Saša Poljak Istenič
Biographic Data
| ID | 72738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saša Poljak Istenič |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saša Poljak |
| FAMILY NAME | Istenič |
| SIGNATURE | ISTENIČ S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5277-7100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Urbane prihodnosti: Od vizij slovenskih mest do utišanih mestnih prebivalcev
Prizadevanja za boljšo prihodnost niso vezana na določene lokacije, a so najopaznejša prav v mestih kot osrednjih žariščih moči. Ta si prizadevajo, da bi zadovoljila potrebe (rastočega) prebivalstva z načrtovanjem razvoja infrastrukture in dejavnosti, ki vplivajo na kakovost življenja. Prispevek izpostavlja teme, ki so se v izbranih slovenskih mestih pokazale kot osrednje za njihovo prihodnost. Take raziskave zapolnjujejo vrzel v urbanih študijah…
“Here and There One Seed Sprouts, and Then It Seems We Have Done Something”: Nurturing Creativity in Elementary Schools
The Lisbon Strategy and other documents of the European Union advocating for a knowledge-based society have provided the ground for restructuring schools and changing pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning, focusing on creativity and entrepreneurship. One of the approaches increasingly popular in Slovenia has been Edward de Bono’s methodology. The article analyses the benefits, controversies, and potentials of de Bono’s “lateral thinking…
Ni čebel – ni prihodnosti«: Čebela kot simbol zelene Ljubljane
Članek uporablja koncept prihodnostne odpornosti kot analitični okvir za razumevanje, kako čebele postanejo glavni lik v vizijah zelene trajnostne prihodnosti. Sledi povezavam med čebelarstvom kot tradicionalno prakso v Sloveniji, vzponom in priljubljenostjo urbanega čebelarstva v Ljubljani ter načini, kako je to postalo vitalni element v zelenih urbanih programih in v prihodnost usmerjenih strategij odpornosti v različnih oblikah in kontekstih
Etnologija in kulturna antropologija prihodnosti: Koncepti za raziskovanje nečesa, česar (še) ni
Prispevek obravnava prihodnost kot predmet kulturnoantropološkega raziskovanja in analitični koncept, pri čemer so predstavljene študije zadnjih petdeset let, od tistih v domeni »kulturne futuristike« in anticipacijske antropologije do tistih, ki vidneje sooblikujejo antropologijo prihodnosti. O različnih pristopih razpravljava primerjalno in problemsko (prihodnost kot kulturno dejstvo, veččasovnost, časovno delovanje, metafizični prezentizem, ve…
The Art of Green Maintenance: Future-Making in Urban Gardening
Urban gardening plays a major role in how sustainable futures are imagined and envisaged, but the focus on its innovative potential tends to obscure the diverging logics at play. We draw upon ethnographic fieldwork at the community garden Onkraj gradbišča in Ljubljana, which was conceptualized primarily as a social and cultural innovation. Yet, it continuously called for maintenance and care practices in which the organizers and the gardeners had…
Vizije prihodnosti mest: Primerjalna analiza strateškega urbanističnega načrtovanja v slovenskih in hrvaških mestih
Mesta se zaradi prenaseljenosti, onesnaevanja, hrupa ter drugih ekolokih in drubenih problemov spoprijemajo s edalje slabo kakovostjo urbanega ivljenja, kar zahteva uinkovito nartovanje njihove prihodnosti
Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian cities
Due to overpopulation, pollution, noise, and other ecological and social problems, cities face a worsening quality of urban life, which requires effective planning of their futures. Urban visions as an aspect of strategic planning can be a starting point for a radical transformation of how towns develop into cities of the future that successfully address current challenges. This article, deriving from the anthropology of the future and planning, …
Etnologija i kulturna antropologija budućnosti: Koncepti Za Istraživanje Nečega Što (Još) Ne Postoji
U ovome se članku bavimo budućnostima kao kulturnoantropološkim predmetom istraživanja i analitičkim pojmom predstavljajući studije objavljene u posljednjih pedesetak godina od onih koje se smještaju u domenu “kulturne futuristike” i anticipatorne antropologije do onih u kojima se istaknutije profilira antropologija budućnosti. Različite pristupe zahvaćamo komparativno i problemski (budućnost kao kulturna činjenica, multitemporalnost, temporalno …
