Anja Moric
Biographic Data
| ID | 930046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anja Moric |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anja |
| FAMILY NAME | Moric |
| SIGNATURE | MORIC A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3497-4482 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ours, Yours, Theirs, No One's? The Heritage of Multicultural Areas
The introductory article examines the processes of creating, using, and interpreting heritage in diverse multicultural settings. Special attention is given to exploring the creative and performative power of heritage in minority, linguistically diverse, post-imperial, post-socialist, and other multicultural environments, where heritage functions as a dynamic field of negotiation, contestation, and connection
German “Linguistic Island” or a Linguistically Mixed Region
The article calls into question the understanding of the Kočevska (Gottschee) area as a “German language island”. Through examples of the use of different languages before the Second World War, it shows a different –multilingual or multicultural– image of this region. The author draws data from historical and archival sources, as well as from a survey that she conducted among Gottscheers (“Gottschee Germans”) living in Slovenia, Austria, Germany,…
Are the Gottschee Germans in Diaspora a Part of Slovene Emigration
Slovene nationalism has developed along the lines of the so-called Eastern nationalisms, which are characterised by their understanding of culture and ethnicity as the fundamental unifying element of a nation. Accordingly, the prevailing view is that the Slovene nation and Slovene emigration are based on Slovene ethnic origin and the Slovene language, wherefore the members of other ethnic groups (Germans, Hungarians, Jews, etc.) are excluded from…
Gottscheer Folk Song – From a Means of Fostering National Differentiation to a Memory Keeper in the Diaspora
The article focuses on changes in the roles and uses of Gottscheer folk song from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The first part addresses how nationalist activists used folk songs from the end of the nineteenth century to 1941/42 in order to instill the idea of a national identity in the Kočevje region. The second part offers insight into the role of folk song in preserving the identity of present-day Gottscheers in the diaspora. …
Petar Klepac/Peter Klepec/Pitr Kljepc
Storytelling and mythology are as old as humanity. According to some scholars the role of myths is "to unify the groups, tribes, nations or other entities where they are being told around certain common ideas, values and orientations" Nations, in particular, need a unifying element, which they usually fi nd in mythology, where the character of the hero often embodies desirable characteristics of the nation. Since mythology knew no boundaries unti…
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Petar Klepac/Peter Klepec/Pitr Kljepc
Storytelling and mythology are as old as humanity. According to some scholars the role of myths is "to unify the groups, tribes, nations or other entities where they are being told around certain common ideas, values and orientations" Nations, in particular, need a unifying element, which they usually fi nd in mythology, where the character of the hero often embodies desirable characteristics of the nation. Since mythology knew no boundaries unti…
Gottscheer Folk Song – From a Means of Fostering National Differentiation to a Memory Keeper in the Diaspora
The article focuses on changes in the roles and uses of Gottscheer folk song from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The first part addresses how nationalist activists used folk songs from the end of the nineteenth century to 1941/42 in order to instill the idea of a national identity in the Kočevje region. The second part offers insight into the role of folk song in preserving the identity of present-day Gottscheers in the diaspora. …
German “Linguistic Island” or a Linguistically Mixed Region
The article calls into question the understanding of the Kočevska (Gottschee) area as a “German language island”. Through examples of the use of different languages before the Second World War, it shows a different –multilingual or multicultural– image of this region. The author draws data from historical and archival sources, as well as from a survey that she conducted among Gottscheers (“Gottschee Germans”) living in Slovenia, Austria, Germany,…
Are the Gottschee Germans in Diaspora a Part of Slovene Emigration
Slovene nationalism has developed along the lines of the so-called Eastern nationalisms, which are characterised by their understanding of culture and ethnicity as the fundamental unifying element of a nation. Accordingly, the prevailing view is that the Slovene nation and Slovene emigration are based on Slovene ethnic origin and the Slovene language, wherefore the members of other ethnic groups (Germans, Hungarians, Jews, etc.) are excluded from…
Ours, Yours, Theirs, No One's? The Heritage of Multicultural Areas
The introductory article examines the processes of creating, using, and interpreting heritage in diverse multicultural settings. Special attention is given to exploring the creative and performative power of heritage in minority, linguistically diverse, post-imperial, post-socialist, and other multicultural environments, where heritage functions as a dynamic field of negotiation, contestation, and connection
Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Multiculturalism (3 works) · Nationalism (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · German (2 works) · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (2 works)