The Vrban Jarnik Slovene Ethnographic Institute

The staff of the Christian Cultural Union (KKZ) in Celovec/Klagenfurt as early as the 1950s, and in particular from 1953 when the KKZ added the ethnographic lore of Carinthia to its fields of endeavour, had been collecting documentary materials. Its activities in the field of ethnography developed strongly after a department of ethnography was established within the KKZ, for which it was necessary for the KKZ to reorganize its work in a new form. At a meeting on March 2, 1992, the KKZ approved regulations for the Urban Jarnik Institute of Slovene Ethnography (SNIUJ) and established the Institute. From 1992 to 1994 the Urban Jarnik Institute of Slovene Ethnography worked as a special organizational unit within the framework of the KKZ; on May 1994 the Urban Jarnik Ethnographic Society was set up, and since that date it has been the legal sponsor of the Urban Jarnik Institute of Slovene Ethnography. The aims of the Institute: - The collection and documentation of the social, spiritual and material culture of the Carinthian Slovenes - Investigations into the past and present way of life of the Carintian Slovenes Focuses of Activity: 1. Field Research and Documentation 2. Sorting and Archiving Materials Recorded on Tape and in Pictures, and Artifacts 3. Sorting and Publishing Legacies 4. Inventarisation and Restoration of Cultural Artifacts 5. Pictoral Documentation of Ethnic Artifacts 6. Audio-visual documentation of Carinthian dialects and the Carinthian cultural heritage 7. The Publication in Book Form of the Results of Research Activities 8. The Presentation of Research Activities to Specialists and Wider Audiences 9. Cooperation with Scientific and Cultural Institutions in Austria, Slovenia 10. International Cooperation