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Papers by Neža Čebron Lipovec
Centro di ricerche scientifiche della Repubblica di Slovenia, 2011
Ars & Humanitas, 2019
The concept of collective memory raises fundamental questions regarding the assessment of heritag... more The concept of collective memory raises fundamental questions regarding the assessment of heritage, especially of built heritage in contested spaces. The simultaneous presence of different groups in conflict introduces into the space parallel memory discourses that can be recognised both in the built environment as well as in public sculpture, and both can be read as a symbolic marking of space (Veschambre, 2008). The urban space of northern Istria, where the Italian and Slovene communities have become intertwined throughout history, were drastically marked by the political and historic events of the mid-20th century. Post-war conflict-solving processes lead and an ongoing process of “ethnic metamorphosis” (Purini, 2010) in the region came to a peak when the majoritarian Italian-speaking population of the urban area emigrated, while the space was settled by newcomers from inner Slovenian regions and other Yugoslav republics. Tensions between Slovenes and Italians arose in the early ...
Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi sveto... more Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi svetovni vojni odsevajo politične premene te dobe; predvsem status quo v času Svobodnega tržaškega ozemlja in pa korenite družbene spremembe, ki so spremljale mogočni politični prelom ter posledični gospodarski razvoj z Luko Koper in industrializacijo, po letu 1954. Z opazovanjem stavbnih tipologij, njihove arhitekturne govorice in prostorske umestitve, vključno z vpenjanjem v historični kontekst, poskušamo ugotoviti, kako so se arhitekti spoprijemali z izzivom gradnje nove družbe v kompleksnem, večkulturnem prostoru povojne severne Istre. Dosedanji rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da so v pionirskih povojnih letih na Obali delovali številni vodilni slovenski arhitekti tega časa, ne le znani arhitekt Edo Mihevc. Dela večine kažejo, da je bil problem identitete severnoistrskega prostora enako pomemben kot sočasne razvojne potrebe.
Studia ethnologica Croatica, 2017
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Monuments to the WW II liberation struggle in the border region between Slovenia and Italy, namely Istria, are the mirrors of conflicting memories at the international and regional level between the two countries and ethnicities, living in the region. As material sites of official memory at the same time, monuments reflect tensions with the individual memories and persistent collective silence decades after the fall of the official memory of the previous Yugoslavian system.
Two Homelands, 2019
PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/T... more PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/Trst The article presents observations from recent architectural historical research on the postwar construction of Slovene coastal towns. The urban planning concepts that formed the "Slovenian Coast" and followed the migration processes are explored. The solutions for the Slovenian Coast are compared with contemporary urban plans for Trieste, set in a larger historical framework. Certain interventions in "ethnically pure" locations (new settlements called 'borghi' on the Karst boundary surrounding Trieste; new construction in the Venetian core of Capodistria) are highlighted, and approaches in the design of new urban areas and two symbolic spaces of representations on both sides of the border are compared.
Glasnik SED, 2021
The paper explores the role of ethnographic methods in the conservation of built heritage set wit... more The paper explores the role of ethnographic methods in the conservation of built heritage set within the framework of contemporary views on heritage discourses (authorised,
subaltern, inclusive), especially in the significance assessment phase. After reviewing the existing and developing cases of the use of ethnographic methods, it summarises
past experiences and the role of ethnological conservation in Slovenia, which represents a reference and a potential for contemporary approaches. The article highlights the importance of ethnographic research in the significance assessment of cultural
heritage in contested spaces, through the case of attitudes towards built heritage in Slovenian coastal towns.
Two homelands / Dve domovini, 2019
PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/T... more PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/Trst The article presents observations from recent architectural historical research on the postwar construction of Slovene coastal towns. The urban planning concepts that formed the "Slovenian Coast" and followed the migration processes are explored. The solutions for the Slovenian Coast are compared with contemporary urban plans for Trieste, set in a larger historical framework. Certain interventions in "ethnically pure" locations (new settlements called 'borghi' on the Karst boundary surrounding Trieste; new construction in the Venetian core of Capodistria) are highlighted, and approaches in the design of new urban areas and two symbolic spaces of representations on both sides of the border are compared.
