9 DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE/Social Science Forum, XXXVII (2021), 96–97 INTRODUCTION POZDRAV NOVE UREDNIŠKE EKIPE Drage bralke, dragi bralci! Letos delo pri reviji Družboslovne razprave začenjamo prenovljeni – z novo ekipo, novo podobo in novim imenom, zato smo se odločili, da vas ob prvi tevilki na kratko nagovorimo in vam pojasnimo ključne novosti. Od leta 2021 do leta 2023 bomo za urednikovanje v ožjem uredni kem odboru skrbeli glavni urednici Natalija Majsova in Tanja Oblak Črnič, tehnična urednica Jasmina Šepetavc in urednik recenzij Klemen Plo tajner ter spletni ure - dnik Igor Jurekovič. Vodi nas skupna želja, da revijo vsebinsko e naprej polnijo kakovostni znanstveni prispevki temeljnih družboslovnih in sorodnih humanističnih disciplin, ki na aktualen, znanstveno verodostojen in tematsko raznolik način s konceptualno in metodolo ko raznolikimi pristopi obravnavajo pereča družbena vpra anja. Poleg vsebinske pestrosti na ravni individualnih objav nameravamo tako kot doslej premi ljeno in redno ponujati prostor tudi tematsko gledano ožje usmerje - nim tevilkam, ki z vnaprej določenim konceptualnim okvirom bodisi aktualizirajo družbene fenomene na posameznem področju bodisi se k specifično ožji temi in pripadajočim problemom približajo z različnih zornih kotov. Med tak ne sodi tudi leto nja prva dvojna tevilka Družboslovnih razprav, ki pomeni most med dvema uredni kima mandatoma. Marjan Hočevar, glavni urednik v revije v obdobju 2018–2020, je v vlogi gostujočega urednika za pričujočo tevilko zbral vrsto prispevkov o družbeno-političnih razsežnostih pandemije covida-19 in tako zaokrožil iroko paleto tovrstnih refleksij, ki so zaznamovale Družbo - slovne razprave v letih 2020 in 2021. Tudi v prihodnje se bomo trudili, da bo v vsakem letniku vsaj ena tevilka revije tematska. Vse zainteresirane potencialne gostujoče urednike tako vabimo, da morebitne predloge skupaj z okvirnim ča- sovnim načrtom po ljete na uredni tvo, ki enako kot doslej zbira prispevke tako v slovenskem kot angle kem jeziku. Revija Družboslovne razprave si namreč vse od sredine 90. let prej njega stoletja prizadeva delovati kot forum za znanstvene razprave, dostopne tako domači kot mednarodni javnosti. A če so redke prispevke v angle kem jeziku prvotno pisali predvsem domači avtorji, beležimo za tematske tevilke praviloma vse več objav tujih avtorjev. Visoka stopnja kohabitacije angle čine in sloven či - ne je dandanes že tako močno usidrana v urednikovanje revije, da je praktično normalizirana. A četudi osnovne informacije o uredni tvu, izdajatelju, kazalo s prispevki, izvlečki prispevkov, ključne besede in tevilne druge podrobnosti ves 10 DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE/Social Science Forum, XXXVII ( 0 1), 96–97 UVOD čas izhajajo v obeh jezikih, angle čini in sloven čini, se mednarodna javnost na revijo e vedno naslavlja zgolj s slovenskim imenom Družboslovne razprave. Kot droben popravek te utečene prakse je uredni ka ekipa v sodelovanju z vodstvom Slovenskega sociolo kega dru tva načrtno poiskala novo, angle ko verzijo naslo - va revije. Tako se od te točke dalje na naslovnici imenu Družboslovne razprave pridružuje e prevodna angle ka različica imena, in sicer So ial S ien e Forum , s katerim želimo e bolj neposredno nagovoriti prav tuje bralce in pisce. Prav tako bi radi k pripravi prispevkov spodbudili mlaj e avtorje in avtorice, ki ele stopajo na znanstveno polje, a obenem spričo uveljavljenih standardov zahtevnosti naletijo na publicistično zaporo, ki jih marsikdaj neupravičeno sili v soavtorstva z mentorji oz. drugimi bolj ve čimi pisci. Želimo si, da bi Družboslovne razprave ostale kriterijsko gledano e vedno visokozahteven, a obenem vendarle avtorsko bolj odprt in mlaj im sodelavcem bolj naklonjen publicistični prostor, zato vabimo vse zainteresirane, da se z objavami obrnejo na uredni tvo. Odprti smo tako za vsebinske premisleke kot za eksperimentiranje s formo in formati prispevkov. Še naprej si bomo prizadevali za čim vi jo kakovost objavljenih besedil ter gojili konstruktivnost recenzentskih postopkov in drugih elementov uredni kega procesa; obenem pa se bomo trudili slediti novim trendom na po - dročju znanstvenega publiciranja. Med