How to Raise an Entrepreneur? Fostering Entrepreneurship in Slovenian Secondary Education
The article uses a case-study of a Slovenian secondary school to discuss national specifics and European trajectories of entrepreneurship education. It is based on an historical overview of its development in Slovenia and narrative interviews with educators, headmasters, mentors, and students to illustrate how educational opportunities shape students' agency. Adding to the standard argument of the neoliberalisation of contemporary education in wh…
Green creative environments: Contribution to sustainable urban and regional development
The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue on the role of green creative environments in sustainable urban and regional development. The idea is based on the assumption that concepts of creativity mostly address economic issues and to a lesser extent social issues, while green concepts predominantly deal with environmental aspects. Therefore, we lack a deeper insight into the interrelations…
(2018) Foreign Policies toward Taiwan, written by Hu Shaohua
Forum 1: Linking the Taiwan Studies and China Studies Fields: How to Argue for the Faculty Recruitment of Taiwan Scholars at Western Universities
Creativity: An Introduction to Popular Concepts, Topics, and Discussions
Broad interest in creativity in academic disciplines, applied fields, and everyday life has turned the phenomenon of creativity into a fashionable concept, attached to a vast array of objects, practices, and actors. This article outlines popular discussions on creativity, addressing concepts such as individual and social creativity, the creative class, creative industries, and the creative city. *** Veliko zanimanje za ustvarjalnost v znanstvenih…
Green Resistance or Reproduction of Neoliberal Politics? Grassroots Collaborative Practices in Slovenia's "Green Capital" Ljubljana
The article presents an ethnographic study of grassroots green resistance practices to neoliberalism and the visions of (a) more sustainable future(s) in the City of Ljubljana. It analyzes the acts and discourses of local alternative (anarchist) and mainstream (“creative”) communities that oppose cultural and spatial policies at the municipal, national and EU levels. Their practices raise concerns about the instrumentalization of basic human acti…
Reviving Public Spaces through Cycling and Gardening. Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016
Ljubljana has recently started to accumulate various European and global awards such as the European Green Capital 2016. is article analyses the city's sustainable living policy that led to this award and assesses non-environmental factors which improve the quality of urban life -an important indicator for various city rankings.rough case studies of urban cycling and gardening, it focuses on the quality of public spaces as perceived by city-suppo…
Local (Traditional) Knowledge as the Key for Sustainable Rural Development: Utopia or Reality? (Introduction to thematic section)
Poročanje o sporu glede otočja Diaoyu/Diaoyutai/Senkaku v izbranih slovenskih medijih
Spor nad otočjem Senkaku ostaja v središču mednarodne pozornosti. Ker bi morebitna eskalacija konflikta lahko zanetila vojno enormnih razsežnosti, je spor atraktivna novica medijev po vsem svetu. Tudi slovenski mediji so, podkrepljeni s splošno vrednostjo objav novic o mednarodnih konfliktih, spremljali aktualne novice o sporu nad otočjem Senkaku. Medtem ko je oddaljena vzhodnoazijska regija na dnu slovenskih prioritet in ambicij njenih politikov…
Tradicija v sodobnost: Janče, zeleni prag Ljubljane = Tradition in the contemporary world : Janče, the green threshold of Ljubljana
The book ('Tradition in the Contemporary World. Janče: the Green Threshold of Ljubljana') deals with dimensions of tradition in modernity, as reflected in the half-urbanized environment on the northeastern outskirts of Ljubljana - at Janče with its surroundings. The author analyzes the concept of tradition, which is one of the core in ethnology and folklore studies, and presents its concretizations in the ethnographic field, especially its role i…
Triglav National Park and Recreational Adventurism
