The New York Times (supplement for the SZ, 24. Dez.) remembers its readers in a number of articles that eco-friendly consumerism is a very tricky affair. A research project of the University of California, for example, took the local food hysteria under scrutiny and came to the conclusion that local food is - environmentally speaking – not [...]
Archive for December, 2007
When Santa Turns Green
Posted in From the Media, tagged Carbon Footprint, Christmas, Environment on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nationbuilding on the Skiing Slopes
Posted in Slovenia, tagged anthropology, mountains, national identity, skiing, Slovenia on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the latest issue of the Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (Vol. 7, No. 2, 19-35) Vlado Kotnik, researcher at the Institute for Anthopology in Ljubljana, gives an interesting account of “the role of the televised landscape in presenting alpine skiing as a Slovenian national pastime”. Though not offering overly suprising [...]
CfP “Chasing Eden: Nature, Health and the Politics of Environment”, Exeter
Posted in Academic Events on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Eden Project at the University of Exeter hosts a conference “Chasing Eden: nature, health and the politics of environment”, 4-5 September, 2008.
Oj Triglav, moj dom.
Posted in Slovenia, tagged national park, Slovenia, Triglav on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This year in August, a distinguished group of Slovene politicians, including prime minister Janez Janša and his girlfriend Urška (Od nékdej lepé so Ljubljanke slovele/al lepši od Urške bilo ni nobene) climbed Mount Triglav in order to render homage to Jakob Aljaž and celebrate his 80th anniversary of death. Aljaž is one of the Slovene myths I [...]
BSA Conference “Social Worlds, Natural Worlds”
Posted in Academic Events on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The British Sociological Association has been so kind to fit its annual conference to my PhD topic.” Social Worlds, Natural Worlds”, March 28-30, 2008, University of Warwick.
Conference “Civilizing Nature”, Washington D.C.
Posted in Academic Events on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The German Historical Institute in Washington D.C. is hosting a conference Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Transnational Historical Perspective“, June 12-14.
Slovenia – Legendarni videospot
Posted in Slovenia, tagged nature, Slovenia, tourism on December 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Zivjo svet!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dobrodošla/i/e to my weblog on nature, society, identity in former Yugoslavia and whatever crosses my mind in the next three years of doktorirati. Former Yugoslavia, I am wondering how long this term will still be usable. Firou (Former Holy Roman Empire, Dutchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg).
