ABSTRACT

The territory of the former Yugoslavia, both first and second, is unique with respect to the other envi- ronments to which Slovenes have emigrated. In the past, this was just the broader homeland and the Slovene one of the “indigenous” languages that were spoken within it. Slovenes living in the Yugoslav area outside Slovenia in the common Yugoslav spirit didn’t pay attention to their national identity, and thus also didn’t create a special attitude towards their language. It therefore slowly disappeared from their everyday lives. They realized the importance of maintaining the Slovene language as one of the fundamental signs of Slovenian identity just after the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the declaration of independence of Slovenia in 1991. So they began to establish associations that nowadays play not just the role of facilitator, but also promoter of learning and using the Slovene language among members. This is becoming a challenge especially for young people, third and sometimes fourth generation emigrants, for whom it is mostly a foreign language, but they choose to learn it because it creates opportu- nities for them to study and work in Slovenia.

KEY WORDS: Slovenes in the territory of former Yugoslavia, first Yugoslavia, second Yugoslavia, Slove- nian identity, Slovenian emigrant associations, Slovene as a foreign language

ABSTRACT

The territory of the former Yugoslavia, both first and second, is unique with respect to the other envi- ronments to which Slovenes have emigrated. In the past, this was just the broader homeland and the Slovene one of the “indigenous” languages that were spoken within it. Slovenes living in the Yugoslav area outside Slovenia in the common Yugoslav spirit didn’t pay attention to their national identity, and thus also didn’t create a special attitude towards their language. It therefore slowly disappeared from their everyday lives. They realized the importance of maintaining the Slovene language as one of the fundamental signs of Slovenian identity just after the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the declaration of independence of Slovenia in 1991. So they began to establish associations that nowadays play not just the role of facilitator, but also promoter of learning and using the Slovene language among members. This is becoming a challenge especially for young people, third and sometimes fourth generation emigrants, for whom it is mostly a foreign language, but they choose to learn it because it creates opportu- nities for them to study and work in Slovenia.

KEY WORDS: Slovenes in the territory of former Yugoslavia, first Yugoslavia, second Yugoslavia, Slove- nian identity, Slovenian emigrant associations, Slovene as a foreign language

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The article deals with some aspects of immigration of Littoral Slovenes into Argentinian society as they unfolded through immigrant correspondence. It is based on personal accounts of the migration process as it was experienced by the members of the Vrabec family from the village of Pliskovica on the Karst and some other villagers. The article emphasizes personal perspectives of integration into Argentinian society, focusing on maintaining bonds that were made at home (in the framework of relatives, friends, and the wider “village community”), as well as maintaining contacts with those who remained at home.

KEY WORDS: emigration, Argentina, fascism, correspondence, migration networks

ABSTRACT

The article deals with some aspects of immigration of Littoral Slovenes into Argentinian society as they unfolded through immigrant correspondence. It is based on personal accounts of the migration process as it was experienced by the members of the Vrabec family from the village of Pliskovica on the Karst and some other villagers. The article emphasizes personal perspectives of integration into Argentinian society, focusing on maintaining bonds that were made at home (in the framework of relatives, friends, and the wider “village community”), as well as maintaining contacts with those who remained at home.

KEY WORDS: emigration, Argentina, fascism, correspondence, migration networks

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The article focuses on migration caused by climate change. It contains the results of a survey conducted in the Shyamnagar Sub-district in Bangladesh among the people of the villages, who are the most vulnerable to climate change. The selected region is under the threat of numerous environmental problems that force people to migrate. The key question is what role climate change plays in this issue. Except in the case of natural disasters, it is only marginal, because economic migration factors normally predominate over environmental ones. The probability of an exodus of climate migrants from Bangladesh is currently negligible.

KEY WORDS: geography, migration, climate change, cyclone, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on migration caused by climate change. It contains the results of a survey conducted in the Shyamnagar Sub-district in Bangladesh among the people of the villages, who are the most vulnerable to climate change. The selected region is under the threat of numerous environmental problems that force people to migrate. The key question is what role climate change plays in this issue. Except in the case of natural disasters, it is only marginal, because economic migration factors normally predominate over environmental ones. The probability of an exodus of climate migrants from Bangladesh is currently negligible.

KEY WORDS: geography, migration, climate change, cyclone, Bangladesh

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Ageing of the population and international migration are perceived by researchers and population experts as crucial to the changes in population composition that have occurred in Europe in the last few decades. Although it is expected that the number of older migrants will continue to rise in the future, until recently, the interactions between ageing and migration have rarely been a focus of research. The article focuses on two main groups of older migrants: older people who migrate and migrants, who have aged in the country they have immigrated into. It presents the main challenges pertaining to the formation and implementation of migration and social policy targeting older migrants and argues against their essensialisation.

KEY WORDS: ageing, migration, older people, retirement migration, return migration

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Ageing of the population and international migration are perceived by researchers and population experts as crucial to the changes in population composition that have occurred in Europe in the last few decades. Although it is expected that the number of older migrants will continue to rise in the future, until recently, the interactions between ageing and migration have rarely been a focus of research. The article focuses on two main groups of older migrants: older people who migrate and migrants, who have aged in the country they have immigrated into. It presents the main challenges pertaining to the formation and implementation of migration and social policy targeting older migrants and argues against their essensialisation.

KEY WORDS: ageing, migration, older people, retirement migration, return migration

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In this turbulent world, different people live highly mobile lives and some seem to be living on the move. On the other hand, there are people known as Gypsies, Travellers, Gens du Voyage or Roma, imag- ined as nomads, although their mobility has been highly controlled or restricted by repressive regimes, nationstates and local communities of Europe throughout history. Following the “mobility turn” or the “new mobilities paradigm” in social studies and based on ethnographic records of travelling Roma who visited Slovenia as “tourists”, I will look at studies of mobilities of Roma. The intention of this paper is first to shed light on the juridical categories of nomad within a certain historical context. Second, within the new mobilities paradigm, and with reference to the immobile platforms that make mobility possible, I will look at the provision of Travellers’ sites that paradoxically make some Travellers less mobile or even sedentarized.

KEY WORDS: Roma, Gypsy Travellers, Gens du Voyage, mobilities, marginality

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In this turbulent world, different people live highly mobile lives and some seem to be living on the move. On the other hand, there are people known as Gypsies, Travellers, Gens du Voyage or Roma, imag- ined as nomads, although their mobility has been highly controlled or restricted by repressive regimes, nationstates and local communities of Europe throughout history. Following the “mobility turn” or the “new mobilities paradigm” in social studies and based on ethnographic records of travelling Roma who visited Slovenia as “tourists”, I will look at studies of mobilities of Roma. The intention of this paper is first to shed light on the juridical categories of nomad within a certain historical context. Second, within the new mobilities paradigm, and with reference to the immobile platforms that make mobility possible, I will look at the provision of Travellers’ sites that paradoxically make some Travellers less mobile or even sedentarized.

KEY WORDS: Roma, Gypsy Travellers, Gens du Voyage, mobilities, marginality