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Kulturnik.si
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The website Kulturnik.si was launched in December 2013. Developed by the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory, the portal consists of a metasearch engine and features cultural news and events aggregated from various Slovene digital sources and collections related to arts and culture. Owned and supported by the Ministry of Culture, the project complements the eContents initiative (Digital Agenda for Europe) that supports interoperability and the re-use of public data in cultural sectors.
Culture.si
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Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage.
Culture.si was developed and edited by the team of the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory in the period 2009–2020 and again in 2024. From October 2024 up to June 2026, Culture.si has been under development and upgrade for the transition to the eKultura platform. The portal and its content is owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture and the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Getting a clearer picture and a better sound
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Since 2013, the creators of the Internet portal Culture.si at Ljudmila Laboratory have been running a cousin project called Kulturnik.si, which had its official launch at the end of this November. Though in some important ways akin to Culture.si, it is of a decidedly more general nature. Kulturnik.si is a tool that aggregates a significant portion of original cultural and arts-related web content in Slovenian language.
Culture nation and metadata
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Ljudmila in lights, Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab, the predecessor of Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.
On the portal Culture.si, one can find over 3,000 original articles on cultural producers, venues, services, festivals, and various collectives. Foremost, these articles are meant to enhance the international visibility and connectivity of their subjects. In addition, this vast database is also available for the purposes of reuse and research. For this to be possible, all the entries in the database (including a few thousand images) are systematically equipped with an extensive set of metadata (which is, basically, data describing other data). Each one of them is indexed by multiple attributes, with around 400 categories used to characterise the types of production.
Culture Online Beyond Commercial Algorithms
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Ljudmila in lights, Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab, the predecessor of Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.
Maks Fabiani The architect town planner and thinker on the crossroads of histories
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Not only did he live for almost a century, the architect and urbanist Maks Fabiani (1865–1962) led an extremely eventful life that was deeply and curiously imbued with the myriad social, political and aesthetic contexts of his times.
Skiing in the Museum
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Are you looking for sport in a museum? In the case of Slovenia, skiing would be the most ubiquitous of them all. Beyond the stereotype of being a national sport, skiing has also grown into both an internationally successful business and industry and a rather commonplace lifestyle at the same time. But let's start our slalom through the skiing heritage with the fear of winter.
A pair of skis, used in the Yugoslav People’s Army. From 1974 onwards, its mountain warfare forces would use the equipment produced by Elan.
Public Institute of Notranjska Regional Park
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The Public Institute of Notranjska Regional Park was founded by the Municipality of Cerknica in 2002 with the aim of protecting, preserving and researching the area of the Notranjska nature park. The park (about 222 km²) is home to numerous animal and plant species as well as a wide range of diverse habitats. Among its most valuable features are for instance the Lake Cerknica (the largest intermittent lake in Europe), extensive wetlands, and various karst habitats such as the beautiful Rakov Škocjan karst valley. One of the goals of the institute is also to raise awareness about cultural and natural heritage conservation. For this purpose, visitors can explore the Museum of Lake Cerknica and take part in a wide array of educational or recreational activities.
The Rebirth of Industrial Spaces through the Prism of Culture and Creativity
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From London and Paris to Berlin and Amsterdam, if we mention only Europe, some of the best contemporary museums and galleries are set in former industrial buildings, taking advantage of vast spaces, preserving cultural heritage and giving back to people what they had been creating before in a different manner.
Slovenia stepped on this path in the early 2000s and is committed to renovating, rebuilding and breathing new life into such buildings. Through revitalisation, cities, townships and private organisations are transforming these sites and structures into places that offer platforms for creative industries. However, the means towards this goal and the results vary distinctively.
Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, 2006