Triglavski narodni park je namenjen varovanju narave, obenem pa tudi rekreaciji, ki je zaradi vplivov na okolje podvržena regulaciji. V prispevku so predstavljene strategije različnih skupin športnikov za rahljanje in spreminjanje omejitev, določenih v Zakonu o Triglavskem narodnem parku in nastajajočem načrtu upravljanja. Avtorja s konceptom rekreacijskega avanturizma pojasnjujeta, zakaj je stroga naravovarstvena politika v tem primeru smiselna.…
Aspects of Tradition
In ethnology and anthropology, the term tradition usually denotes transmission over time and continuity of phenomena, while recent views also highlight other aspects. Because of disappearance of “typical” cultural phenomena it became a value. Since it has connected people on many levels, it can be perceived as a means of identity politics. At the same time it becomes a strategy to strengthen a sense of belonging and achieve diverse goals. These a…
The Role of the Media in Democratic Consolidation of Taiwan and Slovenia
The importance of the media in democracies has long been recognized. The media has often been seen as a preliminary mechanism of democratization process. Over the past 20 years, both Taiwan and Slovenia have been undergoing profound political changes, transforming from authoritarianism to democracy. This research will be a modest attempt to portray the significant role that media has played in the two countries’ democratization processes and draw…
Texts and Contexts of Folklorism
In ethnology and folklore studies, folklorism generally denotes a social and cultural phenomenon that presents and revives folk culture forms in a series of versions ranging from scholarly reconstruction to (folk) performance. The author presents texts and contexts of this phenomenon through the international development and definitions of the concept, as well as through discussions about folklorism in Slovenia and various experts’ and actors’ vi…
The Importance of Emigrant Societies: The Sava Slovenian Society of Belgrade
Za izseljence so njihova društva med pomembnejšimi dejavniki za negovanje materinščine in ohranjanje, oblikovanje ali utrjevanje identitete. Društvo Slovencev Sava Beograd je mlado, a aktivno; poleg kulturnih dejavnosti (predvsem v povezavi s prazniki v Sloveniji) si skupaj z drugimi slovenskimi društvi prizadeva za izvolitev nacionalnega sveta Slovencev v Srbiji. V prispevku je nakazan pomen društev za ohranjanje stika s slovenskim jezikom in ku…
Customs and Traditions as Folklorism
Avtorica v prispevku na primeru raziskav šeg in navad predstavi poglede na folklorizem na podlagi treh vidikov: 1. s stališča pogleda na teorijo oz. na raziskovalce, ki uporabljajo »folklorizem« kot koncept ali vsaj terminus technicus (v tem okviru je predstavljen razvoj koncepta v tujini in v Sloveniji); 2. s stališča raziskovalcev in njihove raziskovalne prakse, v kateri gre za (ne)zavedanje folklorizma pri obravnavi šeg in navad oz. (ne)aplika…
Reviving Public Spaces through Cycling and Gardening. Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016
Ljubljana has recently started to accumulate various European and global awards such as the European Green Capital 2016. is article analyses the city's sustainable living policy that led to this award and assesses non-environmental factors which improve the quality of urban life -an important indicator for various city rankings.rough case studies of urban cycling and gardening, it focuses on the quality of public spaces as perceived by city-suppo…
Etnologija i kulturna antropologija budućnosti: Koncepti Za Istraživanje Nečega Što (Još) Ne Postoji
U ovome se članku bavimo budućnostima kao kulturnoantropološkim predmetom istraživanja i analitičkim pojmom predstavljajući studije objavljene u posljednjih pedesetak godina od onih koje se smještaju u domenu “kulturne futuristike” i anticipatorne antropologije do onih u kojima se istaknutije profilira antropologija budućnosti. Različite pristupe zahvaćamo komparativno i problemski (budućnost kao kulturna činjenica, multitemporalnost, temporalno …
Green Resistance or Reproduction of Neoliberal Politics? Grassroots Collaborative Practices in Slovenia's "Green Capital" Ljubljana
The article presents an ethnographic study of grassroots green resistance practices to neoliberalism and the visions of (a) more sustainable future(s) in the City of Ljubljana. It analyzes the acts and discourses of local alternative (anarchist) and mainstream (“creative”) communities that oppose cultural and spatial policies at the municipal, national and EU levels. Their practices raise concerns about the instrumentalization of basic human acti…
