The institute of Slovenian ethnology ZRC SAZU, 1951/2001-2011

Abstract

This article presents a summary of the research achievements of the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology as they are documented in the institute's yearly reports - Achievements that also strongly influenced the course of research in the institute during the last decade. A survey of the developments in research interests of the institute can be interpreted as a continuation of scientific production that is cumulative by nature. Research developments over time are thus understood as being based on disciplinary and institutional tradition while at the same time - Given existing personal and financial possibilities and the individual habitus of each researcher - Meeting the challenges of paradigm shifts in the discipline as well as in the politics of science.