Projects / Programmes
Interdisciplinarni vidiki sredozemske Slovenije in evropskih stičnih prostorov (Slovene)
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.01.00 |
Humanities |
Historiography |
|
| 6.12.00 |
Humanities |
Geography |
|
| 1.03.00 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Biology |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H003 |
Humanities |
History and Arts |
| S000 |
Social sciences |
|
| H360 |
Humanities |
Applied linguistics, foreign languages teaching, sociolinguistics |
| P003 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Chemistry |
| B003 |
Biomedical sciences |
Ecology |
| B006 |
Biomedical sciences |
Agronomics |
Researchers (25)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The research programme aims to develop an interdisciplinary approach, based on both human and social sciences, in the study of the Mediterranean Slovenia as one of the most representative examples of social and cultural contact areas in Slovenia and Europe. The research work will thus deepen knowledge in regard to the historical evolution of the studied region in a wider political and social context, problems of shaping of local powers, regional and state entities, as well as regional, ethnic and language communities, overlapping and inter-relating effects on the socio-cultural structure, inter-cultural interferences between passive and active integration, and effects of the political transformation on the pre-existing socio-cultural structure in the studied area. More in depth analyses will be devoted to sinchrone and diachrone elements and factors of maintenance and change in terms of linguistic, ethnic, national, regional and spatial identity, and generally, to behevioural and cultural patterns of the population in the Mediterranean Slovenia and its neighbouring areas. A special attention will be given on specific aspects and problems of both Slovene minority in Italy and Italian in Slovenia, and other autochtonous and more recently formed local communities. The historical-anthropological approach will study problems of shaping and changing of political and ethnic boundaries, and the related demographic aspects, history of migration and social mobility, history of institutions, social and economic history with special regard to the formation of the Slovenian bourgeois and the effects of the liberal-capitalistic modernization, and the cultural and political history in a broader sense. The social-anthropological approach, instead, will focus particularly on different aspects related to the »everyday« condition of people, their identity, linguistic practices, behavioural patterns and social relations. In this frame, the research programme will try to take an evidence and to collect field materials in order to preserve the richness of historical memory in the studied area. This kind of approach, in connection with socio-linguistic and socio-geographic researches, will contribute to a better understandment of social and cultural processes in contact areas and permit to complete knowledge on linguistic and dialect issues as well. Finally, the political geographical approach will exame the border and cross-border situation of Western Slovenia in relation with other Slovenian and European border landscapes and processes of inter-national, inter-regional and inter-ethnic cooperation, as well as efforts for maintenance of the original cultural specificity in a context of integration and globalization. Proposals for development of cross-border plans in relation to social and cultural aspects of border regions and strengthening of cultural coexistence practices will be also provided. The research programme will than be active in the field of research, preservation and improvement of the natural and cultural Mediterranean environment, particularly in respect to forest echo-systems, the preservation of biotic and biological diversity, resolution of problems of over-growing in cultural landscapes, the study of succession dynamics, traditional forms of farming and Mediterranean cultivation, introduction of modern cultivations and transforming technologies, introduction of the echo-farming, trade-mark introduction, the study of Mediterranean feeding behaviour as a part of national identity and the study of chemical and sensorial characteristics of the olive oil.
Most important scientific results
Final report
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Final report
