Papers by Damir Josipovič
Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies, 2024
The paper discusses the impact of recent socio-economic and geopolitical changes on cultural ties... more The paper discusses the impact of recent socio-economic and geopolitical changes on cultural ties and ethnic identity formation in the wider area of Čabar, Croatia. It emphasises the importance of understanding the historical context of cross-border relations in this geographically peripheral border region. To assess the specific position of relative isolation, a robust interdis- ciplinary methodological approach was used, combining the analysis of historical documents, registry books, and population censuses with qualitative methodology like in-depth semistructured interviews with local residents. To assess the specific local interrelations, the patterns of population migration and cross-border marriages (presented in the appendix) were reconstructed and exa-mined. Changes that occurred after the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the establishment of new independent states shed new light on how the local populace reproduced their identity.
Treatises and Documents Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo Revija za narodnostna vprašanja, Nov 30, 2023
The paper discusses the COVID-19 mortality in Slovenia and Croatia in 2020 and 2021. The aim of t... more The paper discusses the COVID-19 mortality in Slovenia and Croatia in 2020 and 2021. The aim of the paper is to determine similarities and differences in mortality trends during COVID-19 period and to discuss the underlying causes and consequences. It is hypothesised that the unfavourable age structure of both countries was a catalyst of the excess mortality differentials, and that the different paths of post-socialist transitions significantly contributed to differential mortality in 2020. The analyses confirmed a biased effect of the excess mortality indicator, which is applicable only if supported with sufficient attributive data. Moreover, findings confirmed the hypothesis that COVID-19 mortality largely contributed to overall mortality in Slovenia in 2020, particularly due to the increased mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCF) which was about 70% higher compared to that of Croatia.
Bristol University Press eBooks, Aug 31, 2018
Stanovništvo, 2021
This paper presents new data on the age structure of hospitalised SARI (severe acute respiratory ... more This paper presents new data on the age structure of hospitalised SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) patients, with or without COVID-19, broken down by gender, place of infection, and region. The leading hypothesis that COVID-19 deaths are overestimated despite the high share of excess deaths was confirmed, bringing to light the important issue of the demographic breakdown of the population at risk. Thus, the main reason for the decreasing number of COVID-19 deaths is to be sought within the exhausted demographic pool of the elderly population in 2020, when the mortality rate was 19% higher compared to the previous five-year period (2015-2019). Demographic disparities across regions are immense and statistically explain the differences in the "infected versus deceased" ratio. The excess mortality in 2020 was unusually high, but the projected value for 2020 based on the mortality pattern across age groups from 2015 to 2019 contributed up to one-third of the surplus. So, for one-quarter of alleged COVID-19 deaths (roughly 600 out of some 3,300 in 2020), death was expected to take place in 2020 anyway.
Stanovnistvo, 2021
This paper presents new data on the age structure of hospitalised SARI (severe acute respiratory ... more This paper presents new data on the age structure of hospitalised SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) patients, with or without COVID-19, broken down by gender, place of infection, and region. The leading hypothesis that COVID-19 deaths are overestimated despite the high share of excess deaths was confirmed, bringing to light the important issue of the demographic breakdown of the population at risk. Thus, the main reason for the decreasing number of COVID-19 deaths is to be sought within the exhausted demographic pool of the elderly population in 2020, when the mortality rate was 19% higher compared to the previous five-year period (2015-2019). Demographic disparities across regions are immense and statistically explain the differences in the ?infected versus deceased? ratio. The excess mortality in 2020 was unusually high, but the projected value for 2020 based on the mortality pattern across age groups from 2015 to 2019 contributed up to one-third of the surplus. So, for on...
Geografija Slovenije, 2004
... V SLOVENIJI Damir Josipovi~ © Geografski in{titut Antona Melika ZRC SAZU, 2004 Urednik: Drago... more ... V SLOVENIJI Damir Josipovi~ © Geografski in{titut Antona Melika ZRC SAZU, 2004 Urednik: Drago Perko Recenzenta: Marjan Ravbar, Irena ... Tako imamo opravka s pomembnim elementom ekosistemskega ali kibernetskega na~ina razmi{ljanja, to pa so tako imenovane negativ ...