slednjimi ni zgolj interdisciplinarnost, ampak tudi dialo kost in aktivna izmenjava mnenj glede novih vsebin, na primer v obliki kraj ih, esejističnih odzivov na članke iz predhodne tevilke, »tokov«, ki lahko za leto ali dve popestrijo revijo s kraj imi tematskimi prispevki, manifesti in drugimi podobnimi intervencijami. Prenove si želimo tudi na področju urejanja recenzij znanstvenih monografij, ki jih bomo razvijali kot prostor dialoga med avtorji, tematskimi področji, teorijami, disciplinami in ir o javnostjo. Akademskih besedil ne razumemo kot zaključene produkte, ampak kot del skupinskega procesa proizvajanja vednosti o družbi. Zato bomo spodbujali tak no pisanje recenzij, ki presega zgolj kriticizem ali le obnovo prebranega ter prispeva h globljemu razumevanju recenziranega dela in k njegovemu ume čanju v ir e tokove družboslovne misli in družbene - ga dogajanja nasploh. Na podlagi tak nega razumevanja funkcij in namena recenzij bomo odprti tudi za nove pristope h krepitvi družboslovne razprave v obliki tematskih recenzentskih blokov. Ravno tako se bomo zavzemali za ir o branost recenzij in njihovo dostopnost splo no javnosti. Ker pa so recenzije tudi ena ključnih vstopnih točk na polje znanosti, bomo e naprej več prostora namenili objavam mlaj ih avtorjev in avtoric. Sprememba oz. bolje rečeno dodatek angle kega imena So ial S ien e Forum je seveda zahtevala tudi rahlo oblikovalsko prenovo platnice. Po premisleku smo se v ožjem uredni tvu načrtno odločili, da ostanemo v osnovi zvesti dosedanji 11 DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE/Social Science Forum, XXXVII (2021), 96–97 INTRODUCTION vizualni podobi: tako smo unikatni vertikalni pasici s kratico DR dodali le e angle ko različico okraj anega imena SSF. S tem smo obstoječo prepoznavno in bralstvu že domačo vizualno podobo zgolj prevetrili. Drznili smo si poseči le v dosedanjo logiko barvnih shem, ki je predvidevala enotno enobarvno podla- go, na kateri se kontrastno barvno izostruje in menjuje le barva kratic v pasici. Namesto omenjene dosedanje logike bodo naslednje tri tevilke izmenjevale vnaprej določeno barvno kombinacijo, kar bo prineslo nekaj dinamike in svežine, ne da bi zares izgubili dosedanji vizualni izgled revije. V letih 2021, 2022 in 2023 si bodo tako na platnicah sledile tri različne kombinacije sive, rožnate in bele barve, pri čemer zasnova platnice ohranja jasno kontinuiteto s tisto, ki ste je bili bralci in bralke vajeni v preteklih letih. Jezikovni duo revije Družboslovne razprave/So ial S ien e Forum je na ta način postal trajneje integriran tako vsebinsko kot tudi vizualno. Za vse ideje, predloge in konkretne re itve se toplo zahvaljujemo oblikovalki Tini Cotič. Prenova je doletela tudi premislek o sestavi in strukturi revijalnega uredni ke - ga odbora, saj se zaradi visokega tevila prispevkov, ki prihajajo v uredni tvo, komunikacija med člani uredni tva intenzivira. V pomoč ekipi pri usklajevanju in soodločanju smo tako uvedli ožji domači in mednarodni uredni ki odbor revije, ki ga sestavljajo člani vseh treh javnih univerz in izbranih in titutov v Sloveniji ter predstavniki različnih raziskovalnih in izobraževalnih institucij z relevantnih področij v Sloveniji in tujini. Poleg uredni kega odbora smo oblikovali e med - narodni uredni ki svet, ki nam bo poleg izku enj nekaterih dosedanjih glavnih urednikov revije omogočal stik e z mednarodno uveljavljenimi strokovnjaki znotraj ožje regije in tudi ir e. In nazadnje: spletno podobo revije smo vključili v spletno stran Slovenskega sociolo kega dru tva, ki je doživela privlačno spletno preobrazbo, zato smo v sodelovanju z omenjenim dru tvom ocenili, da bi se revija na tem mestu bolje pozicionirala in tudi navzven dosegala ir o strokovno javnost. Do revijalnih tevilk v novem uredni kem mandatu lahko tako odslej dostopate na naslovu www.sociolosko-drustvo.si/druzboslovne-razprave/ . Tanja Oblak Črnič, Natalija Majsova, Klemen Ploštajner, Jasmina Šepetav in Igor Jurekovič 12 DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE/Social Science Fo um, XXXVII (2021), 96–97 UVOD GREETINGS FROM THE NEW EDITORIAL TEAM Dear Reader, Družboslovne razprave – Social Science Forum is starting the year with a new team, new design, and