Assoc. Prof. Dr Saša Poljak Istenič
University Teacher
External Teaching Staff
External Teaching Staff
Academic title: PhD
Habilitation field: Assistant Professor (Tourism)
sasa.poljak@guest.um.sii
Office hours: by prior arrangement
SCIENTIFIC FIELD
6.04 Ethnology
6.03.02 Social and cultural anthropology
6.03.02 Social and cultural anthropology
KEYWORDS
Cultural heritage, Gastronomy, Tourism, Urban studies, Creativity, Sustainable Development, Climate change
RESEARCH FIELD
My primary field of research activity is ethnology / cultural anthropology, the methodology qualitative research. The main areas of my interest are urban life and heritage. I focus on the concepts of creativity, sustainability, and social inclusion; I am interested in new social models, climate change and social participation. In the field of heritage, I deal mainly with gastronomy, intangible cultural heritage, museology and tourism.
I am currently the leader of the research project Urban Futures: Imagining and Activating Possibilities in Unsettled Times (Slovenian research Agency and Croatian Science Foundation, 2020–2023). I participated in the Interreg projects on heritage (Etnofolk, Alpfoodway) and urban gardening (AgriGo4Cities). I publish mainly in European ethnological / anthropological and other humanistic journals or collective monographs. I am the editor of Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva / Bulletin of the Slovenian Ethnological Society.
I am currently the leader of the research project Urban Futures: Imagining and Activating Possibilities in Unsettled Times (Slovenian research Agency and Croatian Science Foundation, 2020–2023). I participated in the Interreg projects on heritage (Etnofolk, Alpfoodway) and urban gardening (AgriGo4Cities). I publish mainly in European ethnological / anthropological and other humanistic journals or collective monographs. I am the editor of Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva / Bulletin of the Slovenian Ethnological Society.
SUBJECTS/TEACHING ANNOUNCEMENT
UN-44 Gastronomija in enogastronomija- PIP
TEACHING APPROACH
I enjoy teaching, especially in presenting successful practices that implement theoretical findings or strategies from the curriculum. I combine lectures with ethnographic films or recordings online, presentations of the expert or business guests, and students’ independent work. I want to inspire them for different professions in the field they study, especially by presenting the opportunities brought to them by cooperation with local communities and organizations or the environment in which they operate.
recently published
KOZINA, Jani, POLJAK ISTENIČ, Saša, KOMAC, Blaž. Green creative environments : contribution to sustainable urban and regional development. Acta geographica Slovenica. [Tiskana izd.]. 2019, 59, št. 1, str. 119-126. ISSN 1581-6613. https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/7030, DOI: 10.3986/AGS.7030. [COBISS.SI-ID 44636461], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 2. 5. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 4, čistih citatov (CI): 4, Scopus do 9. 6. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 7, čistih citatov (CI): 6]
financer: ARRS, Programi, P6-0101, SI, Geografija Slovenije; ARRS, Projekti, Z6-6841, SI, Preživeti, živeti, izživeti. Ustvarjalnost kot način življenja
POLJAK ISTENIČ, Saša. Participatory urbanism : creative interventions for sustainable development. Acta geographica Slovenica. [Tiskana izd.]. 2019, 59, št. 1, str. 127-140, ilustr. ISSN 1581-6613. https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/5142, DOI: 10.3986/AGS.5142. [COBISS.SI-ID 44641325], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 22. 5. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 2, čistih citatov (CI): 2, Scopus do 15. 6. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 6, čistih citatov (CI): 6]
financer: ARRS, Projekti, Z6-6841, SI, Preživeti, živeti, izživeti. Ustvarjalnost kot način življenja
POLJAK ISTENIČ, Saša, KOZINA, Jani. Participatory planning in a post-socialist urban context : experience from five cities in Central and Eastern Europe. V: NARED, Janez (ur.), BOLE, David (ur.). Participatory research and planning in practice. Cham (Switzerland): Springer Open, cop. 2020. Str. 31-50, tabele. The urban book series. ISBN 978-3-030-28013-0. ISSN 2365-757X. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7_3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7_3. [COBISS.SI-ID 45467693], [Scopus do 15. 3. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 3, čistih citatov (CI): 2]
financer: This chapter was prepared as part of the project AgriGo4Cities (Urban agriculture for changing cities: governance models for better institutional capacities and social inclusion), co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA), and of two research programs financed by the Slovenian Research Agency: Cultural Spaces and Practices: Ethnology and Folklore Studies (P6-0088) and Geography of Slovenia (P6-0101)
financer: ARRS, Programi, P6-0101, SI, Geografija Slovenije; ARRS, Projekti, Z6-6841, SI, Preživeti, živeti, izživeti. Ustvarjalnost kot način življenja
POLJAK ISTENIČ, Saša. Participatory urbanism : creative interventions for sustainable development. Acta geographica Slovenica. [Tiskana izd.]. 2019, 59, št. 1, str. 127-140, ilustr. ISSN 1581-6613. https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/5142, DOI: 10.3986/AGS.5142. [COBISS.SI-ID 44641325], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 22. 5. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 2, čistih citatov (CI): 2, Scopus do 15. 6. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 6, čistih citatov (CI): 6]
financer: ARRS, Projekti, Z6-6841, SI, Preživeti, živeti, izživeti. Ustvarjalnost kot način življenja
POLJAK ISTENIČ, Saša, KOZINA, Jani. Participatory planning in a post-socialist urban context : experience from five cities in Central and Eastern Europe. V: NARED, Janez (ur.), BOLE, David (ur.). Participatory research and planning in practice. Cham (Switzerland): Springer Open, cop. 2020. Str. 31-50, tabele. The urban book series. ISBN 978-3-030-28013-0. ISSN 2365-757X. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7_3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7_3. [COBISS.SI-ID 45467693], [Scopus do 15. 3. 2021: št. citatov (TC): 3, čistih citatov (CI): 2]
financer: This chapter was prepared as part of the project AgriGo4Cities (Urban agriculture for changing cities: governance models for better institutional capacities and social inclusion), co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA), and of two research programs financed by the Slovenian Research Agency: Cultural Spaces and Practices: Ethnology and Folklore Studies (P6-0088) and Geography of Slovenia (P6-0101)