Studia Ethnologica Croatica, 2017
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Monuments to the WW II liberation struggle in the border region between Slovenia and Italy, namely Istria, are the mirrors of conflicting memories at the international and regional level between the two countries and ethnicities, living in the region. As material sites of official memory at the same time, monuments reflect tensions with the individual memories and persistent collective silence decades after the fall of the official memory of the previous Yugoslavian system.
Postwar Modern Architecture in Europe 45+, 2012
Annales, 2012
Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi sveto... more Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi svetovni vojni odsevajo politične premene te dobe; predvsem status quo v času Svobodnega tržaškega ozemlja in pa korenite družbene spremembe, ki so spremljale mogočni politični prelom ter posledični gospodarski razvoj z Luko Koper in industrializacijo, po letu 1954. Z opazovanjem stavbnih tipologij, njihove arhitekturne govorice in prostorske umestitve, vključno z vpenjanjem v historični kontekst, poskušamo ugotoviti, kako so se arhitekti spoprijemali z izzivom gradnje nove družbe v kompleksnem, večkulturnem prostoru povojne severne Istre. Dosedanji rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da so v pionirskih povojnih letih na Obali delovali številni vodilni slovenski arhitekti tega časa, ne le znani arhitekt Edo Mihevc. Dela večine kažejo, da je bil problem identitete severnoistrskega prostora enako pomemben kot sočasne razvojne potrebe.
Annales, 2012
Prispevek raziskuje pomen novih rab historičnih stavb na primeru nekdanjih samostanskih komplekso... more Prispevek raziskuje pomen novih rab historičnih stavb na primeru nekdanjih samostanskih kompleksov v starem jedru Kopra. Analiza novih rab in posledičnih posegov v historično stavbno tkivo je razčlenjena z vidika pomenov, ki jih te spremembe imajo za prebivalstvo mesta, njihov kolektivni spomin ter večplastnost dediščinskih vrednot. Načela prilagojene nove rabe ali adaptive re-use predstavljajo interpretativni ključ analize, saj v sodobni konservatorski stroki slednja prevladuje kot optimalen pristop pri obnovi opuščenih javnih in sakralnih stavb. V pregledu arhivskih podatkov o rabah samostanskih stavb po razpustitvah se posveča predvsem obdobju po drugi svetovni vojni, ki je zaznamovalo identiteto današnjega starega jedra mesta Koper.
It is common knowledge that—with the exception of calamities such as fire, earthquakes, and flo... more It is common knowledge that—with the exception of calamities such as fire, earthquakes, and floods—monuments decay in a gradual process and very often major damage is the result of minor damage that has not been repaired in due time. Regular attention and maintenance can slow down the process of decay or, in specific cases, even partially prevent it. That is why an organization was founded in the Netherlands, in the Flemish Region of Belgium, and elsewhere in Europe with a goal based on the very elementary belief that prevention is better than cure, but in this case applied to cultural heritage. Monumentenwacht offers a systematic inspection system focusing on maintenance and preventive conservation and has developed a database for member, object, and inspection information. After almost twenty years of experience, the organization is now in a phase of professionalization of applied technology to develop an integrated condition-reporting database. The question is whether this ne...
The paper deals with the topical issue of preventive care and maintenance of built heritage in Eu... more The paper deals with the topical issue of preventive care and maintenance of built heritage in Europe. As a reaction to arising requirement for developing this field, advanced by different European and international bodies, we try to outline some of the conditions needed to establish ...
The safeguarding of the spirit of place depends on the connection between people and their herita... more The safeguarding of the spirit of place depends on the connection between people and their heritage. Maintenance and monitored based preventive preservation involves more people and local craftsmen in the process. The paper investigates some examples of different implementations of maintenance services in Europe according to the Dutch model of Monumentenwacht, namely in Belgium, in Denmark and in Hungary. Their role as stimulator of enhancement of traditional crafts is examined, as they are considered to contribute to preservation of local intangible heritage and to community involvement. The role of such organisations as (independent) supporters to heritage owners or site managers is highlighted.