new name. We believe that all of these hanges deserve spe ial mention and would like to present them in this brief editorial. The ore of the editorial team responsible for the journal in 2021–2023 onsists of the two main editors Natalija Majsova and Tanja Oblak Črnič, the te hni al editor Jasmina Šepetav , the book review editor Klemen Ploštajner, and the web editor Igor Jurekovič. Together, we shall give our best to ensure the journal ontinues to feature high-quality a ademi ontributions from the so ial s ien es and humanities that address various pressing so ial issues with s ientifi rigour and rely on a palette of on eptually and methodologi ally different ap - proa hes. Apart from en ouraging themati diversity among regular ontributions, we will ontinue to publish spe ial issues that fo us on set topi s, depart from a predefined on eptual framework, address so ial phenomena in a parti ular ontext, or ta kle a narrow problem/topi from various perspe tives. This year’s inaugural double issue falls within the latter. Con eived by the journal’s main editor in 2018–2020 and the guest editor of the urrent issue Marjan Hočevar, it is also a bridge between two editorial mandates. The urrent issue features a set of ontributions that refle t on different so io-politi al dimensions of the Covid-19 pandemi , rounding off the extensive series of similar ontributions that featured in Družboslovne razprave in 2020. We intend to publish at least one spe ial issue per year. We hereby invite all interested potential guest editors to onta t us with spe ial-issue proposals written in Slovenian or English, or a mix of them, as well as tentative timelines. Ever sin e the 1990s, Družboslovne razprave has attempted to provide an a ademi dis ussion forum a essible to both Slovenian and international readers. While ontributions in English were at first relatively s ar e, typi ally written by Slovenian authors for the spe ial issues, we are happy to note a surge in international submissions in the past few years. In fa t, the editing pro ess that hara terises the journal today is strongly shaped by the notable presen e of both Slovenian and English languages. Basi information about the edito - rial board and the publisher, the titles and abstra ts of the ontributions along with other small details have been available in these two languages for years. 13 DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE/Social Science Forum, XXXVII (2021), 96–97 INTRODUCTION Having noticed the discrepancy between this bilingual impetus and the obvious Slovenian-sounding “Družboslovne razprave”, we decided to take another step to make the journal even more accessible to an international audience. After extensive discussions with the journal’s co-founder, the Slovenian Sociological Association, the title So ial S ien e Forum was chosen as the preferred English translation of the Slovenian wording. It is hoped that this title will help by more effectively attracting more international readers and contributors. Further, we wish to use this opportunity to encourage early-career scholars to submit their works to So ial S ien e Forum – a journal that applies rigorous academic standards, yet does not pose publication obstacles that discriminate against less established authors, for instance by requiring them to co-publish their work with senior colleagues or dissertation advisors. We wish to ensure that So ial S ien e Forum remains a publication open to authors of various levels of seniority, and encourage everyone interested in publishing with us to contact the editors directly. We are open to new ideas with respect to both content and form. Our ambition is to nurture and strive to constantly improve the quality of the publication, the constructiveness of the review procedures, and other elements of the editorial process. At the same time, we intend to avidly follow new trends in the academic publishing world; apart from interdisciplinarity, these include dialogue and active exchanges on relevant topics. In the framework of So ial S ien e Forum , we encourage such exchanges in a range of forms, from short essays that respond to articles in previous issues to topic-oriented “streams” that may periodically enrich