Etnolog 16 (2006) UVODNA BESEDA Da{a Koprivec 11 Spo{tovani bralci in bralke, letos praznujemo osemdeseto obletnico izhajanja Etnologa, to je glasnika Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja, ki ima status znanstvene periodi~ne publikacije. To je ~astitljiva obletnica, ki pri~a o tem, da se je prvi ravnatelj tedaj {e Kraljevega etnografskega muzeja in prvi urednik Etnologa dr. Niko @upani~ dobro zavedal velikega pomena znanstvenega in raziskovalnega dela v muzeju, saj je prvi Etnolog iz{el `e tri leta po sami ustanovitvi muzeja. V Slovenskem etnografskem muzeju smo se ves ~as, od izida prve {tevilke pa do danes, trudili slediti njegovemu izhodi{~u, tako da se je v preteklih desetletjih v Etnologu (v letih 1948–1990 Slovenskem etnografu) nabralo neprecenljivo bogastvo objavljenih znanstvenih prispevkov doma~ih in tujih avtorjev. Etnolog je {e vedno vodilna etnolo{ka znanstvena publikacija, pomembna ne samo za Slovenski etnografski muzej, ampak tudi za druge etnolo{ke, antropolo{ke in muzejske ustanove na Slovenskem. Poznan in cenjen pa je tudi v tujini. Ohraniti tak{no kvaliteto pa v muzejskem vsakdanu ni bilo in ni vedno lahko. [e posebno v zadnjih letih, ko smo pripravljali na{o stalno razstavo. Tudi leto 2006 je bilo v Slovenskem etnografskem muzeju v znamenju odprtja prvega dela stalne razstave Med naravo in kulturo in priprav na predstavitev drugega dela razstave. Veliko je bilo tak{nega in druga~nega operativnega in administrativnega dela, veliko sestankov, pogovorov, dogodkov. Zato sem vesela, da so v tem letu, ko je bilo sicer v ospredju hitenje na vsakem koraku, ve~ kot polovico prispevkov v jubilejno {tevilko Etnologa prispevali kustosi in kustodinje Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja. V razdelku Razprave izvirna znanstvena besedila objavljajo Inja Smerdel, Nena @idov, Janja @agar, Da{a Koprivec in “{e vedno malo na{” Gorazd Makarovi~, poleg njih pa {e Borut Telban, Bojan Knifi c in Tina Volari~. Stalna razstava Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja ima v leto{njem Etnologu, tako kot `e leta 2004, ponovno samostojen razdelek. Menili smo, da je otvoritev razstave Med naravo in kulturo tolik{nega pomena tako za na{ muzej kot za etnolo{ko in muzeolo{ko vedo na Slovenskem nasploh, da ji moramo nameniti posebno pozornost. Odlo~ili smo se, da objavimo nekaj pogledov na razstavo, in za to poprosili ve~ etnologov, kulturnih antropologov in muzeologov iz razli~nih ustanov. Objavljamo tiste, ki so se prijazno odzvali na{emu povabilu. Uvodno razmi{ljanje je prispevala direktorica Etnolog 16 - 01.indd 11 11/26/06 10:51:35 PM muzeja Bojana Rogelj [kafar, predstavitev posebnega dela na razstavi, to je vizualnih kola`ev, je prispevala muzejska kustodinja za etnografski fi lm Nadja Valentin~i~ Furlan, “recenzije” prvega dela stalne razstave Med naravo in kulturo pa so napisale Tatjana Dol`an Er`en, Inga Miklav~i~ - Brezigar, Brigita Raj{et in Lidija Tav~ar. Skupaj predstavljajo zelo zanimivo celoto pogledov na razstavo Med naravo in kulturo in zaradi velikega zanimanja zanjo tudi med tujimi obiskovalci prispevke avtoric objavljamo {e v angle{kem jeziku. Na Etnomuzejskih straneh ohranjamo rubrike iz preteklih let. Inga Miklav~i~ -Brezigar spregovori o razmerju med identiteto in lokalnimi muzeji, Tatjana Dol`an Er`en nam predstavi oblikovanje sistematike etnolo{ke zbirke v Gorenjskem muzeju, Barbara Sosi~, Igor Cvetko in Darja Skrt pa predstavijo in strokovno ovrednotijo tri 12 zanimive razstave, ki so se dogodile v letu 2006. Na Etnomuzejskih straneh lahko zveste {e veliko novega. Na tem mestu bi poudarila samo {e, da smo se v rubriki Jubileji spomnili tudi na `ivljenjske jubileje dr. Angelosa Ba{a, dr. Slavka Kremen{ka in dr. Gorazda Makarovi~a. Vsak od njih je zaznamoval slovensko etnolo{ko stroko in tudi mnoge individualne strokovne poti, saj so bili na{i profesorji, sodelavci in mnogim tudi prijatelji in vzorniki. Iskreno ~estitamo! Na koncu nam ostane {e tema za naslednje leto. Osrednji tematski sklop v naslednji {tevilki Etnologa bo posve~en razpravam na temo otrok in otro{tva v etnolo{kem in antropolo{kem raziskovanju. Zdi se, da je po temah, ki smo jih imeli v Etnologu v preteklih letih, kot so `enske, etnologija s ~ustvi in telo, otrok kar prav{nja naslednja tema, ki je kot ideja med ~lani v uredni{kem odboru Etnologa vzniknila spontano. Ob tako pomembnem jubileju, kot je osemdeseta obletnica izhajanja, lahko poudarim, da `elimo v Etnologu {e naprej vzpodbujati znanstveno in raziskovalno delo ter predstavljati izsledke novih dognanj. Naj bo za slednje ~asa in primernih okoli{~in na va{ih delovnih mestih ~im ve~. Naj vam bo ob tem jubilejni Etnolog navdih in spodbuda pri va{em odkrivanju novega in morda bomo va{ prispevek lahko objavili `e v naslednji {tevilki. Za za~etek torej lepo branje novega Etnologa! Etnolog 16 - 01.indd 12 11/26/06 10:51:35 PM Etnolog 16 (2006) INTRODUCTION Da{a Koprivec 13 Dear readers! This year we celebrate the eightieth anniversary of publishing Etnolog, the journal of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, which