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta, 2016
Article focuses on degraded heritage(s) and their meanings for different groups of inhabitants, i... more Article focuses on degraded heritage(s) and their meanings for different groups of inhabitants, interpreting it/them through the studies of dominant and silenced memories. Case-studies of chosen Slovenian urban centres illustrate the consequences of drastic population change after the Second World War and of the transformation of power relations after Slovenia's independence which brought changes in the political-ideological and economic system. As the authors observed, memories and heritage of Italian, German and Yugoslav inhabitants are often mute and silenced within the contemporary Slovenian hegemonic/authorised heritage discourse. Consequences of changes in social relations were also recognised at the micro level in the valorisation of the socialist heritage of industrial plants and military barracks. Today, these places are left to decay as the material reminders of the unwanted (pre-WWII or socialist) past or they are transformed into centres of youth culture, creative industries or administrative centres. However, such reinterpretation does not enable their former users to access them and claim them as their own heritage.
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta = Bulletin of the Ethnographical Institute , 2016
Original scientific paper Katja Hrobat Virloget Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Univerza na Pri... more Original scientific paper Katja Hrobat Virloget Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Univerza na Primorskem Saša Poljak Istenič Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje sasa.poljak@zrc-sazu.si Neža Čebron Lipovec Fakulteta za humanistične študije, Univerza na Primorskem
MÄLKKI, Mikko (ur.), SCHMIDT-THOMÉ, Kaisa (ur.). Integrating aims : built heritage in social and economic development, (Centre for urban and regional studies publications, B 98). Aalto: Aalto university, School of science and technology, Centre for urban and regional studies, 2010
Centro di ricerche scientifiche della Repubblica di Slovenia, 2011
Ars & Humanitas, 2019
The concept of collective memory raises fundamental questions regarding the assessment of heritag... more The concept of collective memory raises fundamental questions regarding the assessment of heritage, especially of built heritage in contested spaces. The simultaneous presence of different groups in conflict introduces into the space parallel memory discourses that can be recognised both in the built environment as well as in public sculpture, and both can be read as a symbolic marking of space (Veschambre, 2008). The urban space of northern Istria, where the Italian and Slovene communities have become intertwined throughout history, were drastically marked by the political and historic events of the mid-20th century. Post-war conflict-solving processes lead and an ongoing process of “ethnic metamorphosis” (Purini, 2010) in the region came to a peak when the majoritarian Italian-speaking population of the urban area emigrated, while the space was settled by newcomers from inner Slovenian regions and other Yugoslav republics. Tensions between Slovenes and Italians arose in the early ...
Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi sveto... more Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi svetovni vojni odsevajo politične premene te dobe; predvsem status quo v času Svobodnega tržaškega ozemlja in pa korenite družbene spremembe, ki so spremljale mogočni politični prelom ter posledični gospodarski razvoj z Luko Koper in industrializacijo, po letu 1954. Z opazovanjem stavbnih tipologij, njihove arhitekturne govorice in prostorske umestitve, vključno z vpenjanjem v historični kontekst, poskušamo ugotoviti, kako so se arhitekti spoprijemali z izzivom gradnje nove družbe v kompleksnem, večkulturnem prostoru povojne severne Istre. Dosedanji rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da so v pionirskih povojnih letih na Obali delovali številni vodilni slovenski arhitekti tega časa, ne le znani arhitekt Edo Mihevc. Dela večine kažejo, da je bil problem identitete severnoistrskega prostora enako pomemben kot sočasne razvojne potrebe.
Studia ethnologica Croatica, 2017
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Monuments to the WW II liberation struggle in the border region between Slovenia and Italy, namely Istria, are the mirrors of conflicting memories at the international and regional level between the two countries and ethnicities, living in the region. As material sites of official memory at the same time, monuments reflect tensions with the individual memories and persistent collective silence decades after the fall of the official memory of the previous Yugoslavian system.