the journal with short topical contributions, manifestos and other similar interventions. We are also looking forward to making some changes in our book review section. We wish to develop this space as a dialogical platform that brings to- gether authors, themes, disciplines, theories, and the broader interested public. Accordingly, we want to encourage everyone involved to consider academic texts as forming part of a common process of generating knowledge about a society, rather than as hermetically sealed finite entities. We therefore encourage book reviews that move beyond criticism or synthesis of the materials at hand and, instead, ensure a deeper understanding of the work under review in particular, and social phenomena in general. In line with this understanding of the functions and aims of book reviews, we are open to novel approaches intended to develop social-scientific discussion, for instance to thematic clusters of reviews. We will simultaneously work toward making our book review section more visible to the general public. Finally, bearing in mind that reviewing academic monographs is an important practice for early-career authors still finding their way in academic publishing, we encourage junior scholars in particular to contribute to this section. 14 DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE/Social Science Forum, XXXVII ( 0 1), 96–97 UVOD We believe that changes on the inside should be shown on the outside. Introducing So ial S ien e Forum as the English translation of Družboslovne razprave inevita- bly required the journal’s design to be adjusted. After careful consideration, the editorial team decided to opt for only modest alterations to the journal’s cover, familiar to generations of readers. Apart from adding the English translation of the title to the cover page, we integrated the English acronym of the title (SSF) to create a unique vertical banner, previously based on the D and R of Družboslovne razprave. We also slightly altered the colour matrix of the journal’s cover, ex- panding it from two to three elements. Instead of a single background colour and colourful fonts for the banner and title, we have transitioned to a refreshing and more dynamic solution, where each new year brings a new combination of three preselected colours. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, readers will therefore see three different combinations of grey, white and pink, while the cover’s basic design is clearly continuing with the traditional one. These small changes symbolise the long-lasting integration of Družboslovne razprave and So ial S ien e Forum, a duo we hope to maintain on the levels of both design and content. We warmly thank the helpful graphic designer Tina Cotič, whose ideas, suggestions and design solutions have been key to the journal’s visual transformation. Certain changes have also occurred in the composition and structure of the editorial board. These have been due for a while and reflect the surge in sub- missions the journal has experienced in the past few years. More submissions mean more intense communication with various board members. This led us to refine the structure of the extensive editorial board, designating a local and a Slovenian team of editorial board members, comprising representatives of all three Slovenian public universities and a selection of research institutes and other stakeholders, as well as representatives of foreign research and higher education institutions with relevant expertise. In addition, we have established an international editorial council made up of certain former main editors of So ial S ien e Forum and internationally acclaimed scholars who represent relevant disciplines in our region and beyond. Last but not least: the journal’s webpage has been integrated into the website of the Slovenian Sociological Association, which recently saw several exciting updates. We hope this new home will add to the journal’s visibility and help it more effectively reach its target audiences and the general public. You can now access and follow us at: www.sociolosko-drustvo.si/druzboslovne-razprave/ . Tanja Oblak Črnič, Natalija Majsova, Klemen Ploštajner, Jasmina Šepetav , and Igor Jurekovič