Forum 1: Linking the Taiwan Studies and China Studies Fields: How to Argue for the Faculty Recruitment of Taiwan Scholars at Western Universities
Creativity: An Introduction to Popular Concepts, Topics, and Discussions
Broad interest in creativity in academic disciplines, applied fields, and everyday life has turned the phenomenon of creativity into a fashionable concept, attached to a vast array of objects, practices, and actors. This article outlines popular discussions on creativity, addressing concepts such as individual and social creativity, the creative class, creative industries, and the creative city. *** Veliko zanimanje za ustvarjalnost v znanstvenih…
How to Raise an Entrepreneur? Fostering Entrepreneurship in Slovenian Secondary Education
The article uses a case-study of a Slovenian secondary school to discuss national specifics and European trajectories of entrepreneurship education. It is based on an historical overview of its development in Slovenia and narrative interviews with educators, headmasters, mentors, and students to illustrate how educational opportunities shape students' agency. Adding to the standard argument of the neoliberalisation of contemporary education in wh…
Customs and Traditions as Folklorism
Avtorica v prispevku na primeru raziskav šeg in navad predstavi poglede na folklorizem na podlagi treh vidikov: 1. s stališča pogleda na teorijo oz. na raziskovalce, ki uporabljajo »folklorizem« kot koncept ali vsaj terminus technicus (v tem okviru je predstavljen razvoj koncepta v tujini in v Sloveniji); 2. s stališča raziskovalcev in njihove raziskovalne prakse, v kateri gre za (ne)zavedanje folklorizma pri obravnavi šeg in navad oz. (ne)aplika…
Customs and Traditions as Folklorism
Avtorica v prispevku na primeru raziskav šeg in navad predstavi poglede na folklorizem na podlagi treh vidikov: 1. s stališča pogleda na teorijo oz. na raziskovalce, ki uporabljajo »folklorizem« kot koncept ali vsaj terminus technicus (v tem okviru je predstavljen razvoj koncepta v tujini in v Sloveniji); 2. s stališča raziskovalcev in njihove raziskovalne prakse, v kateri gre za (ne)zavedanje folklorizma pri obravnavi šeg in navad oz. (ne)aplika…
The Importance of Emigrant Societies: The Sava Slovenian Society of Belgrade
Za izseljence so njihova društva med pomembnejšimi dejavniki za negovanje materinščine in ohranjanje, oblikovanje ali utrjevanje identitete. Društvo Slovencev Sava Beograd je mlado, a aktivno; poleg kulturnih dejavnosti (predvsem v povezavi s prazniki v Sloveniji) si skupaj z drugimi slovenskimi društvi prizadeva za izvolitev nacionalnega sveta Slovencev v Srbiji. V prispevku je nakazan pomen društev za ohranjanje stika s slovenskim jezikom in ku…
Texts and Contexts of Folklorism
In ethnology and folklore studies, folklorism generally denotes a social and cultural phenomenon that presents and revives folk culture forms in a series of versions ranging from scholarly reconstruction to (folk) performance. The author presents texts and contexts of this phenomenon through the international development and definitions of the concept, as well as through discussions about folklorism in Slovenia and various experts’ and actors’ vi…
Aspects of Tradition
In ethnology and anthropology, the term tradition usually denotes transmission over time and continuity of phenomena, while recent views also highlight other aspects. Because of disappearance of “typical” cultural phenomena it became a value. Since it has connected people on many levels, it can be perceived as a means of identity politics. At the same time it becomes a strategy to strengthen a sense of belonging and achieve diverse goals. These a…
The Role of the Media in Democratic Consolidation of Taiwan and Slovenia
The importance of the media in democracies has long been recognized. The media has often been seen as a preliminary mechanism of democratization process. Over the past 20 years, both Taiwan and Slovenia have been undergoing profound political changes, transforming from authoritarianism to democracy. This research will be a modest attempt to portray the significant role that media has played in the two countries’ democratization processes and draw…
