Plucking Cat / Animals in Music: Japan
The participants of this event listened to the musical instruments of Nagisa Moritoki Škof, PhD, and tried to solve animal-themed musical riddles. The event was performed by Nagisa Moritoki Škof, PhD, as a musician and Klara Hrvatin, PhD, a musicologist.
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Coordinators: Nagisa Moritoki Škof, PhD, and Klara Hrvatin, PhD, Faculty of Arts
The Role of Pharmacies and Pharmacists in the Safe and Effective Use of (Veterinary) Medicines
Faculty of Pharmacy researchers presented the work of a pharmacist in a pharmacy to children and adults. This also involves a concern for animal health, both in terms of making veterinary medicines and advising on their use.
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The participants had a look at the facilities of the Mirje Pharmacy and their purposes. They discovered how pharmacists help animals and had a crack at making creams.
The departure from the Faculty of Pharmacy to Mirje Pharmacy was at 18:55.
Coordinators: Nejc Horvat, PhD, and Mitja Kos, PhD, with colleagues of the Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Boštjan Martinc, PhD, from Mirje Pharmacy
Animals and Humans: What Do Anthropologists Do?
The projection of the film Okolje in živali: delo antropologov (Environment and Animals: What Do Anthropologists Do?) and a subsequent talk addressed the intertwinement of human and animal lives, the evolving interspecies relations and the role of anthropologists in this context.
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The film presented how ethnological or anthropological knowledge and approaches benefited individuals in their work in connection with the environment and animals. The applied perspective was complemented by the views of researchers.
For both, the starting point were many aspects of the coexistence and intertwining of the lives of humans and animals in different environments, situations and for different purposes – such as issues of human encroachment into different (protected) environments, the development of human habitats at the expense of animal and plant habitats, animal husbandry for food, and the variability of anthropocentric views on animals in the past and present.
Interviewees in the film: Živa Gobbo (Focus, Association for Sustainable Development), Darja Kranjc (Škocjan Caves Regional Park), Špela Ledinek, PhD (INS ZRC SAZU), Lucija Gartner (Gartner Tourist Farm), Miha Kozorog, PhD (EIKA, Faculty of Arts)
The event was suitable for the general public, university students and secondary schools.
For visits by secondary schools, registration was required by email at sarah.lunacek@ff.uni-lj.si.
Coordinator: Ana Sarah Lumen Brunaček, PhD, Faculty of Arts
Photo title: Girls from Galjevica in front of the house
Author: from personal archive
Archived by: Ethnological Information Laboratory of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Two Birds with One Stone: Slovenian-Slovak Night
This year’s edition of the Slovenian-Slovak Night took place in the form of workshops for primary and secondary school students, who learned about specific areas of linguistics and literary studies in connection with the animal world.
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In the morning programme, which started at 8 am, researchers first introduced primary school, secondary school and university students to the Slovanska Library and its rare books and other publications (newspapers, manuscripts etc.).
This was followed by a workshop with newspaper materials (Kmetijske in rokodelske novice (Agricultural and Artisan News), Slovenec (The Slovenian) etc.) and a workshop on searching for materials in COBISS. After a break, there was a lexicology workshop (working with dictionaries) and a linguistics workshop (Slovenian and Slovak phraseology).
Workshops:
– Among the Shelves of the Slovanska Library (Erika Marolt, Tomaž Miško, Ljubljana City Library (MKL)),
– Let’s Explore Together (Tomaž Miško, Erika Marolt, MKL),
– Linguistics Workshop: Online Dictionaries and the Franček Portal (Špela Petric Žižić, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)),
– Phraseological Workshop: Slovenian and Slovak Paremiology (Matej Meterc, ZRC SAZU).
The central part of the afternoon programme, which started at 2 pm, was a linguistic/literary conference with international participants, followed by a discussion.
Linguistic and literary science contributions:
– Hotimir Tivadar, PhD: Public Speaking and “Animals”,
– Simon Atelšek, PhD: Metaphors in Beekeeping Terminology,
– Jozef Pallay, PhD, Matej Meterc, PhD, Polona Leskovar: Animals in Paremiology,
– Saša Poklač, PhD: The Falcon in Slovenian and Slovak Cultures,
– Špela Sevšek Šramel, PhD: Literary Depictions of Exotic Animals (From Travelogues to Young Adult Literature),
– Svetlana Kmecová, PhD: The Supernatural in the Animal World.
Slovak-Slovenian friends and enthusiasts, especially primary school, secondary school and university students were warmly welcomed.
