Naslov
Erased Languages, Aroused Alliances - Language Policy and Post-Yugoslav Political and Cultural Configurations in Slovenia

Autori
Petković, Brankica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Cultural Transition in Southeastern Europe. Cultural Identity Politics in the (Post-)Transitional Societies

Urednik/ci
Milohnić, Aldo ; Švob-Đokić, Nada

Izdavač
Institut za razvoj i međunarodne odnose (IRMO)

Grad
Zagreb

Godina
2011

Raspon stranica
71-84

ISBN
978-953-6096-56-5

Ključne riječi
language policy, cultural identity, erased residents, linguistic human rights, minority protection, nations of former Yugoslavia in Slovenia

Sažetak
With the gaining of independence and the adoption of the new constitution, all provisions that pertained to other nations of the former Yugoslavia, including the provision on language, were left out of the new legal and formal framework in Slovenia. Although many of the people this relates to acquired Slovenian citizenship on the grounds of permanent residence in Slovenia, and despite the commitment on the part of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia that the Slovenian state would ensure “to all members of other nations the right to multifarious cultural and linguistic development”, the status and the situation of other languages of the former Yugoslavia remained unregulated. Consequently, it is possible to conclude that peoples of other nations of the former Yugoslavia in Slovenia along with their languages are non-integrated “remnants” who were excluded from the internal cultural and social division in the process of the construction of the Slovenian national identity and national state, and remained outside the cultural borders. Although their knowledge of a mother tongue should be an asset and part of their credentials, in the present social circumstances and linguistic reality this is almost a handicap and a source of stigma. The situation has accordingly been reflected in media policy through an absence of measures and actions aimed at regular production of media programme content that would reflect the specific social and cultural situation of these communities. This paper examines how the language situation of people from other nations of the former Yugoslavia in Slovenia has changed with the independence of Slovenia, how it has affected the specific post-Yugoslav reconstruction and repositioning of cultural identities, and how it is supported by the media system in Slovenia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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