Assist. Prof. Mojca Kovačič, Ph. D.

Research associate at the Institute of Ethnomusicology at ZRC SAZU, assistant professor of Ethnology, Lecturer of the course Heritagisation of Folk Music, module Heritage and heritage processes in a critical Perspective

ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 5, 2nd floor
01 4706 272
mojca.kovacic@zrc-sazu.si

Qualifications

 

  • 2009 PhD in Ethnomusicology, Comparative Study of Ideas and Cultures, University of Nova Gorica,
  • 2002 BA in Music Pedagogy, Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana.

 

Research interests

 

  • folk and popular music practices
  • Cultural, heritage, and sound policies
  • Nationalism and music
  • Music in migration contexts
  • Language choices in popular music
  • Sound studies
  • Affect and music



Other activities

 

  • Head of the Institute of Ethnomusicology (2019-);
  • Member of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) (2005-);
  • National representative at the ICTMD (2011-);
  • Member of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology;
  • Member of KED Folk Slovenia;
  • Member of the Slovenian Musicological Society;
  • Member of the Slovenian Ethnological Society;
  • Expert associate of the Public Fund of the Republic of Slovenia for Cultural Activities (2009-2019);
  • Lecturer in Introduction to Music Folklore, Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana;
  • Member of the editorial boards of the international scientific journals Traditiones, Musicologist
  • Occasional guest editor of the journals Traditiones and Muzikološki zbornik/Musicological Annual;
  • Editor of the online platform for collections and materials of the Institute of Ethnomusicology Etnomuza, member of the editorial boards of the collections Etnofon, DigGNI, and Folkloristični zvezki;

Selected publications

 

Kovačič, Mojca. 2025. »Negotiating authenticity through folk singing interpretations«. Muzikološki zbornik 61/ 1: 33-60. https://journals.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/article/view/22776,

 

Kovačič, Mojca, Urša Šivic. 2023. »Migracije nacionalizacije glasbe: od ljudske k narodnozabavni«. Dve domovini: razprave o izseljenstvu 58: 103-123. DOI: 10.3986/2023.2.06.

 

Kovačič, Mojca. 2023. »From polka dance to polka mass: polka in the (trans-)cultural identity context among the Slovenian diaspora in the USA«. In: AHMEDAJA, Ardian (ed.). Diverging ontologies in music for dancing: European voices V. Wien: Böhlau: 77-94. https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.7767/9783205217657

 

Kovačič, Mojca, Ana Hofman. 2023. »Slovenian Trubači: the economies of affect within and beyond ethno-racialized difference«. V: Hofman, Ana (ed.), et al. Affect’s social lives : post-Yugoslav reflections. 1st ed. Zbirka Kulturni spomin, 10. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU: 109-138. DOI: 10.3986/9789610507291_04

 

Kovačič, Mojca. 2022. »Zakaj, zakoj, warum, or why?: multilingualism in Austrian Carinthian popular music«. Traditiones 51/2: 119-138. DOI: 10.3986/Traditio2022510206.

 

Kovačič, Mojca. 2021. »’Kje se kaj začne in kje se kaj neha?’: različni pogledi na manjšinsko etničnost skozi glasbo in ples«. V: Pettan, Svanibor (ed.). Glasba in etnične manjšine : (trans)kulturna dinamika v Sloveniji po letu 1991 = Music and ethnic minorities : (trans)cultural dynamics in Slovenia after the year 1991. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete: 43-63. https://ebooks.uni-lj.si/ZalozbaUL/catalog/download/293/428/6520?inline=1

 

All publications (COBISS)

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Assist. Prof. Anja Moric, Ph. D.

Course leader of Heritage Diplomacy – Intangible Dimensions in the doctoral programme module Heritage and Heritagisation Processes in a Critical Perspective. Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethnic Studies. Assistant Professor in Ethnology.


+386 1 2001887
anja.moric@inv.si

Education:

  • PhD in Political Science (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2016)
  • BA in Political Science, Policy Analysis and Public Administration (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2007)
  • BA in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2024)

 

Research Interests:

  • Her research focuses on identity processes within minority communities, majority–minority relations, nationalisms, (forced) migrations, memory politics, and heritagisation processes, with particular emphasis on intangible cultural heritage and its role in political and international contexts.
  • She pays special attention to the German-speaking community in Slovenia and its diaspora, the Kočevje (Gottschee) region, and other borderland and multicultural areas. Her work also examines the mobilisation of heritage in contexts of cultural diplomacy, reconciliation, and identity politics.