Pomurska obzorja
Članek predstavlja analitski prikaz številčnega razvoja hrvaškega prebivalstva v Sloveniji in v s... more Članek predstavlja analitski prikaz številčnega razvoja hrvaškega prebivalstva v Sloveniji in v specifičnih območjih večje številčne zastopanosti v slovensko-hrvaškem obmejnem pasu ob hrvaški meji med Pomurjem in Slovensko Istro. Avtor analizira območja poselitve Hrvatov na podlagi podatkov popisa prebivalstva in glede na zgodovinsko ter tradicionalno prisotnost od časa modernih popisov prebivalstva predlaga opredelitev območja manjšinske zaščite. Glede na najdolgotrajnejšo in številčno prisotnost zlasti v obmejnem pasu ob hrvaški meji avtor predlaga vključitev teh predelov v območja posebne kulturološke vrednosti kot specifične kulturne pokrajine zaznamovane s kompleksnimi demografskimi in historičnimi procesi. Avtor primerja tudi ureditev drugih dveh prostorsko zaščitenih manjšin (madžarske in italijanske) preko koncepta narodno mešanega območja (NMO). Ugotavlja, da zaradi migracijskih procesov in razvojnih dejavnikov nastajajo velike razlike med NMO, zaradi česar taka rešitev dol...
Dve Domovini, 2006
The contribution presents the development of immigration in Slovenia after World War II from the ... more The contribution presents the development of immigration in Slovenia after World War II from the aspect of influences on the level of birth rate in Slovenia. It analyses immigration to Slovenia and based on a comparison of birth rates of individual ethnic groups in Slovenia defines the role of those in the altogether birth rate in Slovenia. Stress is on comparison of birth rates of the immigrated population and the majority population in Slovenia. It is shown that immigrations did not increase the birth rate but in contrariety with public discourse even lowered it.
Dve Domovini, 2007
The article presents selected aspects of demo-geographical development of ?umberk as border in tr... more The article presents selected aspects of demo-geographical development of ?umberk as border in trans-border region placed in wider Kolpa basin in last one and a half century. Some rare, scarcely known, and never aggregated data about population change, fertility, migration, ethnic and religious structure were analyzed. Some details about boundary issues and shaping ob boundary are presented. Zumberk as peripheral and border region has a unique geographical position combining relatively stabile fertility and strong emigration and intertwining religious, ethnic, language and other groups of population.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2006
Pomurska obzorja
Prispevek predstavlja analizo presežne smrtnosti vSloveniji v letu 2020 z vidika pričakovane smrt... more Prispevek predstavlja analizo presežne smrtnosti vSloveniji v letu 2020 z vidika pričakovane smrtnosti kot posledicečedalje neugodnejše starostne strukture prebivalstva v Sloveniji.Ugotavlja, da je mogoče nepojasnjenim vzrokom smrti na novopripisati namesto 3.126 (po podatkih NIJZ) le 2.626 smrtnih žrtev,ki pa se lahko pripišejo prezgodnjim smrtnim primerom, ki solahko neposredna posledica bodisi bolezni COVID-19 bodisidrugih vzrokov smrti zaradi omejevalnih ukrepov. Povečanjeznaša 501 osebo ali kar petino. Tako visoka presežna smrtnostzato ni le posledica same nove bolezni, temveč tudi posledicadrugih dejavnikov. Domnevamo, da so poleg odpovedi rednegazdravljenja ključno vlogo odigrali prav sprejeti restriktivni ukrepiomejitev gibanja in šolanja na daljavo, ki so bili zgrešeno ciljanizaradi napačne interpretacije podatkov o obsegu in pogojihprenosa okužb, neproučenega razmerja med okužbami v DSOnapram lokalnemu prebivalstvu glede na velikost občin,primerjalno slabšega razmerja med ...
Anali PAZU
Prispevek predstavlja oris prostorskega razvoja rabe prekmurskega jezika in kvantifikacijo prekmu... more Prispevek predstavlja oris prostorskega razvoja rabe prekmurskega jezika in kvantifikacijo prekmurščine v obdobju ob razpadu SFRJ. Ob zadnjem jugoslovanskem popisu iz leta 1991 je bila v Sloveniji prekmurščina uradna popisna jezikovna kategorija. Prebivalstvo Prekmurja se je v veliki meri opredeljevalo za prekmurščino v smislu »pogovornega jezika v družini« in »pogovornega jezika v okolju«, ne pa tudi v smislu »maternega jezika«. Namen prispevka je ugotoviti vzroke za statistično pojavljanje prekmurščine v popisih, ugotoviti geografsko razprostranjenost in lokalne stopnje odločanja prekmurskega prebivalstva za navedbo prekmurščine po kriterijih maternega jezika ter jezika v družini in okolju. Osnovna hipoteza raziskave je bila, da je bil ključni dejavnik za odločanje prebivalstva v Prekmurju za navedbo prekmurščine kot pogovornega jezika v družini in okolju protestantska veroizpoved. Da bi preverili zastavljeno hipotezo, smo izvedli prostorsko in statistično analizo popisno zabeleže...
