanju s strategijo varovanja narave. Na preučevanem območju je obstoječe varovanje narave usmerjeno predvsem k varovanju naravnih habitatov. Rezultati študije poudarjajo, da se je v prihodnosti potrebno usmeriti k zaščiti vseh tipov TKP, ki so v sedanjosti zaščiteni v najmanjši možni meri.
This article presents cultivated terraces as social and economic landscape elements that are closely connected with natural conditions. The theoretical part, which presents some of the professional ...activities connected with terraced landscapes and examples of studying them around the globe, is followed by a detailed presentation of the features of the unique terraced landscape in the Brkini Hills, Slovenia. Its features, changes, and development trends are placed within the context of the natural features of the area studied, especially its relief conditions and aspect, as well as unfavorable demographic characteristics and modern agricultural trends. Despite modern mechanized farming, the remaining farmers are finding it increasingly more difficult to maintain the cultural landscape. The former tilled terraces were converted into meadows decades ago. Many terraces are being overgrown. Afforestation threatens the future existence of cultural landscapes and affects their development potential and significance as a cultural value.
The monograph ('Protection and sustainable development of a cultural landscape: the case of Ljubljana Moor') introduces research findings about the structure and functions of the Ljubljana Moor ...(Ljubljansko barje) cultural landscape. This landscape is composed of a plain with isolated hills (inselbergs) and hills on the outskirts. Floods are still frequent. Due to its exceptional biodiversity, in 2008 the area was proclaimed a landscape park. In the study we identified 28 landscape elements in 3 pilot sites – depending on the geological substratum, water, and land use – which contribute to landscape diversity. Payments to farmers have a significant impact on land use which influences greatly land cultivation and sustainable breeding, while these have a considerably lower influence on the preservation of semi natural landscape elements. We discovered that in terms of sustainability the key tendency is to strive to such a landscape diversity that ensures optimum landscape functioning and various ecosystem services.The analysis of landscape changes over 4 study periods showed that, initially, agriculture, settlement, and water management were the main drivers~however, over recent decades the importance of nature protection and tourism has increased. In today’s landscape there are two conflicting trends: intensification and land abandonment .
Terraced landscapes with agricultural terraces are cultural landscapes with a special value. This volume presents them in pictures and words in all their diversity and attractiveness. After ...discussing the global and European dimensions of terraced landscapes and their agricultural terraces, the volume focuses on Slovenian terraced landscapes~they are discussed separately by landscape types, individual regions, and sample cases in the territory of selected settlements (pilot areas). The conclusion also draws attention to the exceptional value and appeal of non-agricultural terraced landscapes that have been shaped by nature and man.
Cilj članka so opredelitev in obravnava radikalnih družbeno-kulturnih pristopov oblikovanja pokrajine v današnjih megamestih znotraj strogega kapitalističnega konteksta ter razpravljanje o njih. V ta ...namen je v članku teoretično in na primeru preučen prostorski izraz znotraj vsiljenega sodobnega foucaultovskega »stanja znanosti«. V okviru raziskovalne metodologije sta tako sočasno uporabljeni različni hipotezi, ki naj bi premostili vrzel med teoretičnim preučevanjem in stvarnim vidikom arhitekturnega ustvarjanja. Glavna hipoteza temelji na lacanovskem konceptu dvoma. V članku je dvom upoštevan kot chomskyjanska primitivna sila, ki oblikuje vsakršno zamisel ali koncept in lahko pokvari »radikalno imaginacijo« vsake družbe, kot jo v svojih delih opredeljuje Castoriadis. Druga glavna hipoteza temelji na analitični študiji ustvarjanja prostora znotraj strogih političnih in gospodarskih kontekstov, v okviru katere so na primeru nekdanje Sovjetske zveze preučene vrednote kulturne pokrajine v komunističnem in kapitalističnem režimu. Največ pozornosti se posveča Armeniji in zlasti preobrazbi pokrajine v prestolnici Erevan med prehodom iz komunizma v kapitalizem. V članku so najprej podrobno teoretično obravnavani neekonomski dejavniki, na podlagi katerih bi morale kapitalistične države upoštevati potrebe socialno šibkejših družbenih skupin, ki nimajo prostora v današnjih megamestih, nato pa je podrobno predstavljena izvirna zasnova pokrajine v okviru novejšega arhitekturnega natečaja, ki ga tu razumemo kot sodobno foucaultovsko »stanje znanosti«. Glavni cilj predstavljene arhitekturne zasnove je izpolnitev razpisnih pogojev in pri tem združitev vsiljene podobe globalnega kapitalizma z lokalnimi prvinami. Pri tem naj bi se oblikovala foucaultovska heterotopija, in sicer tako, da se različnim družbeno-kulturnim identitetam omogoči, da razpravljajo o predlagani ikonični prostorski podobi, jo izpodbijajo ali vanjo podvomijo. Avtorja v članku ponudita nov pristop h konceptu dvoma, ki ga obravnavata kot pozitivno prvino »arhitekturne prakse«, in predlagata njegovo stalno prisotnost v idejni razsežnosti arhitekture.
Shaping the Geographical Imagination of Slovenian Landscapes in EducationThis volume focuses on Slovenian students’ geographical imaginations of Slovenian landscapes and the impact of curricula, ...syllabuses for selected subjects, and textbooks for them. It proceeds from the premise that photographs play an important role in shaping and maintaining individual and collective conceptions of landscapes. The introduction builds a theoretical framew`rk based on the concepts of landscape, geographical imaginations, and visuality. This is followed by a chapter presenting results of an analysis of twenty-five syllabuses for seventeen primary- and secondary-school subjects referring to shaping landscape imaginations. The third chapter brings results of an analysis of 949 photogrῡphs from fifty primary- and secondary-school textbooks. The fourth chapter presents the results of the analysis of questionnaires completed by 722 students and twenty-seven teachers from seventeen Slovenian primary schools and eight secondary schools. The fifth chapter synthesizes all of the findings.
The cultural genome.Space and its ideograms of the mythical storyAs a biological genome determines our biological appearance, so too the cultural genome determines our cultural expression. This is a ...set of findings about the functioning of the universe and rules derived from them. When people verbalize these findings in a narrative, a mythical story occurs. A mythical landscape is a form of the cultural landscape that people created in accordance with their mythical conceptions that they could master the forces of nature with its help. From individual structures of the text fragments of Slavic folk traditions, a composite story in many versions is made, which explains the mechanism of renewal and describes the cyclical changes of the nature. People were using this mythical story as a mental model, which was materialized in specific spaces as spatial ideograms, which are discussed in the next part of the book (‘The cultural genome. Space and its ideograms of the mythical story’).
A cultural landscape is simultaneously a complex phenomenon and a process~it is a medium and a result of human activities and perception. This monograph is based on a postmodern view of the landscape ...and it understands the landscape not only as a physical phenomenon, but especially as a social and cultural document. Reading this document discloses the layers of meaning and processes that comprise it. This study examines the understanding and perception of the spatial effects from the history of Slovenian Istria in the twentieth century. It does not deal with direct changes in cultural landscape features, but rather with people’s relationship to them, and so social representation theory is used to represent landscape as a complex phenomenon. The focus is on representations of the landscape and history, such as their appearance in various literary, professional, and scholarly texts. Any literature can be a source for scholarly study and can enable the creation of new geographical knowledge and awareness.