 

More information:
https://inv.si/sodelavci/doc-dr-anja-moric/





MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Assist. Prof. Daša Ličen, Ph. D.

Lecturer of the Food Matters: Time, Culture and Politics course in the doctoral programme Comparative Studies of Ideas and Cultures. Research Fellow at the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology ZRC SAZU. Assistant Professor in the field of Anthropology.


+386 1 4706 284
dasa.licen@gmail.com

Education:

  • M.Sc. Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (University of Ljubljana, 2015)
  • Ph.D. Ethnology, Cultural and Social Anthropology (University of Ljubljana, 2021)

 

Research Interests:

She specializes in historical anthropology and the anthropology of food. Within her historical interests, she uses anthropological apparatus to examine Habsburg Central Europe in the second half of the long 19th century, particularly in light of changes in the role of animals, the rise of the bourgeoisie, associational life, and natural sciences. She approaches the role of food in society in a more classical anthropological manner, namely through ethnographic research. Her interest in both fields also informs her interest in the formation and shaping of various collective identities (e.g., national, ethnic, regional).

 

More here:

https://isn2.zrc-sazu.si/en/sodelavci/dasa-licen-en





MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Assist. Prof. Nataša Rogelja Caf, Ph. D.

Research Associate at the Slovene Migration Institute ZRC SAZU; Assistant Professor in Ethnology.

Office: ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1st floor, room no. 106, Ljubljana
+386 1 4706 487
natasa.rogelja@zrc-sazu.si
Office hours: Monday, 10.00–12.00

Education:

  • University degree in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Culture (University of Ljubljana, 1998);
  • PhD in Social Anthropology (ISH – Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, 2005).

 

Fieldwork:

  • Istria and the wider Northern Adriatic hinterland (1994–1998);
  • Trieste Bay, Northern Adriatic Sea and the Istrian coast (1998–2004);
  • The Mediterranean (Ionian and Aegean Greece, coastal areas of Southern Turkey) (2006–2013);
  • Northern Adriatic area (2014–2017; 2019–2022; 2023–2025).

 

Research interests:

  • Lifestyle migrations
  • Anthropology of tourism
  • Maritime anthropology
  • Critical heritage studies
  • Anthropology and writing
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Mobile ethnography


Visiting positions:

  • Student researcher, Proteus Programme (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, May 2002);
  • Visiting researcher and lecturer, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, October 2023;
  • Visiting researcher and lecturer, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, October 2025.

Other:

  • Project leader Route biographies: walking and writing as methods for researching border regions
  • Editor-in-Chief and member of the Editorial Board (2025–). Collection of Essays. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC. https://footnotes.zrc-sazu.si/
  • Editor-in-Chief and member of the Editorial Board (2020–). Heriskop: discussions on heritage-making at the margins. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC. https://dediscina.zrc-sazu.si/sl/home/
  • Member of the Editorial Board (2015–). Slovenika: journal for culture, science and education. Belgrade: National Council of the Slovene National Minority. http://slovenci.rs/slovenika/
  • Member of the Editorial Board (2001–2004). Monitor ZSA: journal for historical, social and other anthropologies. Ljubljana: TROPOS – Association for Historical, Social and Other Anthropologies and Cultural Activities.
  • Member of the Editorial Board (2001–2004). Monitor ISH: journal for humanities and social sciences. Ljubljana: Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis – Faculty of Postgraduate Humanities Studies.
  • Guest editor of a thematic issue (2025). Traditiones: proceedings of the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/traditiones
  • Guest editor (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019). Two Homelands: migration studies. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
  • Exhibition curator (with Martina Bofulin) (2021). Coastal transformations: online exhibition. https://fishercoast.si/
  • Exhibition curator (with Špela Ledinek Lozej) (2015). Trade routes of Šavrinkas: women’s labour migrations in the first half of the 20th century in Istria and the popularization of Šavrinkas today. Zadar: University of Zadar, 5–7 June 2015.

