Sloveenia folkloristika ja etnoloogia I
Folklore studies and ethnology in Slovenia I

Summary/Abstract: The Institute for Slovenian Emigration Studies at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences is concerned with studying the emigration and immigration of Slovenians in the 19th and 20th century. The institute is carrying out several joint projects with research groups of other countries, and issues a periodical Dve Domovini. Razprave o izseljenstvu: Two Homelands. Migration Studies a newsletter, which introduces ongoing projects and events, and a series of monographs. In addition to studying Yugoslavian ethnic policy and demographic research the institute observes contemporary processes in newly independent countries. Researchers have widely different academic backgrounds, and this determines the choice of research topics (such as, for example, the life of Slovenian missionaries, or fiction published in the Slovenian diaspora.) The Institute of Ethnology of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences is a central research centre and archive of ethnology and folklore, which prepares academic monographs, publishes the volumes of Mythologia Slavica, and issues popular publications. Marija Stanonik, a folklore theoretician, has been active in encouraging local folklore collection. Her work has resulted in an edited publication series of folklore with comments, glossary, maps, and CD-s with traditional lore accompanying newer editions. M. Stanonik has collected and published Christian lore, the lore of Slovenian soldiers in German Army, the local lore of her home village, etc. Her studies and manuscript collection form a part of the work in the Institute of Ethnology.

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