Two Homelands, 2019
PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/T... more PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/Trst The article presents observations from recent architectural historical research on the postwar construction of Slovene coastal towns. The urban planning concepts that formed the "Slovenian Coast" and followed the migration processes are explored. The solutions for the Slovenian Coast are compared with contemporary urban plans for Trieste, set in a larger historical framework. Certain interventions in "ethnically pure" locations (new settlements called 'borghi' on the Karst boundary surrounding Trieste; new construction in the Venetian core of Capodistria) are highlighted, and approaches in the design of new urban areas and two symbolic spaces of representations on both sides of the border are compared.
Glasnik SED, 2021
The paper explores the role of ethnographic methods in the conservation of built heritage set wit... more The paper explores the role of ethnographic methods in the conservation of built heritage set within the framework of contemporary views on heritage discourses (authorised,
subaltern, inclusive), especially in the significance assessment phase. After reviewing the existing and developing cases of the use of ethnographic methods, it summarises
past experiences and the role of ethnological conservation in Slovenia, which represents a reference and a potential for contemporary approaches. The article highlights the importance of ethnographic research in the significance assessment of cultural
heritage in contested spaces, through the case of attitudes towards built heritage in Slovenian coastal towns.
Two homelands / Dve domovini, 2019
PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/T... more PostWar Urbanism along the Contested Border: Some Observations on Koper/Capodistria and Trieste/Trst The article presents observations from recent architectural historical research on the postwar construction of Slovene coastal towns. The urban planning concepts that formed the "Slovenian Coast" and followed the migration processes are explored. The solutions for the Slovenian Coast are compared with contemporary urban plans for Trieste, set in a larger historical framework. Certain interventions in "ethnically pure" locations (new settlements called 'borghi' on the Karst boundary surrounding Trieste; new construction in the Venetian core of Capodistria) are highlighted, and approaches in the design of new urban areas and two symbolic spaces of representations on both sides of the border are compared.
Studia Ethnologica Croatica, 2017
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Monuments to the WW II liberation struggle in the border region between Slovenia and Italy, namely Istria, are the mirrors of conflicting memories at the international and regional level between the two countries and ethnicities, living in the region. As material sites of official memory at the same time, monuments reflect tensions with the individual memories and persistent collective silence decades after the fall of the official memory of the previous Yugoslavian system.
Postwar Modern Architecture in Europe 45+, 2012
Annales, 2012
Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi sveto... more Arhitekturni pomniki gradbenih posegov v koprski mestni prostor v dveh desetletjih po drugi svetovni vojni odsevajo politične premene te dobe; predvsem status quo v času Svobodnega tržaškega ozemlja in pa korenite družbene spremembe, ki so spremljale mogočni politični prelom ter posledični gospodarski razvoj z Luko Koper in industrializacijo, po letu 1954. Z opazovanjem stavbnih tipologij, njihove arhitekturne govorice in prostorske umestitve, vključno z vpenjanjem v historični kontekst, poskušamo ugotoviti, kako so se arhitekti spoprijemali z izzivom gradnje nove družbe v kompleksnem, večkulturnem prostoru povojne severne Istre. Dosedanji rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da so v pionirskih povojnih letih na Obali delovali številni vodilni slovenski arhitekti tega časa, ne le znani arhitekt Edo Mihevc. Dela večine kažejo, da je bil problem identitete severnoistrskega prostora enako pomemben kot sočasne razvojne potrebe.