BOOKS

 

  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša in LEDINEK LOZEJ, Špela (2023). Hodopisi: zbirka etnografskih esejev z metodološkimi premisleki o hoji in pisanju. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. https://omp.zrc-sazu.si/zalozba/catalog/book/2056
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2018). Trinajsti mesec: portreti morskih nomadov. Preserje: Aktivni mediji.
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša in JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka (2017). Fish on the move: fishing between discourses and borders in the Northern Adriatic. Cham: Springer MARE publication series.
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2017). Blue horizons: anthropological reflections on maritime lifestyle migrations in the Mediterranean. Založba ZRC. https://omp.zrc-sazu.si/zalozba/catalog/book/1149
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2006). Ribiči pripovedujejo: etnografija ribištva med Savudrijskim in Miljskim polotokom. Koper: Univerza na Primorskem, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Založba Annales.
  • LEDINEK LOZEJ, Špela in ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2000). Potepanja po poteh Šavrinke Marije. Ljubljana: Slovensko etnološko društvo.

 

ARTICLES / CHAPTERS

 

  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2024). Casting a sideways glance: walking-writing experiments with the river. ERNSTEN, Christian (ed.), SHEPHERD, Nick (ed.). Walking as embodied research: drift, pause, indirection. London; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.
  • GOMBAČ, Jure, ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, KLUN, Lucija (2024). Counter-archive : reflections on the (im)possibility of migrant heritage. Heriskop: razprave o dediščinjenju na obrobju https://dediscina.zrc-sazu.si/en/2024/05/counter-archive-reflections-on-the-nonpossibility-of-migrant-heritage/#page-content.
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, BOFULIN, Martina, PIPAN, Primož (2023). Fish stories between past and future: competing and complementary heritage imaginaries in the Northeast Adriatic. Maritime studies 22(3). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40152-023-00327-z
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2023). I wonder how the story ends: the circular stillness of maritime lifestyle migrants. Mobility humanities 2(2).
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2022). Walking with the Rižana River: ethnographic experiments in the Anthropocene. Anthropological notebooks 28(3). https://anthropological-notebooks.zrc-sazu.si/Notebooks/article/view/545
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, LEDINEK LOZEJ, Špela (2021). Footprints of the Camino in Slovenia: three ethnographic vignettes. TROTMAN, Tiffany Gagliardi (ed.). Walking the Camino de Santiago: essays on pilgrimage in the twenty-first century. Jefferson (North Carolina): McFarland & Co.
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, LEDINEK LOZEJ, Špela (2021). Hodim, pišem, raziskujem: refleksija hoje in pisanja v etnološkem in antropološkem raziskovanju. Etnolog: glasnik Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja 31 = 82. https://www.etno-muzej.si/en/etnolog/etnolog-31-2021/i-walk-i-write-i-research-a-reflection-on-walking-and-writing-in-ethnological-and-anthropological
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka (2020). “Back to the future”: sprehod med ostanki ribiške industrije v Izoli. KOSMOS, Iva (ed.), PETROVIĆ, Tanja (ed.), POGAČAR, Martin (ed.). Zgodbe iz konzerve : zgodovine predelave in konzerviranja rib na severovzhodnem Jadranu. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka, BOFULIN, Martina (2020). Morje mnogih rib: odbiranja preteklosti v severovzhodnem Jadranu. Traditiones: zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje 49(3). https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/traditiones/article/view/9427
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (2019). A life in letters: an anthropological reflection on the correspondence of Slovene missionary sr. Conradina Resnik. Dve domovini: razprave o izseljenstvu http://twohomelands.zrc-sazu.si/en/articles/show/601/a-life-in-letters-an-anthropological-reflection-on-the-correspondence-of–slovene-missionary-sr-conradina-resnik
  • LEDINEK LOZEJ, Špela, ROGELJA CAF, Nataša, KANJIR, Urška (2018). Walks through the multi-layered landscape of Šavrinkas’ Istria: eggs, books, backpacks and stony paths. Landscape research 43 (5). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01426397.2017.1336207
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša (avtor, fotograf), JANKO SPREIZER, Alenka (2015). Welcome to Izola!: offering “authentic hospitality” on fishing boats. Annales: anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series historia et sociologia 25(2).
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša. “Sail away”: the biographical approach as a tool to understand the concept of temporarily unbelonging. Dve domovini: razprave o izseljenstvu http://twohomelands.zrc-sazu.si/en/articles/show/44/-sail-away-the-biographical-approach-as-a-tool-to-understand-the-concept-of-temporarily-unbelonging-
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša. (2014). “Vse po resnici!”: uporaba biografske metode ob raziskovanju Šavrink. Dve domovini: razprave o izseljenstvu 40. https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/twohomelands/article/view/10811
  • JUNTUNEN, Marko, KALČIĆ, Špela, ROGELJA CAF, Nataša. (2014). Reflections on marginal mobile lifestyles: new European nomads, liveaboards and sha’bi Moroccan men. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 4(1).
  • LEDINEK LOZEJ, Špela, ROGELJA CAF, Nataša. (2012). Šavrinka, Šavrini in Šavrinija v etnografiji in literaturi = The Šavrinka, Šavrin, and Šavrinija in ethnography and literature. PERENIČ, Urška (ed.). Prostor v literaturi in literatura v prostoru = Space in literature and literature in space. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije.
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša. (2006). Healthy Mediterranean food in local perspective: the case of the Slovenian coast. Anthropological notebooks 12(1).
  • ROGELJA CAF, Nataša. (2002). The ethnography of local tourism : connections between fishery and tourism in Izola. MAST 1(1).