Participating institutions: Ljubljana Diocesan Classical Gymnasium, Dr. Vito Kraigher Primary School, Miran Jarc Primary School, Priniče Primary School, ZRC SAZU Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, Faculty of Arts at the Comenius University Bratislava
Organizers: Hotimir Tivadar, PhD, Špela Sevšek Šramel, PhD, Tomaž Miško, Erika Marolt, Department of Slovene Studies and Department of Slavistics at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana, MKL, Slovanska Library
Demonstration of Laboratory Work with Animal Cell Lines
Are you interested in how laboratories work with animal cell lines? Researchers of the Faculty of Pharmacy presented both the methods of and reasons for using animal cell lines in researching the mechanisms of how different human diseases, such as cancer and osteoporosis, arise and can be treated.
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You were able to see the presentation on the Faculty of Pharmacy’s YouTube channel.
Project coordinators: Nataša Karas Kuželički, PhD, Associate Professor, and Lucija Ana Vrščaj, Faculty of Pharmacy
Let’s Learn about the Properties of Honey
This workshop on the mysterious gold of bees, a healing substance for man, was the first edition of an experimental workshop for primary and secondary school students.
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By conducting experiments, we determined different properties of honey (viscosity, crystallisation, the presence of reducing sugars, sucrose, water and ash content, pollen analysis etc.). We compared different types of honey in terms of their general properties.
There were 10 to 15 pupils participating in the workshop, and they will be able to flow freely between individual experiments. The faculty took care of the guided conducting of natural science experiments, while the teachers were expected to supervise the pupils and keep them safe.
Coordinators: Miha Slapničar, PhD, Faculty of Education, Centre KemikUm, in cooperation with students of Faculty of Education
Pressure on the Natural Environment due to Recreational Activities
In this stall on geoinformatics, researchers from the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering presented how global navigation systems work. The participants were able to view data acquired with activity trackers, such as Garmin, Polar and Suunto, and take a closer look at some walking, running and cycling routes.
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With their recreational activities, humans intentionally or unintentionally encroach on and alter animal habitats. Walking, running and cycling can put considerable pressure on the natural environment, which must be monitored and mitigated with appropriate measures.
One of the most effective tools for this is geoinformatics, capturing data through remote sensing and navigation devices.
This workshop familiarised the public – it was suitable for anyone from primary school age onwards – with how global navigation systems work and what kind of data they yield. We took a look at how we can acquire and process data from sports devices, so-called activity trackers (Garmin, Polar, Suunto, smartphones etc.), and establish which routes are under more pressure than others.
Coordinators: Krištof Oštir, PhD, and Jernej Tekavec, PhD, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Andrej Verlič, PhD, Tivoli, Rožnik and Šiška Hill Landscape Park
You can listen to a radio interview about the pressures on the natural environment here.
Science Fair
Under the guidance of university students, pupils discovered science in a fun and playful way through science fair activities and experiments.
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There were 12 different workshops, where pupils mostly discovered interesting phenomena, familiarised themselves with living beings and thus got to know the beauty of science. There were 5 to 7 pupils participating in each workshop, and they were able to flow freely between the workshops.
The faculty took care of the guided conducting of natural science experiments, while teachers were expected to supervise the pupils and keep them safe.
Coordinators: Ana Gostinčar Blagotinšek, PhD, and Jerneja Pavlin, PhD, Faculty of Education, in collaboration with students
Youth Inventiveness: A Response to the Challenges of Microplastics in the Environment
The “Youth Inventiveness: A Response to the Challenges of Microplastics in the Environment” competition took place through the collaboration of Centre KemikUm, CRSN and EkoPef at the UL Faculty of Education, aiming to encourage primary and secondary school students to lead initiatives for solutions to the problem of microplastics in the environment.
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At the European Researchers’ Night, posters with which students participated in the competition were presented.
Within the competition, primary and secondary school students planned and implemented concrete activities in their local environment that will contribute to overcoming problems faced by animals due to the presence of microplastics in the environment.
Coordinator: Katarina Mlinarec, Faculty of Education, Centre KemikUm, in collaboration with students of Faculty of Education
The Hubbub of the Movements of Animals and Life
The participants of this creative workshop on movement joined researchers from the Faculty of Medicine in recreating movements of the living world, which connected people with animals and life, enabled relaxation, better health, well-being and increased creativity. It was fun!
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The workshop aimd to popularise movement for a healthy and creative life in all age groups (3 to 99 years).
Coordinator: Irina Milisav, PhD, Faculty of Medicine
Choreographer: Sinja Ožbolt
