The Importance of Individual Memories of Slovenian Emigrants When Interpreting Slovenian Emigration Processes
Slovenian emigration is often presented with a general overview in which general data and statistical facts prevail, while the individual experiences and memories of Slovenian emigrants are omitted from these descriptions. In the study, which was conducted using a biographical-narrative methodologic...
| Published in: | Ars & Humanitas |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete / Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts
2019
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| Online Access: | https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/8687 https://doi.org/10.4312/ars.13.1.174-190 |
| Summary: | Slovenian emigration is often presented with a general overview in which general data and statistical facts prevail, while the individual experiences and memories of Slovenian emigrants are omitted from these descriptions. In the study, which was conducted using a biographical-narrative methodological approach among members of the Slovenian diaspora from the United States of America, Canada and Australia, we were interested in the personal experiences and memories of those who emigrated from Slovenia themselves, or whose ancestors did. Through those life stories and memories, we can illustrate Slovenian emigration processes in such a way that people would better understand global migration processes. In the article we present three real life stories of members of the Slovenian diaspora, their individual memories and perceptions of their place of origin, homeland, the memories of emigration and immigration processes and memories of integration to the new social environments. Slovensko izseljenstvo je velikokrat predstavljeno s splošnim orisom, v katerem prevladujejo faktografski podatki in statistična dejstva, medtem ko so iz teh opisov individualne izkušnje in spomini izseljencev izpuščeni. V raziskavi, ki smo jo z uporabo biografsko-narativnega metodološkega pristopa izvedli med slovenskimi izseljenci iz Združenih držav Amerike, Kanade in Avstralije, so nas zanimale življenjske zgodbe in spomini tistih, ki so se iz Slovenije izselili sami, in tistih, katerih predniki so se izselili iz Slovenije. S pomočjo življenjskih zgodb in spominov lahko slovensko izseljenstvo predstavimo tako, da bomo lahko bolje razumeli tudi globalne migracijske procese. V prispevku so v treh doživetih resničnih življenjskih zgodbah slovenskih izseljencev predstavljeni njihovi individualni spomini ter predstave o njihovem izvornem okolju, domovini in novem socialnem okolju priselitve. |
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