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor at doctoral study programme (3rd cycle) Comparative study of ideas and culture at Podstgraduate school ZRC SAZU.




Course principal:

  • Comparative study of ideas and culture (doctoral study programme 3rd cycle):




MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Tiva Vlaj,

Academic Coordinator

Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU Secretariat, Novi trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana
01 470 64 52
Tiva.Vlaj@zrc-sazi.si
Mon-Fri, 9.00-17.00

Academic coordinator at Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU:

  • front desk
  • student affairs office
  • international office




MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Anthropology of consciousness and practices of awareness

Asst. Prof. Maja Petrović Šteger, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Anthropology of Technology

Tanja Ahlin, Asst. Prof.,

ECTS: 6

Cosmology of Mesoamerican Societies

Prof. Ivan Šprajc, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Environmental Anthropology and Planetary Issues

Asst. Prof. Nataša Gregorič Bon, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Epistemological pluralism and “decolonizing” methods in ethnographic research

Assoc. Prof. Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Laughing politically: toward the anthropology of humor

Prof. Tanja Petrović, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Public anthropology, social engagement and activism

Assoc. Prof. Ana Hofman, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Assist. Prof. Špela Ledinek Lozej, Ph.D.

Research fellow at Institute of Slovenian Ethnology ZRC SAZU, Assistant professor for the ethnology

ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 5/II, Ljubljana
+386 5 335 73 22
spela.ledinek@zrc-sazu.si

Education:

  • B.Sc. Ethnology, Culturale Anthropology and Art History (University of Ljubljana, 1999)
  • Ph.D. Ethnology (University of Ljubljana, 2012)

Research interests:

  • Heritage and heritage studies
  • Material culture
  • Dwelling culture
  • Mountain pasture and livestock grazing
  • Food and foodways
  • Pilgrimage
  • Collections and collecting
  • Alps, Slovenia, Friuli, Istria


Main visiting appointments:

  • Visiting researcher – Research grant OP ESF 2014–2020, University of Udine (2016–2017)

  • Coordination of research programme Heritage on the margins: New perspectives on heritage and identity within and beyond national (P5-0408) (2019–2027);
  • Design, management, and implementation of the ZRC SAZU’s programme for the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025 within the project Episkop of borderscpes: Projections of the Gorizia Region’s pasts and futures as part of European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica 2025 (ARIS L7-4629);
  • Coordination of international projects ZBORZBIRK – Cultural heritage in collections between the Alps and Karst (ERDF, Interreg Iva) (2012–2015); coordination of international projects for ZRC SAZU: THETRIS – Thematic Transnational Church Route Development with Involvement of Local Society (ERDF, Interreg IVb) (2012–2014); AlpFoodway – A cross-disciplinary, transnational and participative approach to Alpine food cultural heritage (ERDF, Interreg Vb), (2016–2019), 100% Local – Boosting the Alpine agri-food value chains with the “100% Local” approach (ARPAF II) (2019–2021)
  • Vice President of the Expert Council of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (2012–2016)
  • Co-cordination v the Central and Eastern Europe Chapter (CEE Chapter) of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS);
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Department of History and Ethnography at the National Library of Studies in Trieste (2014–)
  • Member of the Action Group 6 of the European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) (2017–2025)
  • Member of editorial boards: Goriški letnik (2008–), Monitor ISH (2001–2003), Izvestja Raziskovalne postaje ZRC SAZU v Novi Gorici (2004–); Digital Encyclopedia of Slovenian Natural and Cultural Heritage – DEDI (2015–)

