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men Medica
The research demonstrated that in the majority of cases the main reason
for female migration was to re-unite with a spouse working/living in Slove-
nia. However, many female migrants in the study stated they had migrated
for better employment opportunities and education (see http://www.mddsz
.gov.si).
Identity and Integration
How to detect the identity options of migrant minorities from the area of
former Yugoslavia remains quite an unsettled question. Touching on this, the
Slovenian-Bosnian writer Josip Osti wrote (Medica, 2006):
In terms of the preserving of identity models with the help of language,
it is clear that a more or less common language of these groups no
longer exists today. Of the former Serbo-Croatian, I myself say that it
is the language of my memory. In the novel by Andrej E. Skubic, Fužine
Blues (Fužinski bluz), on which a theatre production was also based, this
language is present as part of the folklore of the Fužine quarter of Ljubl-
jana, where this population is greatest. A similar situation is seen in the
Markovec quarter of Koper. In the novel Skubic, similar to the director
of the theatre production of the same name, Ivana Ðilas, concerns him-
self with the language of the Fužine district as part of the identity of this
minority group. This language is a theme, although not everything that
lies behind the language and which is even more important. Only the
contrast in mentality comes to expression, the stereotype of problem-
atic Southerners continues to exist. A theatrical production, let’s say,
of a Bosnian in Slovenia that is not about a stereotyped figure, who is
not a manual labourer, is not stupid and where someone named Fata is
not necessarily a cleaning woman – that would be a welcome produc-
tion. If you only partly destroy the established stereotypes, something
will begin to change in people’s consciousness. There’s no need to hold
great illusions of any radical change since the way of thinking is deeply
rooted. But if a change in thought is brought about, something sub-
stantial will be set in motion. These may be small steps, but they are
important; if you don’t take a small step, you’ll take no step at all.
Marijanca Ajša Vižintin (Vižintin, 2018) calls for changes, chiefly to the ed-
ucation system. She claims that teachers exert a substantial influence on
success in including immigrant and refugee children through their knowl-
edge and attitude. Even greater effectiveness would be attained if teach-
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The research demonstrated that in the majority of cases the main reason
for female migration was to re-unite with a spouse working/living in Slove-
nia. However, many female migrants in the study stated they had migrated
for better employment opportunities and education (see http://www.mddsz
.gov.si).
Identity and Integration
How to detect the identity options of migrant minorities from the area of
former Yugoslavia remains quite an unsettled question. Touching on this, the
Slovenian-Bosnian writer Josip Osti wrote (Medica, 2006):
In terms of the preserving of identity models with the help of language,
it is clear that a more or less common language of these groups no
longer exists today. Of the former Serbo-Croatian, I myself say that it
is the language of my memory. In the novel by Andrej E. Skubic, Fužine
Blues (Fužinski bluz), on which a theatre production was also based, this
language is present as part of the folklore of the Fužine quarter of Ljubl-
jana, where this population is greatest. A similar situation is seen in the
Markovec quarter of Koper. In the novel Skubic, similar to the director
of the theatre production of the same name, Ivana Ðilas, concerns him-
self with the language of the Fužine district as part of the identity of this
minority group. This language is a theme, although not everything that
lies behind the language and which is even more important. Only the
contrast in mentality comes to expression, the stereotype of problem-
atic Southerners continues to exist. A theatrical production, let’s say,
of a Bosnian in Slovenia that is not about a stereotyped figure, who is
not a manual labourer, is not stupid and where someone named Fata is
not necessarily a cleaning woman – that would be a welcome produc-
tion. If you only partly destroy the established stereotypes, something
will begin to change in people’s consciousness. There’s no need to hold
great illusions of any radical change since the way of thinking is deeply
rooted. But if a change in thought is brought about, something sub-
stantial will be set in motion. These may be small steps, but they are
important; if you don’t take a small step, you’ll take no step at all.
Marijanca Ajša Vižintin (Vižintin, 2018) calls for changes, chiefly to the ed-
ucation system. She claims that teachers exert a substantial influence on
success in including immigrant and refugee children through their knowl-
edge and attitude. Even greater effectiveness would be attained if teach-
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