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This book offers original insights into cultural transformations of the sensory with particular emphasis on environments and technologies, articulating a special moment in the sensory history of urban Europe as people’s relationship with their environment is increasingly shaped through digital technologies. It is a much-needed addition to Sensory Studies literature with its firmly grounded empirical and theoretical perspectives. It provides radical and impactful food for thought on sensory engagements with urban environments. After reading the book, the reader will have a profound understanding of the original methodology of sensobiographic walking, as well as transdisciplinary and transgenerational ethnographies in different cultural contexts – in this case three European cities. The book is aimed at a large audience of readers. It is equally useful for social and human scientists and students finalizing their MA degrees or working on their doctoral or post-doctoral work, and essential reading for environmental planners, youth workers, city planners and architects, among others.
Knjiga obravnava na Slovenskem do zdaj slabše raziskano področje materialne kulture otroštva od začetka 20. stoletja do druge svetovne vojne v Ljubljani in okolici. Najprej opredeli osnovna koncepta raziskave: materialno kulturo in otroštvo v sinhronem in diahronem vidiku ter se poigra z njunimi razmerji. Nato osvetli raziskavo v časovnem, prostorskem in družbeno-gospodarskem kontekstu. Jedro knjige je etnološka raziskava, ki temelji na ustnih, pisnih in slikovnih virih in odstira prehransko kulturo, oblačilni videz, stanovanjsko in igralno kulturo majhnih Ljubljančanov v prvi polovici 20. stoletja. V tem času naj bi otrok stopil iz sence odraslega na družbeni oder in si pridobil dolgo in varno otroštvo, vendar raziskava predstavi neskladje med deklarativno in praktično ravnijo. Otroštvo, kakor si ga je predstavljala Ellen Key, ki je 20. stoletje razglasila za stoletje otroka, so živeli redki meščanski otroci, drugi pa v duhu uvodnih besed terenske pripovedi: »Imel sem lepo otroštvo. Tudi zato, ker sem si ga sam naredil.« Otroštvo naj bi bila vrednota 20. stoletja, vendar njegove vrednosti tedanji Ljubljančani niso uspeli spoznati.
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