Selected publications:

  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Od hiše do niše: Razvoj kuhinje v Vipavski dolini [From main room to niche: Development of the Kitchen in the Vipava Valley]. (Ethnologica – Dissertationes, 5). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2015.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š., Rogelja, N.: Potepanja po poteh Šavrinke Marije [Roving along the routes of the Šavrinka Marija] (Knjižnica Glasnika Slovenskega etnološkega društva 32). Ljubljana: Slovensko etnološko društvo, 2000.
  • Godina-Golija, M., Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Pomen in cilji projektov ohranjanja dediščine prehrane: Register nesnovne kulturne dediščine, Etnofolk in AlpFoodway [The Importance and Objectives of Projects Aimed at Safeguarding Food Heritage: Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Etnofolk and AlpFoodway]. Etnolog, 28, 2018, pp. 85–103.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š., Rogelja, N., Kanjir, U.: Walks through the multi-layered landscape of Šavrinkas’ Istria: Eggs, books, backpacks and stony paths. Landscape research, 43/5, 2018, pp. 600–612. Doi: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1336207.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Frankfurtska ali švedska kuhinja?: Prispevek k zgodovini migracij in prilaščanj oblik(ovanja) [A Frankfurt or a Swedish kitchen? A contribution to the history of migrations and design appropriation]. Etnolog, 26, 2016, pp. 127–146.
    • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Stanovanjsko-arhitekturne krajine v Vipavski dolini: Družbenozgodovinske okoliščine sprememb mediteranske pokrajine v 50. in 60. letih 20. stoletja [dwelling-architecturescapes in the Vipava valley: Socio-historical Conditions of the changes of the Mediterranean landscape in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century]. Annales: Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije, Series historia et sociologia, 25/1, 2015, pp. 143–154.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š., Peče, M., Ivanćič Kutin, B.: Linking local cultural heritage collections from the Slovenian-Italian border region with ICT. Pregled Nacionalnog centra za digitalizaciju, 27, 2015, pp. 52–64.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Šavrinke – preprodajalke med osrednjo Istro in obalnimi mesti ter nosilke simbolnih identifikacij: Družbenozgodovinske okoliščine delovnih migracij in šavrinizacije istrskega podeželja. Dve domovini: Razprave o izseljenstvu, 40, 2014, pp. 47–55.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š., Peče, M.: Povezovanje krajevnih zbirk kulturne dediščine z informacijsko-komunikacijskimi tehnologijami: Primer “ZBORZBIRK” = Connecting Local Cultural Heritage Collections with ICT: The case of ZBORZBIRK. Knjižnica: Revija za področje bibliotekarstva in informacijske znanosti, 58/3, 2014, pp. 41–57.
  • Šmid Hribar, M., Ledinek Lozej, Š.: The role of identifying and managing cultural values in rural development. Acta geographica Slovenica, 53/2, 2013, pp. 371–378. Doi: 10.3986/AGS53402.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Planini Sleme in Medrje na Tolminskem [The Sleme and the Medrje alp in the Tolmin area]. Izvestje Raziskovalne postaje ZRC SAZU v Novi Gorici, 10, 2013, pp. 31–35.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Paša in predelava mleka v planinah Triglavskega narodnega parka: Kulturna dediščina in aktualna vprašanja vprašanja [Grazing and dairying in the mountain pastures of Triglav national park: Cultural heritage and current questions]. Traditiones, 42/2, 2013, pp. 49–68. Doi: 10.3986/Traditio2013420203.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š., Rogelja, N.: Šavrinka, Šavrini in Šavrinija v etnografiji in literaturi = The Šavrinka, Šavrin, and Šavrinija in ethnography and literature. In: Perenič, U. (ed.), Prostor v literaturi in literatura v prostoru = Space in literature and literature in space (Slavistična revija, 60/3, 2012). Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije. pp. 537–547, 549–560.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Prolegomena etnološkemu raziskovanju kuhinjskega prostora: Oris raziskav in epistemoloških izhodišč s poudarkom na Vipavski dolini [Prolegomena to the ethnological research of the Kitchen’s space: Outline of the Rresearch and the epistemological origins of the kitchen study in the Vipava Valley]. In: Kolenc, P. (ed.), Marušičev zbornik: Zbornik prispevkov v počastitev 70-letnice prof. dr. Branka Marušiča (Goriški letnik, 33-34/2, 2010), Nova Gorica: Goriški muzej, pp. 731–747.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š. Pričevanja o nekdanji ureditvi in življenju v planini Krstenica [Sources on the past of the Krstenica Alpine dairy mountain]. Traditiones, 31/1, 2002, pp. 69–90.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Dairying in the mountain pastures in the Julian Alps: Heritages, utopias and realities. Studia ethnologica Croatica, 28, 2016, pp. 91–111. Doi: 10.17234/SEC.27.1.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Stanovanjska kultura v etnološki vedi [Dwelling culture in ethnology]. Traditiones, 42/1, 2013, pp. 143–163. Doi: 10.3986/Traditio2013420108.
  • Ledinek Lozej, Š.: Raziskave stavbarstva in bivalne kulture Vipavske doline: Pregled poglavitnih virov in literature pred drugo svetovno vojno [ Architecture and dwelling culture in the Vipava Valley: Overview of sources and bibliography for the period prior to the second World War]. Traditiones, 35/1, 2006, pp. 219–245.

