Traditiones: Announcements

Forthcoming Thematic Issues

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:58:57 +0100

We are currently preparing the following issues:

2026, 55 (1): Habsburške živali / Habsburg Animals
2026, 55 (2): Večnačinske raziskave in reprezentacije v antropologiji / Multimodal Research and Representations in Anthropology
2027, 56 (2): Večglasne glasbene tradicije: prakse prenosa in prehajanja meja / Multipart Music Traditions: Practices of Transmission and Border Crossings
2027, 56 (3): Rokodelstvo v kontekstu / Contextualizing Handicrafts

More information about these upcoming thematic issues is available in their calls for papers, accessible via the linked titles.

The editorial board also welcomes submissions that do not fall within the announced thematic issues.

Rokodelstvo v kontekstu / Contextualizing Handicrafts – Traditiones 56 (3), 2027

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:57:57 +0100

The recent rise of European and national projects supporting the development of crafts – often framed as a lever for regional and local development, the revitalization of rural or remote areas, and the strengthening of small-scale economies – has once again brought handicraft practices to the fore. In ethnology, these practices were long treated primarily as part of traditional culture and documented in terms of work processes, tools, knowledge, and “folk” art. Today, they are entering new political, economic, symbolic, and analytical regimes: they have become the subject of calls for proposals, development strategies, heritage programs, tourist experiences, platform economies, and environmental expectations.

The thematic issue Contextualizing Handicrafts invites authors to submit empirical, theoretical, or methodological contributions that approach handicrafts as work, skill, and/or social practice – whether in the workshop, within institutions, on the market, or in public, local, and digital settings. We welcome papers on the historical contexts of studying handicrafts in ethnology and cultural anthropology (folk art, work processes, and tools); contemporary classifications (handicrafts as heritage, creative industry, art, entrepreneurship); development potentials (cultural, economic, environmental, welfare, and gender policies—circular economy, women’s work, social inclusion; tourism; the development of remote areas); valuation regimes (quality, authorship, “authenticity”, branding, and certification); and institutional frameworks (museums, schools, registers, calls for proposals, UNESCO).

The deadline for submissions is 15 September 2026.

Please send proposals including a title and short abstract to sasa.poljak@zrc-sazu.si and luka.kropivnik@zrc-sazu.si.

Večglasne glasbene tradicije: prakse prenosa in prehajanja meja / Multipart Music Traditions: Practices of Transmission and Border Crossings - Traditiones 55 (2), 2026

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:37:38 +0100

This thematic issue will bring together scholarly contributions that will explore multipart music traditions as socially embedded musical practices grounded in shared knowledge, coordinated participation, and collective expressive behavior. Drawing on ethnomusicological perspectives, the issue will address multipart music as a dynamic field that will be co-shaped by processes of transmission, mobility, and cultural exchange.

The thematic issue will be structured around two closely interconnected thematic strands. The first strand will focus on borders, borderlands, and cross-border traditions and will examine how multipart music articulates identities shaped by geographical, linguistic, political, and cultural boundaries. Particular attention will be given to borderland contexts as zones of encounter and negotiation, where multipart practices will be influenced by historical contestation, mobility, and intercultural dialogue. The second strand will center on the transmission of multipart music and will address vertical and horizontal processes of knowledge sharing, including teaching, informal learning, heritagization, and contemporary modes of transmission shaped by social change, migration, and media technologies. By bringing these perspectives into dialogue, the thematic issue will highlight multipart music traditions as adaptable and sustainable practices through which borders are crossed, negotiated, and reimagined across diverse social contexts.

The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2026.

Guest editors:
Yannick Wey (Bern Academy of the Arts, yannick.wey@hkb.bfh.ch)
Mojca Kovačič (ZRC SAZU, mojca.kovacic@zrc-sazu.si)

Večnačinske raziskave in reprezentacije v antropologiji / Multimodal Research and Representations in Anthropology – Traditiones 55 (1), 2026

Mon, 05 May 2025 12:42:52 +0200

Multimodal research in cultural and social anthropology stems from diverse approaches to scientific inquiry that challenge conventional textual and visual representations. It introduces methodological innovations (e.g., in the fields of experimental ethnography and anthropological writing as well as the intersection of anthropology and art) and explores new forms of (self)representation of interlocutors in digital environments. While multimodal research is particularly prominent in visual anthropology, it is also gaining ground in anthropological writing. Anthropological texts often incorporate or play with various types of descriptions, styles, genres, and formats, including field notes, interview transcripts, theoretical-analytical sections, photographs, screenshots, evocative descriptions or vignettes, as well as (auto)biographical accounts and literary forms. Drawing on various approaches, studies, and concepts from the fields of sensory and visual anthropology, multimodality has become increasingly established in anthropological research, particularly since 2010. This development has been propelled both by the advent of new technologies and the opening of new spaces for diverse forms of scholarly output and publication.

This thematic issue will address a range of epistemological, methodological, and theoretical questions of multimodal anthropology, which remains relatively understudied in Slovenia. Editors also welcome contributions about innovative and experimental approaches that go beyond conventional textual representations, question and redefine established methods in anthropological research, or critically engage with assumptions of visual ethnography that shape this line of thematic inquiry.

The deadline for submissions is November 15^th 2025.

Guest editors:
Manca Filak (ZRC SAZU, manca.filak@zrc-sazu.si),
Ana Svetel (FF UL, Ana.Svetel@ff.uni-lj.si)

Habsburške živali / Habsburg Animals – Traditiones 54 (3), 2025

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:08:57 +0100

We are delighted to announce a special themed issue dedicated to human-animal relations within the Habsburg Empire. This collection of articles will build on the recent Habsburg Animals Conference (Ljubljana, 2-3 October 2024) and delve into the intricate and multifaceted interactions between humans and animals throughout the long nineteenth century.

In recent decades, the “animal turn” has brought animals into the spotlight across numerous academic fields. Yet, they have remained relatively overlooked in scholarship focused on the Habsburg Empire. Central Europe, a region teeming with diverse animal species, underwent sweeping transformations in human-animal relationships during the empire’s final century, as evolving attitudes and practices reshaped animal lives in profound ways. To address this scholarly gap and ignite further discussion on animal-related themes, our issue will draw on anthropological inquiries to explore a wide range of historical topics—most notably, the development of agricultural science and its lasting impact on the contemporary world.

The deadline is February 20^th 2025.

Daša Ličen (ZRC SAZU, dasa.licen@zrc-sazu.si) and Wolfgang Göderle (University of Graz | Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, goederle@gea.mpg.de).