Cultural and Social Representations on the Border: From Disagreement to CoexistenceIn the twentieth century, certain locations, symbols, and ritual practices along the Italian-Slovenian border were subject to various social and cultural representations. During that century, they primarily represented a subject of disagreement between both ethnic communities; however, in the last ten years, some groups and local authorities have been seeking opportunities to live together in coexistence.

Raziskovalec, ki se ukvarja z ljudsko kulturo ali načinom življenja ali kulturnimi objektivacijami ali empirično znanostjo o kulturi, ipd., se vedno spoprijema z vprašanjem, kako naj reprezentira t. i. celoto – totaliteto življenja neke skupnosti v danem okolju: katere izjave, katere informatorje naj izbere in predstavi. Avtor v razpravi analizira nekatere rešitve, značilne za slovenske narodopisne in etnološke spise med koncem 19. in sredo 20. stoletja. *** Researchers dealing with folk culture, lifestyles, cultural objectifications, empirical study of culture, and so on continually deal with the question of how to represent the “whole” – that is, the totality of life of particular community in a given environment: which statements, informants, and so on to select and present. This article examines certain realizations characteristic of twentieth-century studies in ethnography, ethnology.

This thematic issue of Traditiones is dedicated to heroes and national leaders, and is mainly compiled from papers presented at a conference in Ljubljana in December 2013. The publication of these papers in 2014 presents an opportunity to remember the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War and at the same time offers a framework for reflections on how individual leaders in Europe or on its margins influenced and guided the masses in times of peace and war, and in times of crisis and catastrophe. *** Tematska izdaja Traditiones je posvečena vprašanju herojev oz. vodij naroda in je nastala predvsem na osnovi prispevkov, predstavljenih na konferenci oktobra 2013 v Ljubljani. Objava razprav v letu 2014 je priložnost za obujanje spominov na stoletnico začetka 1. svetovne vojne in je hkrati okvir za premislek o tem, kako so posamični voditelji v Evropi ali na njenem robu vplivali in vodili množice v mirnih in vojnih časih, v času kriz in katastrof.

The EU constitutional crisis has shown how “Europe” is far from being a homogeneous entity. It is a mix of countries both large and small, old and new, that perceive and present themselves in different ways, and use different culturallyconstructed strategies and tactics in relation to an imagined “Europeanness.” Based on concrete practices between an EU member state and a non–member state, the author discusses Eurocentrism and the relations between official and subcultural discourse. This also involves examining selected texts in several books (Wolfe, Kockel, and Vivod) and issues raised by scholarly groups and their discourse regarding where the center of Europe lies, the relations between old member states and candidate countries, and desire and uneasiness as the fundamental ambivalence of old and new EU countries. *** Kriza ob sprejemanju ustave Evropske unije je pokazala, kako je »Evropa« še daleč od tega, da bi bila homogena celota. Je zbir držav, majhnih in velikih, starih in novih, ki se dojemajo na različne načine in uporabljajo različno kulturno konstruirane prakse in taktike v razmerju z zamišljeno »evropskostjo«. Avtor na primeru konkretnih praks med članico in nečlanico EU razpravlja o evrocentričnosti in razmerju med uradnim in subkulturnim diskurzom; pri pregledu nekaterih besedil v knjigi (Wolfe, Kockel, Vivod) pa o vprašanjih znanstvenih skupnosti in njihovih diskurzov; o tem, kje je središče Evrope; o razmerju med starimi članicami in kandidatkami za članstvo ter in o želji in nelagodju kot temeljni ambivalenci starih in novih držav EU.

Triglavski narodni park akTerji, sTraTegije, problemi, rešiTve jurij FikFak in TaTiana bajuk senčar Avtorja uvodnega besedila zarisujeta kratko zgodovino raziskave Triglavskega narodnega parka, ki je bila osredinjena na različnost in večdimenzionalnost dediščinskih praks med deležniki v narodnem parku in drugimi socialnimi akterji. Opišeta in tematizirata prispevke raziskovalcev v kontekstu projektne konfiguracije. V razpravah, objavljenih v reviji Traditiones in drugod so raziskovalci in raziskovalke osvetlili nekatera ključna vprašanja in kulturno značilne in pomembne procese; s tem tudi prispevajo k globljemu razumevanju vsakdanjega življenja v Triglavskem narodnem parku kot zaščitenem območju. ključne besede: zaščiteno območje, Triglavski narodni park, naravna dediščina, kulturna dediščina, dediščinjenje, konflikti The authors of this introductory text present a brief history of the Triglav National Park research project, aimed at examining the diversity and multidimensionality of heritage practices among existing park stakeholders and social actors. They place the present contributions of researchers within the context of the project's structure and aims as well as the other studies published in the journal Traditiones. In these articles, the project researchers succeed in highlighting the key issues and culturally significant processes that contribute to a deeper understanding of everyday life in Triglav National Park as a protected area.