Anali PAZU
Članek govori o slovensko-hrvaški meji na njenem skrajnem severovzhodnem odseku, ki ga označuje t... more Članek govori o slovensko-hrvaški meji na njenem skrajnem severovzhodnem odseku, ki ga označuje tok reke Mure oz. širše območje pomurskega dela meje. Avtor v članku razpravlja o meji na Muri, o njeni vlogi v današnjem mejnem sporu, kakor tudi o vlogi te meje pri konstruiranju slovenskega in hrvaškega etničnega prostora. Prikazana je analiza mejnih odstopanj na celotnem obmurskem odseku meje tako po katastrskih izmerah kot po kartografskih prezentacijah percipirane meje na slovenski in na hrvaški strani. Izpostavljeni so problemi razmejevanja na kopnem (primer Štrigove in Razkrižja) in po celinskih vodah (struga Mure in rečnih rokavov). Na tej osnovi je razložena tudi vloga meje in njene funkcije v determiniranju etnične ločnice na tem območju.
Anali PAZU HD
Vpliv Jovana Cvijića na današnjo podobo slovenske nacije, njene geografske in prostorske razsežno... more Vpliv Jovana Cvijića na današnjo podobo slovenske nacije, njene geografske in prostorske razsežnosti, vključno z določanjem meje v prostoru in času, kot tudi znaten vpliv njegove znanstvene širine na vodilne slovenske geografe srede 20. stoletja je v Sloveniji skoraj neznan in zato neprepoznan. Zato članek najprej predstavlja institucionalizacijo slovenskega izobraževalnega sistema in vzpostavitev geografije kot samostojne discipline v relaciji do formiranja današnjega slovenskega državnega ozemlja. V tem kontekstu nato opredeljuje okoliščine lingvističnega združevanja štirih različnih in ločenih regionalnih jezikovnih standardov v enega, ki bo jasno ločen od drugih neslovanskih sosedov, ne pa tudi od slovanskega zaledja. Prispevek analizira zgodovinsko vlogo in pomen Jovana Cvijića v procesu izgrajevanja slovenskih državnih meja, posebej severnih, pa tudi v odnosu do takratnih etno-psiholoških opredelitev populacij in njihovega svojstvenega razmejevanja. In končno, prispevek ocenju...
Anali PAZU HD
Trianonska pogodba je leta 1920 mejo med novoustanovljeno Kraljevino Srbov, Hrvatov in Slovencev ... more Trianonska pogodba je leta 1920 mejo med novoustanovljeno Kraljevino Srbov, Hrvatov in Slovencev in Madžarsko postavila na netipično, nizko razvodje med Rabo in Veliko Krko ter tako oddelila devet naselij sklenjenega prekmursko govorečega območja ob Rabi od preostanka Prekmurja. Pogodba ni prepričljivo utemeljila izbora takšne razmejitve, ki danes predstavlja mejo med Slovenijo in Madžarsko. Severno od te meje je v času po razmejitvi na strnjenem ozemlju prebivalo kakih 7.000 prebivalcev, ki so v vsakodnevni govorici uporabljali porabsko oz. severnogoričko prekmursko narečje. Poslej se je število govorcev porabskega narečja prekmurščine v Porabju sistematično zmanjševalo, kar potrjuje tudi zadnji madžarski popis prebivalstva iz leta 2011, ki jih je naštel okrog 1000. Pri tem ostaja število samoopredeljenih kot Slovenci v zadnjem desetletju stabilno in znatno višje od samega števila govorcev. Na zmanjševanje rabe porabske prekmurščine in slovenščine niso vplivali le spremenjeni družb...
Geoadria, 2012
Boundary-making in Istria is an old undertaking. It has actually never ceasesed, not even today. ... more Boundary-making in Istria is an old undertaking. It has actually never ceasesed, not even today. Istrian peninsula has thus undergone substantial boundary shifts during the last couple of centuries (especially after the Venetian demise in 1797). But Istria carries its worldwide fame also due to one of probably the harshest disputes on the post-war European grounds – the Trieste territory dispute. In author's perspective, this dispute is one of the four main corner-stones of the current Slovenian-Croatian boundary dispute. The remaining three include the Kozler's boundary around Dragonja (Rokava) River, the ungraspable notions of Austrian censuses in Istria, and the narratives of partisan settlements on military jurisdiction. However, there are other very important aspects which significantly shaped the development of the dispute, but we will focus at assessing the importance of the aforementioned ones. In this sense, the analysis of the effects of the outcome of the Trieste ...
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