Tradicija v sodobnost: Janče, zeleni prag Ljubljane = Tradition in the contemporary world : Janče, the green threshold of Ljubljana
The book ('Tradition in the Contemporary World. Janče: the Green Threshold of Ljubljana') deals with dimensions of tradition in modernity, as reflected in the half-urbanized environment on the northeastern outskirts of Ljubljana - at Janče with its surroundings. The author analyzes the concept of tradition, which is one of the core in ethnology and folklore studies, and presents its concretizations in the ethnographic field, especially its role i…
Triglav National Park and Recreational Adventurism
Triglavski narodni park je namenjen varovanju narave, obenem pa tudi rekreaciji, ki je zaradi vplivov na okolje podvržena regulaciji. V prispevku so predstavljene strategije različnih skupin športnikov za rahljanje in spreminjanje omejitev, določenih v Zakonu o Triglavskem narodnem parku in nastajajočem načrtu upravljanja. Avtorja s konceptom rekreacijskega avanturizma pojasnjujeta, zakaj je stroga naravovarstvena politika v tem primeru smiselna.…
Poročanje o sporu glede otočja Diaoyu/Diaoyutai/Senkaku v izbranih slovenskih medijih
Spor nad otočjem Senkaku ostaja v središču mednarodne pozornosti. Ker bi morebitna eskalacija konflikta lahko zanetila vojno enormnih razsežnosti, je spor atraktivna novica medijev po vsem svetu. Tudi slovenski mediji so, podkrepljeni s splošno vrednostjo objav novic o mednarodnih konfliktih, spremljali aktualne novice o sporu nad otočjem Senkaku. Medtem ko je oddaljena vzhodnoazijska regija na dnu slovenskih prioritet in ambicij njenih politikov…
Reviving Public Spaces through Cycling and Gardening. Ljubljana – European Green Capital 2016
Ljubljana has recently started to accumulate various European and global awards such as the European Green Capital 2016. is article analyses the city's sustainable living policy that led to this award and assesses non-environmental factors which improve the quality of urban life -an important indicator for various city rankings.rough case studies of urban cycling and gardening, it focuses on the quality of public spaces as perceived by city-suppo…
Local (Traditional) Knowledge as the Key for Sustainable Rural Development: Utopia or Reality? (Introduction to thematic section)
Creativity: An Introduction to Popular Concepts, Topics, and Discussions
Broad interest in creativity in academic disciplines, applied fields, and everyday life has turned the phenomenon of creativity into a fashionable concept, attached to a vast array of objects, practices, and actors. This article outlines popular discussions on creativity, addressing concepts such as individual and social creativity, the creative class, creative industries, and the creative city. *** Veliko zanimanje za ustvarjalnost v znanstvenih…
Green Resistance or Reproduction of Neoliberal Politics? Grassroots Collaborative Practices in Slovenia's "Green Capital" Ljubljana
The article presents an ethnographic study of grassroots green resistance practices to neoliberalism and the visions of (a) more sustainable future(s) in the City of Ljubljana. It analyzes the acts and discourses of local alternative (anarchist) and mainstream (“creative”) communities that oppose cultural and spatial policies at the municipal, national and EU levels. Their practices raise concerns about the instrumentalization of basic human acti…
Forum 1: Linking the Taiwan Studies and China Studies Fields: How to Argue for the Faculty Recruitment of Taiwan Scholars at Western Universities
Green creative environments: Contribution to sustainable urban and regional development
The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue on the role of green creative environments in sustainable urban and regional development. The idea is based on the assumption that concepts of creativity mostly address economic issues and to a lesser extent social issues, while green concepts predominantly deal with environmental aspects. Therefore, we lack a deeper insight into the interrelations…
(2018) Foreign Policies toward Taiwan, written by Hu Shaohua
How to Raise an Entrepreneur? Fostering Entrepreneurship in Slovenian Secondary Education
The article uses a case-study of a Slovenian secondary school to discuss national specifics and European trajectories of entrepreneurship education. It is based on an historical overview of its development in Slovenia and narrative interviews with educators, headmasters, mentors, and students to illustrate how educational opportunities shape students' agency. Adding to the standard argument of the neoliberalisation of contemporary education in wh…
