The article talks about dr. Branislava Sušnik, a Slovenian scientist who lived and worked in Paraguay between 1951 and 1996. She designed the modern image of the Andres Barbero Ethnographic Museum in Asuncion. She headed the Department of American Archeology and Ethnology at the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Asuncion. She is especially credited as a researcher in the field of ethnolinguistics and ethnography of the Paraguayan peoples. She was the first to write dictionaries of many Paraguayan indigenous languages, and published more than 75 independent publications.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1116816222The interview of Paraguayan journalist Miguel Lopez with dr. Marija Mojca Terčelj, author of the exhibition La Doctora, Life and Work of a Slovene Scientist in Paraguay, emphasizes the importance of the Slovene researcher who formed the foundations of Paraguayan ethnology, archeology and ethnolinguistics in the 1950s. At the same time, it emphasizes that the exhibition at the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum will bring the fame of this deserving Slovenian scientist to the world, especially to her homeland.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1541915844At the presentation of the life and work of dr. Branislava Sušnik in the Medvode Library were performed by Matjaž Žbontar, director of the film Šamanka Branka and Americanist, dr. Marija Mojca Terčelj, who is researching her scientific path in Paraguay. After the screening of the film, a lively debate developed about this exceptional compatriot, which also included individuals who were dr. Branislava Sušnik still known
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