Barbara Turk Niskač
Biographic Data
| ID | 94012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Turk Niskač |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara Turk |
| FAMILY NAME | Niskač |
| SIGNATURE | NISKAČ B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9228-7218 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
If You Were Always with Them, You Were Their Friend
Drawing on ethnographic study of childhood memories related to animal husbandry in Southeast Slovenia, the article explores how more-than-human sociality unfolded in the everyday encounters of working and living together through children’s taking care of cows, oxen, and land. The article contributes to the discussion on multispecies assemblages and more-than-human sociality in the context of rural childhoods. Highlighting the shared agency of ani…
The Value of Common Bracken Revisited
Based on a walking ethnography, this photo essay employs sensory ethnography to explore multispecies relationality in steljniki, plots of land traditionally used for grazing and the harvesting of common bracken. Through work in subsistence-based extensive farming, humans have formed multispecies relationality, and, beyond use value, have attributed aesthetic value to the cultivated landscape. This essay presents the micro-processes of relational,…
Children, common bracken and cows at work
Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood Education and Care to Prepare Children for a World of Change
In recent years, the sustainability crisis has raised interest in the concept of resilience, i.e., the capacity to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change and challenge. However, to date, resilience has only been studied to a limited extent within early childhood education and care (ECEC). This paper reports on a study that used critical document analysis of national and international policies to explore if and how the concept of resil…
Character development of preschool children through participation in domestic work
In Slovenia, the notion of educational work impacting character development dates at least to the pedagogy of the Enlightenment period. By introducing the concept of educational work – ascribing cultural value to children’s participation in work – we can better grasp how preschool children engaging in domestic work learn through active participation, observation and play. This study examines the educational value of work in a contemporary Sloveni…
Play and Folklore in Children's Peer Cultures
This article examines children's creative production of and participation in a shared peer culture. Focusing on material on preschool children's use of counting-out rhymes, faecal humour, and word play gathered in two Slovenian kindergartens by means of participant observation and video ethnography, the article demonstrates the importance of social participation in peer groups from an early age and the alliances, conflicts, and power hierarchies …
O igri in delu
The monograph introduces the concept of work, which is inherent in human being as is play. This concept of work can be understood simultaneously as a powerful means of socialisation and as a disciplining instrument. The author problematizes the dichotomy between play and work as a construct that emerged in the specific historical and geographical context of early industrialization. She introduces the educational value attributed to work and prese…
Distance Learning and New Forms of Discipline During the Pandemic
In the 19th century, compulsory education was introduced as a means of discipline within a new work ethic formed in the moral discourse of productivity and the state’s preoccupation with increasing profits. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the compulsory schooling of children in Slovenia moved into the homes with the help of distance learning and technological solutions made possible by the digital revolution. As managing the shift to distance learn…
From educational work to companionship
The paper draws on ethnographic study and goes beyond dualistic understanding of work and play to investigate the complex world of social interactions among preschoolers. While adults viewed work as an educational process through which children's personalities are shaped in a desired way, the children perceived work as a means of social interactions. Building on the theoretical framework of sociality and intersubjectivity, the paper suggests that…
Children’s Perspectives on Natural and Cultural Heritage
Raziskave, ki se ukvarjajo z dediščino kot družbenim konstruktom, se navadno osredinjajo le na odrasle, nas pa je zanimalo, kako otroci dojemajo naravno in kulturno dediščino v okolju, ki jih obdaja. Učence osnovne šole v Srednji vasi v Bohinju smo prosili, da fotografirajo svoje okolje. Ob fotografijah smo nato opravili pogovore, v katerih so otroci razložili, kaj so slikali. Zanimalo nas je predvsem, kako otroci razumejo dediščino ter katere po…
Urban living next to farms and rural living next to high-rises? Finding a clear boundary between urban and rural
Urbano življenje ob kmetijah ali ruralno življenje ob stolpnicah? Dilema jasne ločnice med urbanim in ruralnim
V prispevku se na primeru Ljubljane obravnava odnos med mestom in podeželjem, med urbanim in ruralnim. S pogovori s prebivalci cetrtne skupnosti Posavje smo poskusale ugotoviti, kako posamezniki glede na svojo interakcijo, prakse in odnose v sirsem prostoru bivanja oblikujejo locnice med ruralnim in urbanim ter kam jih umescajo. Obravnavano obmocje razumemo kot vmesni prostor, v katerem prihaja do prehajanja med podeželjem oziroma ruralnim prosto…