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.




Education:

  • B.Sc. Slovenian Language and Literarture, Russian Language and Literature (University of Ljubljana, 2005)
  • Ph.D. Slovenian Literature (University of Ljubljana, 2012)

 

Research interests:

  • Language and society;
  • Short folklore forms and their functioning within time and place;
  • Folklorism and modifications/re-uses of short folklore forms;
  • Cross-genre transformations of short folklore forms;
  • Rituals and other practices, connected with riddles, initiations, healing and life turning points;
  • Folkloristics;
  • Ethnolinguistics;
  • Linguistic Anthropology;
  • Ethno-psychology;
  • Relationship between context and concepts kept in language.


Main visiting appointments:

  • Postdoctoral project, Estonian Literary Museum Tartu, Estonia (2017–2019)
  • Student with fellowship Bojan Erhartič ZRC SAZU, University College Dublin, Irska (2016).

Other:

  • Field editor, Studia Mythologica Slavica, znanstvena revija;
  • Editorial member Dedi: enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem
  • Editorial member of Institute’s of ethnology book collection: Dela etnologije, folkoristike in kulturne antropologije [Works of ethnology, folkloristics and cultural anthropology]];
  • Editor of electronic data base: Slovenian riddles.
  • Editor of book: Golež Kaučič, Marjetka. Slovenska ljudska balada [Slovenian folk balad], (Zbirka Folkloristični zvezki, 2). 1. naklada. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2018.
  • Jesenšek, Vida (editor), Babič, Saša (editor). Več glav več ve : frazeologija in paremiologija v slovarju in vsakdanji rabi = Zwei Köpfe wissen mehr als einer : Phraseologie und Parömiologie im Wörterbuch und Alltag = Two heads are better than one : phraseology and paremiology in dictionaries and in everyday use : Maribor, Ljubljana, 18.-19. 4. 2013. V Mariboru: Oddelek za germanistiko, Filozofska fakulteta; Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje ZRC SAZU, 2014.