Annales, 2012
Prispevek raziskuje pomen novih rab historičnih stavb na primeru nekdanjih samostanskih komplekso... more Prispevek raziskuje pomen novih rab historičnih stavb na primeru nekdanjih samostanskih kompleksov v starem jedru Kopra. Analiza novih rab in posledičnih posegov v historično stavbno tkivo je razčlenjena z vidika pomenov, ki jih te spremembe imajo za prebivalstvo mesta, njihov kolektivni spomin ter večplastnost dediščinskih vrednot. Načela prilagojene nove rabe ali adaptive re-use predstavljajo interpretativni ključ analize, saj v sodobni konservatorski stroki slednja prevladuje kot optimalen pristop pri obnovi opuščenih javnih in sakralnih stavb. V pregledu arhivskih podatkov o rabah samostanskih stavb po razpustitvah se posveča predvsem obdobju po drugi svetovni vojni, ki je zaznamovalo identiteto današnjega starega jedra mesta Koper.
It is common knowledge that—with the exception of calamities such as fire, earthquakes, and flo... more It is common knowledge that—with the exception of calamities such as fire, earthquakes, and floods—monuments decay in a gradual process and very often major damage is the result of minor damage that has not been repaired in due time. Regular attention and maintenance can slow down the process of decay or, in specific cases, even partially prevent it. That is why an organization was founded in the Netherlands, in the Flemish Region of Belgium, and elsewhere in Europe with a goal based on the very elementary belief that prevention is better than cure, but in this case applied to cultural heritage. Monumentenwacht offers a systematic inspection system focusing on maintenance and preventive conservation and has developed a database for member, object, and inspection information. After almost twenty years of experience, the organization is now in a phase of professionalization of applied technology to develop an integrated condition-reporting database. The question is whether this ne...
The paper deals with the topical issue of preventive care and maintenance of built heritage in Eu... more The paper deals with the topical issue of preventive care and maintenance of built heritage in Europe. As a reaction to arising requirement for developing this field, advanced by different European and international bodies, we try to outline some of the conditions needed to establish ...
The safeguarding of the spirit of place depends on the connection between people and their herita... more The safeguarding of the spirit of place depends on the connection between people and their heritage. Maintenance and monitored based preventive preservation involves more people and local craftsmen in the process. The paper investigates some examples of different implementations of maintenance services in Europe according to the Dutch model of Monumentenwacht, namely in Belgium, in Denmark and in Hungary. Their role as stimulator of enhancement of traditional crafts is examined, as they are considered to contribute to preservation of local intangible heritage and to community involvement. The role of such organisations as (independent) supporters to heritage owners or site managers is highlighted.
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta, 2016
Article focuses on degraded heritage(s) and their meanings for different groups of inhabitants, i... more Article focuses on degraded heritage(s) and their meanings for different groups of inhabitants, interpreting it/them through the studies of dominant and silenced memories. Case-studies of chosen Slovenian urban centres illustrate the consequences of drastic population change after the Second World War and of the transformation of power relations after Slovenia's independence which brought changes in the political-ideological and economic system. As the authors observed, memories and heritage of Italian, German and Yugoslav inhabitants are often mute and silenced within the contemporary Slovenian hegemonic/authorised heritage discourse. Consequences of changes in social relations were also recognised at the micro level in the valorisation of the socialist heritage of industrial plants and military barracks. Today, these places are left to decay as the material reminders of the unwanted (pre-WWII or socialist) past or they are transformed into centres of youth culture, creative industries or administrative centres. However, such reinterpretation does not enable their former users to access them and claim them as their own heritage.
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta = Bulletin of the Ethnographical Institute , 2016
Original scientific paper Katja Hrobat Virloget Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Univerza na Pri... more Original scientific paper Katja Hrobat Virloget Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Univerza na Primorskem Saša Poljak Istenič Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje sasa.poljak@zrc-sazu.si Neža Čebron Lipovec Fakulteta za humanistične študije, Univerza na Primorskem
MÄLKKI, Mikko (ur.), SCHMIDT-THOMÉ, Kaisa (ur.). Integrating aims : built heritage in social and economic development, (Centre for urban and regional studies publications, B 98). Aalto: Aalto university, School of science and technology, Centre for urban and regional studies, 2010
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](Simpozij Slovenskega umetnostnozgodovinskega društva / Convegno della Società slovena di storia dell'arte / Conference of Slovenian Association of Art Historians - Koper / Capodistria, 23.–25. 11. 2018