In recent years, post-consumer textile waste has become an important issue that attracts attention from activists, scientists and the media. The production and use of clothing has more than doubled in the last fifteen years due to declining costs, streamlined operations and rising consumption under the influence of fast fashion. According to research, the average European buys as much as 26 kg of textiles each year and discards 11 kg, while a very small share of post-consumer textile waste is recycled. This article presents the findings of a study on household textile waste in the capital of Ljubljana. The research showed that despite the significant declarative environmental awareness of people for sustainable behavior in the field of textile waste, the share of those decreases with exposure to actual behavior. However, there are few people who are completely uninterested in reducing textile waste, as most people are aware of the problem and pay more and more attention to it. The authors study the management of textile waste and its creation by the inhabitants of Ljubljana in the broader context of the influences of fast fashion, as well as the cultural specifics of the Slovenian society.

In her book Zgodbe in prostor ('Stories and Space'), Katarina Šrimpf Vendramin explores and presents the oral tradition of the Upper Sotla Valley along the Slovenian–Croatian border. The first part of the book offers a historical overview of collecting and publishing narrative heritage, and the second part presents contemporary field material and text, texture, and context analysis. The volume highlights the role and importance of literary folklore in the social and cultural life of the region studied. Etiological narratives, historical stories, and tales about mythological creatures are used to present the concepts of the liminal space and time (the chronotope) and the correlation between oral tradition and the formation of collective identities and collective memory. In a border region, narrative tradition is especially important for creating identities—on the one hand, through narratives about the “other” (i.e., that which is different) and, on the other hand, through stories that evoke a feeling of local belonging and establishing a local identity in both the narrator and the audience.

The main purpose of this book is to show that waste does not disappear when we throw it away, but accumulates at an amazing rate, taking up more and more space on our planet. The authors, renowned experts in the fields of anthropology, ethnology and geography, describe local habits related to waste and present waste as an important factor in the global production and consumption network. Anyone reading the book will find it hard to ignore the pile of waste we are trying to sweep under the carpet. Glavni namen te knjige je pokazati, da odpadki ne izginejo, ko jih zavržemo, temveč se z osupljivo hitrostjo kopičijo in zasedajo vse več prostora na našem planetu. Prispevki, ki so jih napisali uveljavljeni strokovnjaki in strokovnjakinje s področij antropologije, etnologije in geografije, opišejo lokalne navade, povezane z odpadki, ter predstavijo smeti kot pomemben dejavnik v globalnem omrežju proizvodnje in potrošnje. Kdor bo knjigo prebral, bo težko odmislil kup odpadkov, ki ga skušamo pomesti pod preprogo.

The main purpose of this book is to show that waste does not disappear when we throw it away, but accumulates at an amazing rate, taking up more and more space on our planet. The authors, renowned experts in the fields of anthropology, ethnology and geography, describe local habits related to waste and present waste as an important factor in the global production and consumption network. Anyone reading the book will find it hard to ignore the pile of waste we are trying to sweep under the carpet. Glavni namen te knjige je pokazati, da odpadki ne izginejo, ko jih zavržemo, temveč se z osupljivo hitrostjo kopičijo in zasedajo vse več prostora na našem planetu. Prispevki, ki so jih napisali uveljavljeni strokovnjaki in strokovnjakinje s področij antropologije, etnologije in geografije, opišejo lokalne navade, povezane z odpadki, ter predstavijo smeti kot pomemben dejavnik v globalnem omrežju proizvodnje in potrošnje. Kdor bo knjigo prebral, bo težko odmislil kup odpadkov, ki ga skušamo pomesti pod preprogo.

Textiles are not merely economic goods but also carriers of social, cultural, and symbolic meanings. Focusing on the Slovenian cultural context, this article examines how textile production and related practices are reflected in proverbs and other short folklore forms. Drawing on a semantic analysis of Slovenian paremiological material, the analysis identifies elements of the traditional textile economy that are expressed in language and explores the figurative meanings they acquire within folklore discourse. It shows that thread, yarn, flax, wool, and textile-related crafts and professions serve as vehicles for transmitting knowledge, values, and experience, as well as for articulating concepts of work, community, and social order. The article thus demonstrates how the material aspects of textile production are intertwined with social and symbolic dimensions in folklore genres, revealing their role in shaping and communicating shared meanings and values within the Slovenian tradition.