The authors analyse the constitutional concept of autochthony in Slovenia and its rather uncritical and poorly informed introduction into Slovenian law and social science from the (post)colonial era. This was demonstrated also in the 1998 Opinion of the Constitutional Court which designated the constitutional concept of autochthony as pertains to the Italian and Hungarian minority in Slovenia, and to Slovenians in the neighbouring countries, as unclear in meaning and legal consequences. The authors proceed to describe the circumstances in which the 2007 bill on Romany minority protection was prepared and passed. In conclusion, they offer an alternative model of minority protection that renounces the racist model of ‘blood quantum’, but instead builds on protection of cultural landscapes which have hosted, and may host presently, specific cultural, linguistic, class and ethnic processes of difference and coexistence. Insisting on primordialist usage of the concepts of autochthony as a designation of living people they see as a threat to all minorities in Slovenia, and as the danger of permanent, radical ethnicisation of the national space.
KEYWORDS: Romany, legislation, primordialism, autochthony, models of minority protection

The authors analyse the constitutional concept of autochthony in Slovenia and its rather uncritical and poorly informed introduction into Slovenian law and social science from the (post)colonial era. This was demonstrated also in the 1998 Opinion of the Constitutional Court which designated the constitutional concept of autochthony as pertains to the Italian and Hungarian minority in Slovenia, and to Slovenians in the neighbouring countries, as unclear in meaning and legal consequences. The authors proceed to describe the circumstances in which the 2007 bill on Romany minority protection was prepared and passed. In conclusion, they offer an alternative model of minority protection that renounces the racist model of ‘blood quantum’, but instead builds on protection of cultural landscapes which have hosted, and may host presently, specific cultural, linguistic, class and ethnic processes of difference and coexistence. Insisting on primordialist usage of the concepts of autochthony as a designation of living people they see as a threat to all minorities in Slovenia, and as the danger of permanent, radical ethnicisation of the national space.
KEYWORDS: Romany, legislation, primordialism, autochthony, models of minority protection

The author compares, using qualitative interviews with female migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina of Bosniak ethnic background, the experiences of migrants coming to Slovenia before its independence and those coming after the break-up of the common Yugoslav state. She assumes that the creation of a sovereign Slovenian nation-state and the process of Slovenia’s accession towards the European Union, have contributed to an increasing insecurity and vulnerability of female migrants from third-countries. The interviews speak in favour of the assumption that existing migration regimes in Slovenia point to an increasingly restrictive migration policy.
KEX WORDS: female migrants, Slovenia, integration, life-stories, Bosniak women

The author compares, using qualitative interviews with female migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina of Bosniak ethnic background, the experiences of migrants coming to Slovenia before its independence and those coming after the break-up of the common Yugoslav state. She assumes that the creation of a sovereign Slovenian nation-state and the process of Slovenia’s accession towards the European Union, have contributed to an increasing insecurity and vulnerability of female migrants from third-countries. The interviews speak in favour of the assumption that existing migration regimes in Slovenia point to an increasingly restrictive migration policy.
KEX WORDS: female migrants, Slovenia, integration, life-stories, Bosniak women

The text presents the findings of the field work in American-Slovenian ethnic communities in Cleveland and New York in the United States of America, which was conducted in Summer 2008. The aim of the filed work was to find out, how the virtual world of internet is used for preserving, developing and transforming of the bondage among people of Slovenian descent, who are interested in their ethnic identity. The immense possibilities of the usage of internet happens in time, when after a hundred of years, some Slovenian institutions, organizations and activities are diminishing or getting closed and abolished. The question is, how the changed circumstances, the new possibilities and the different obstacles influence the organizing and reorganizing of preserving cultural heritage among Slovenian migrants and their descendants.
KEY WORDS: cultural heritage, internet, ethnic communities, virtual neighborhoods.

The text presents the findings of the field work in American-Slovenian ethnic communities in Cleveland and New York in the United States of America, which was conducted in Summer 2008. The aim of the filed work was to find out, how the virtual world of internet is used for preserving, developing and transforming of the bondage among people of Slovenian descent, who are interested in their ethnic identity. The immense possibilities of the usage of internet happens in time, when after a hundred of years, some Slovenian institutions, organizations and activities are diminishing or getting closed and abolished. The question is, how the changed circumstances, the new possibilities and the different obstacles influence the organizing and reorganizing of preserving cultural heritage among Slovenian migrants and their descendants.
KEY WORDS: cultural heritage, internet, ethnic communities, virtual neighborhoods.

The authors use different theories and fieldwork findings to discuss communication and national and cultural heritage of Slovenians abroad in the cyberspace. The fast expanding technology produces numerous changes that significantly influence its users. Recently, the relatively static, one-way communication of the »classic« web pages has been replaced by the interactive forums, pages with uploaded videos, blogs and updated web pages. This makes it more difficult to find criteria for evaluation of the material and define what can be identified as the national and cultural heritage. The material is therefore the entire debate itself, a communication between certain groups of individuals who are discussing values, myths, stereotypes, cultural practices and identities, and subsequently transfer their virtual meetings into the physical world.
KEYWORDS: Internet, Virtual ethnic groups, Slovenian emigrants, National and Cultural heritage, communication.

The authors use different theories and fieldwork findings to discuss communication and national and cultural heritage of Slovenians abroad in the cyberspace. The fast expanding technology produces numerous changes that significantly influence its users. Recently, the relatively static, one-way communication of the »classic« web pages has been replaced by the interactive forums, pages with uploaded videos, blogs and updated web pages. This makes it more difficult to find criteria for evaluation of the material and define what can be identified as the national and cultural heritage. The material is therefore the entire debate itself, a communication between certain groups of individuals who are discussing values, myths, stereotypes, cultural practices and identities, and subsequently transfer their virtual meetings into the physical world.
KEYWORDS: Internet, Virtual ethnic groups, Slovenian emigrants, National and Cultural heritage, communication.

The purpose of the paper is to present and analyse certain tendencies in Slovenian media and popular culture which discourage immigrants and their descendants from integrating into Slovenian society. Owing to the scope of the research topic (the size and complexity of media and popular culture), the research is “problem-oriented”; the research spotlights are focused only on certain places in media and popular culture which have proved to be problematic, worthy of consideration and critical analysis. It is therefore research that focuses on the problematic nature of certain processes, regimes of representing immigrants and their descendants, which can be critically analysed using a Slovenian orientalist discourse – burekalism.
KEY WORDS: burekalism, orientalism, media, popular culture, immigrants (and their descendants)

The purpose of the paper is to present and analyse certain tendencies in Slovenian media and popular culture which discourage immigrants and their descendants from integrating into Slovenian society. Owing to the scope of the research topic (the size and complexity of media and popular culture), the research is “problem-oriented”; the research spotlights are focused only on certain places in media and popular culture which have proved to be problematic, worthy of consideration and critical analysis. It is therefore research that focuses on the problematic nature of certain processes, regimes of representing immigrants and their descendants, which can be critically analysed using a Slovenian orientalist discourse – burekalism.
KEY WORDS: burekalism, orientalism, media, popular culture, immigrants (and their descendants)