Urban living next to farms and rural living next to high-rises? Finding a clear boundary between urban and rural
Urbano življenje ob kmetijah ali ruralno življenje ob stolpnicah? Dilema jasne ločnice med urbanim in ruralnim
V prispevku se na primeru Ljubljane obravnava odnos med mestom in podeželjem, med urbanim in ruralnim. S pogovori s prebivalci cetrtne skupnosti Posavje smo poskusale ugotoviti, kako posamezniki glede na svojo interakcijo, prakse in odnose v sirsem prostoru bivanja oblikujejo locnice med ruralnim in urbanim ter kam jih umescajo. Obravnavano obmocje razumemo kot vmesni prostor, v katerem prihaja do prehajanja med podeželjem oziroma ruralnim prosto…
Children’s Perspectives on Natural and Cultural Heritage
Raziskave, ki se ukvarjajo z dediščino kot družbenim konstruktom, se navadno osredinjajo le na odrasle, nas pa je zanimalo, kako otroci dojemajo naravno in kulturno dediščino v okolju, ki jih obdaja. Učence osnovne šole v Srednji vasi v Bohinju smo prosili, da fotografirajo svoje okolje. Ob fotografijah smo nato opravili pogovore, v katerih so otroci razložili, kaj so slikali. Zanimalo nas je predvsem, kako otroci razumejo dediščino ter katere po…
O igri in delu
The monograph introduces the concept of work, which is inherent in human being as is play. This concept of work can be understood simultaneously as a powerful means of socialisation and as a disciplining instrument. The author problematizes the dichotomy between play and work as a construct that emerged in the specific historical and geographical context of early industrialization. She introduces the educational value attributed to work and prese…
Distance Learning and New Forms of Discipline During the Pandemic
In the 19th century, compulsory education was introduced as a means of discipline within a new work ethic formed in the moral discourse of productivity and the state’s preoccupation with increasing profits. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the compulsory schooling of children in Slovenia moved into the homes with the help of distance learning and technological solutions made possible by the digital revolution. As managing the shift to distance learn…
From educational work to companionship
The paper draws on ethnographic study and goes beyond dualistic understanding of work and play to investigate the complex world of social interactions among preschoolers. While adults viewed work as an educational process through which children's personalities are shaped in a desired way, the children perceived work as a means of social interactions. Building on the theoretical framework of sociality and intersubjectivity, the paper suggests that…
Character development of preschool children through participation in domestic work
In Slovenia, the notion of educational work impacting character development dates at least to the pedagogy of the Enlightenment period. By introducing the concept of educational work – ascribing cultural value to children’s participation in work – we can better grasp how preschool children engaging in domestic work learn through active participation, observation and play. This study examines the educational value of work in a contemporary Sloveni…
Play and Folklore in Children's Peer Cultures
This article examines children's creative production of and participation in a shared peer culture. Focusing on material on preschool children's use of counting-out rhymes, faecal humour, and word play gathered in two Slovenian kindergartens by means of participant observation and video ethnography, the article demonstrates the importance of social participation in peer groups from an early age and the alliances, conflicts, and power hierarchies …
Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood Education and Care to Prepare Children for a World of Change
In recent years, the sustainability crisis has raised interest in the concept of resilience, i.e., the capacity to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change and challenge. However, to date, resilience has only been studied to a limited extent within early childhood education and care (ECEC). This paper reports on a study that used critical document analysis of national and international policies to explore if and how the concept of resil…
Children, common bracken and cows at work
If You Were Always with Them, You Were Their Friend
Drawing on ethnographic study of childhood memories related to animal husbandry in Southeast Slovenia, the article explores how more-than-human sociality unfolded in the everyday encounters of working and living together through children’s taking care of cows, oxen, and land. The article contributes to the discussion on multispecies assemblages and more-than-human sociality in the context of rural childhoods. Highlighting the shared agency of ani…
The Value of Common Bracken Revisited
Based on a walking ethnography, this photo essay employs sensory ethnography to explore multispecies relationality in steljniki, plots of land traditionally used for grazing and the harvesting of common bracken. Through work in subsistence-based extensive farming, humans have formed multispecies relationality, and, beyond use value, have attributed aesthetic value to the cultivated landscape. This essay presents the micro-processes of relational,…
Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)