Selected publications:

  • Babič, S.: Beseda ni konj: estetska struktura slovenskih folklornih obrazcev [Word is not a horse; aesthetic structure of Slovenian short folklore forms], (Ethnologica – Dissertationes, 6). 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2015.
  • Babič, S.: Barve v slovenskih folklornih ugankah [Colours in Slovenian folklore riddles]. Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva 58/1-2, 2018, str. 43–51.
  • Babič, S., Voolaid, P.: Swearing: dissolution into nothingness. Studia mythologica Slavica 21, 2018, str. 147–159.
  • Babič, S.: Stereotipi in predsodki o ženskah in moških v šaljivih vprašanjih [Stereotypes and prejudges on women and men in conundrums]. V: Jambrešić Kirin, Renata (ur.). Humor u svakodnevnoj komunikaciji, (Biblioteka Nova etnografija). Zagreb: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku. 2018, str. 81–95.
  • Babič, S.: Tudi stara pamet ne vidi vsega vselej prav: konceptualizacija pameti in neumnosti v paremioloških enotah iz zbirke Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje ZRC SAZU [Even old brain cannot know always the right way: conceptualization of wisdom and stupidness in paremiological units from the collection of Institute of Slovenian ethnology]. V: Będkowska-Kopczyk, A. (ur.), Pfandl, H. (ur.). Slavofraz 2016 : Phraseologie und (naive) Psychologie = Phraseology and (naïve) psychology = Frazeologija i (naivnaja) psihologija,. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač. 2018, str. 81-92.
  • Babič, S.: Bukue sa use potrebe tega gmein ludstva: stiški prepis Lipičevih bukev [Bukue sa use potrebe tega gmein ludstva: Stična transcript of Lipič healing books]. V: Bjelčevič, A. (ur.), Ogrin, M. (ur.), Perenič, U. (ur.). Rokopisi slovenskega slovstva od srednjega veka do moderne, (Obdobja, ISSN 1408-211X, Simpozij, = Symposium, 36). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. 2017, str. 393–403.
  • Babič, S., Podjed, D.: Vozila in stereotipi: primerjava Ljubljane in Beograda [Vehicles and stereotypes: comparison of Ljubljana and Belgrade]. Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva, 56/1–2, 2016, str. 74–84.
  • Babič, S.: Contemporary forms of Slovenian love charms. Studia mythologica Slavica 19, 2016, str. 271–282.
  • Babič, S.: Prostor in čas v slovenskih kmetijskih napotilih [Place and time in Slovenian meteorological paremias]. V: Kržišnik, E. (ur.), Jemec Tomazin, M. (ur.), Jakop, N. (ur.). Prostor in čas v frazeologiji. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. 2016, str. 345–355.
  • Babič, S., Fikfak, J.: Presidents and their speeches at national commemorations. Traditiones: zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje 45/1, 2016, str. 215–239. doi: 10.3986/Traditio20164501107
  • Podjed, D., Babič, S.: Crossroads of anger: tensions and conflicts in traffic. Ethnologia Europaea: journal of european ethnology 45/2, 2015, str. 17–33.
    • Granbom-Herranen, L., Babič, S., Voolaid, P.: Proverbial expressions in newspapers: a study in Estonia, Finland, and Slovenia. Traditiones: zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje, 44/3, 2015, str. 5–32.
  • Babič, S.: Charms against evil eye. V: Uherek, Z. (ur.), Nagy, Károly Z. Changes of traditional beliefs in Central Europe: [a collective monograph]. Prague: Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. 2014, str. 57–63.
  • Babič, S.: Uganka v časovnem prerezu [Riddle in time]. V: Žbogar, A. (ur.). Recepcija slovenske književnosti, (Obdobja, ISSN 1408-211X, Simpozij, = Symposium, 33). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. 2014, str. 23–29.

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.

Faculty of Philosophy, Toulouse Catholic University, France








MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.

Research advisor, Slovenian Migration Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Office: ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1st floor
Ph.: 01 4706461
mirjam.milharcic-hladnik@zrc-sazu.si





MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Folk and Literary: Folklore and Intertextual Aspects

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intertextuality and Cultural Memory

Prof. Marko Juvan, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Ritual

Professor Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Short folklore forms in culture and society

Asist. prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Slovenian Emigrants between Tradition and the Present

Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The etics of Drama

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Language of Objects: Topics in Slovenian Material Culture

Prof. Maja Godina Golija, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

The Linguistic Identity of Slovenian Regions

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

The Role of Woman in Slovenian Society and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tradition and Ethics

Prof. Edvard Kovač, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Tragedy in Theater, Culture, and Society

Prof. Krištof Jacek Kozak, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Word – Music – Ritual

Assist. Prof. Katarina Šter, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6