has the status of a scientific periodical. The eminent anniversary is a tribute to Dr. Niko @upani~, the fi rst director of the then Royal Ethnographic Museum and the first editor of Etnolog, and his awareness of the great importance of scientific and research work in the museum. The first volume of Etnolog was indeed published just three years after the museum’s foundation. Throughout all these years, from the first volume to the present, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum has strived to follow the starting points; in the past decades an invaluable wealth of scientific articles by Slovene and foreign authors have been published in Etnologi (Slovenski etnograf in 1948–1990). Etnolog continues to be the leading ethnological scientific publication that is of importance not only to the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, but also to other ethnological, anthropological, and museum institutions in Slovenia. Furthermore, the periodical is well-known and highly appreciated abroad. It has not always been easy to preserve such high standards in the day-to-day life of the museum. In particular not in the past few years when the museum was totally engaged in preparing the permanent exhibition. In 2006, the Slovene Ethnographic Museum’s activities were dominated by the opening of the fi rst section of the permanent exhibition, Between nature and culture, and the preparations for the second section. This involved a lot of operative and administrative work, many meetings, consultations, and events. I am therefore delighted that in spite of the constant mood of urgency more than half the articles in this jubilee volume were contributed by the museum’s curators. The Studies section contains original scientifi c articles by Inja Smerdel, Nena @idov, Janja @agar, Da{a Koprivec and Gorazd Makarovi~, who is still “one of us”, as well as by Borut Telban, Bojan Knifi c and Tina Volari~. As in 2004, a separate section in this year’s volume is dedicated to the permanent exhibition of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. We considered the opening of the exhibition Between nature and culture to be of such great importance to our museum and the ethnological and museological disciplines in Slovenia in general that it deserved special attention. We therefore decided to publish reviews of the exhibition and to this purpose invited ethnologists, cultural anthropologists, and museologists from different Etnolog 16 - 01.indd 13 11/26/06 10:51:36 PM institutions. The articles we received in response to our invitation are published in this volume. The introductory reflections were written by the museum’s director Bojana Rogelj [kafar, the presentation of a special feature of the exhibition, audiovisual collages, is by the museum’s curator of ethnographic fi lm Nadja Valentin~i~ Furlan, and reviews of the first section of the exhibition, Between nature and culture, were written by Tatjana Dol`an Er`en, Inga Miklav~i~ - Brezigar, Brigita Raj{et, and Lidija Tav~ar. Together, they present an interesting, comprehensive view of the exhibition, and because many foreign visitors showed great interest in the exhibition the reviews are also published in an English translation. Museum News contains the same sections as in the past. Inga Miklav~i~ - Brezigar addresses the relationship between identity and local museums, Tatjana Dol`an Er`en 14 presents the elaboration of a classification system for the ethnological collection at the Gorenjska Museum, Barbara Sosi~, Igor Cvetko and Darja Skrt present and review three interesting exhibitions installed in 2006. Museum News also contains many other interesting news items. I would like to draw special attention to the section Anniversaries as it honours the jubilees of Dr. Angelos Ba{, Dr. Slavko Kremen{ek, and Dr. Gorazd Makarovi~. Each of them left his mark on the ethnological discipline in Slovenia, as well as on many individual professional careers, because they were (are) our professors, collaborators and to many of us friends and examples. Our sincere congratulations to them! To conclude this introduction, a few words about the central theme of next year’s volume. The central thematic section of Etnolog will be dedicated to the theme “Child and Childhood” in ethnological and anthropological research. Following the themes of recent years, dedicated to women, ethnology with emotions, and the body, child seem to be the logical next theme, and the idea arose quite spontaneously among the members of the editorial board. On the occasion of this important jubilee, eighty years of publishing Etnolog, I would like to confirm that Etnolog wishes to further encourage scientific and research work and present new findings. We wish you all the necessary time and appropriate conditions for such work at your jobs. May this jubilee Etnolog inspire and encourage you in your search for new knowledge and we shall be glad to publish your article in the next volume. But, to begin with, enjoy the present volume! Etnolog 16 - 01.indd 14 11/26/06 10:51:36 PM