Posted in From the Media, Slovenia, tagged nation branding, national identity, Slovenia, tourism on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Ten years ago, I went on a school trip to our then capital Bonn which included a a visit of the Slovene embassy. On the way to the embassy I was sitting in the bus and nervously skimming through an Encarta article about Slovenia – printed out in the last minute. When I left [...]
Posted in Slovenia, tagged nation branding, Slovenia, tourism on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have to admit, I really like this spot…
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Slovenia, tagged nature, Slovenia, tourism on December 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
