Abstract
The paper focuses on the notions and practices related to change and sustainability in the region of Solčavsko in northeastern Slovenia. Based on ongoing ethnographic research, the paper elaborates on the interrelatedness of the perceptions of transformations of the environment on the one hand and the community-based »identities«, kinship placement, affective topographies, and the economic practices, primarily agriculture, forestry, and family-run tourism, on the other. The question of how do the local farmers perceive their position, and position of their family-owned homesteads, in a wider network of actors qualified, or not, to conceive and implement environmental policies and practices (municipality, the government, EU, the Alpine association, the hunting societies, etc.) is related to terms such as guardianship, responsibility-obligation, and foresight.
Presenters
Ana SvetelResearcher, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Veronika Zavratnik
Researcher, Institute for innovation and Development, University of Ljubljana , Slovenia Blaz Bajic
Researcher, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
EcologicalAnthropology, EnvironmentalChange, PerceptionOfChange, Solčavsko, KamnikSavinjaAlps