Vizije prihodnosti mest: Primerjalna analiza strateškega urbanističnega načrtovanja v slovenskih in hrvaških mestih
Mesta se zaradi prenaseljenosti, onesnaevanja, hrupa ter drugih ekolokih in drubenih problemov spoprijemajo s edalje slabo kakovostjo urbanega ivljenja, kar zahteva uinkovito nartovanje njihove prihodnosti
Visions of cities’ futures: A comparative analysis of strategic urban planning in Slovenian and Croatian cities
Due to overpopulation, pollution, noise, and other ecological and social problems, cities face a worsening quality of urban life, which requires effective planning of their futures. Urban visions as an aspect of strategic planning can be a starting point for a radical transformation of how towns develop into cities of the future that successfully address current challenges. This article, deriving from the anthropology of the future and planning, …
Etnologija i kulturna antropologija budućnosti: Koncepti Za Istraživanje Nečega Što (Još) Ne Postoji
U ovome se članku bavimo budućnostima kao kulturnoantropološkim predmetom istraživanja i analitičkim pojmom predstavljajući studije objavljene u posljednjih pedesetak godina od onih koje se smještaju u domenu “kulturne futuristike” i anticipatorne antropologije do onih u kojima se istaknutije profilira antropologija budućnosti. Različite pristupe zahvaćamo komparativno i problemski (budućnost kao kulturna činjenica, multitemporalnost, temporalno …
Urbane prihodnosti: Od vizij slovenskih mest do utišanih mestnih prebivalcev
Prizadevanja za boljšo prihodnost niso vezana na določene lokacije, a so najopaznejša prav v mestih kot osrednjih žariščih moči. Ta si prizadevajo, da bi zadovoljila potrebe (rastočega) prebivalstva z načrtovanjem razvoja infrastrukture in dejavnosti, ki vplivajo na kakovost življenja. Prispevek izpostavlja teme, ki so se v izbranih slovenskih mestih pokazale kot osrednje za njihovo prihodnost. Take raziskave zapolnjujejo vrzel v urbanih študijah…
“Here and There One Seed Sprouts, and Then It Seems We Have Done Something”: Nurturing Creativity in Elementary Schools
The Lisbon Strategy and other documents of the European Union advocating for a knowledge-based society have provided the ground for restructuring schools and changing pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning, focusing on creativity and entrepreneurship. One of the approaches increasingly popular in Slovenia has been Edward de Bono’s methodology. The article analyses the benefits, controversies, and potentials of de Bono’s “lateral thinking…
Ni čebel – ni prihodnosti«: Čebela kot simbol zelene Ljubljane
Članek uporablja koncept prihodnostne odpornosti kot analitični okvir za razumevanje, kako čebele postanejo glavni lik v vizijah zelene trajnostne prihodnosti. Sledi povezavam med čebelarstvom kot tradicionalno prakso v Sloveniji, vzponom in priljubljenostjo urbanega čebelarstva v Ljubljani ter načini, kako je to postalo vitalni element v zelenih urbanih programih in v prihodnost usmerjenih strategij odpornosti v različnih oblikah in kontekstih
Etnologija in kulturna antropologija prihodnosti: Koncepti za raziskovanje nečesa, česar (še) ni
Prispevek obravnava prihodnost kot predmet kulturnoantropološkega raziskovanja in analitični koncept, pri čemer so predstavljene študije zadnjih petdeset let, od tistih v domeni »kulturne futuristike« in anticipacijske antropologije do tistih, ki vidneje sooblikujejo antropologijo prihodnosti. O različnih pristopih razpravljava primerjalno in problemsko (prihodnost kot kulturno dejstvo, veččasovnost, časovno delovanje, metafizični prezentizem, ve…
The Art of Green Maintenance: Future-Making in Urban Gardening
Urban gardening plays a major role in how sustainable futures are imagined and envisaged, but the focus on its innovative potential tends to obscure the diverging logics at play. We draw upon ethnographic fieldwork at the community garden Onkraj gradbišča in Ljubljana, which was conceptualized primarily as a social and cultural innovation. Yet, it continuously called for maintenance and care practices in which the organizers and the gardeners had…
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