Slovenski etnografski muzej

The article examines the manifestations of solidarity within the Slovenian healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on voluntary donations to hospitals and medical staff, as well as broader societal solidarity towards healthcare. Based on data collected from Slovenian general hospitals, university medical centres, and the media, various forms of solidarity are analysed, from material donations to voluntary work and moral support.

The article examines the manifestations of solidarity within the Slovenian healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on voluntary donations to hospitals and medical staff, as well as broader societal solidarity towards healthcare. Based on data collected from Slovenian general hospitals, university medical centres, and the media, various forms of solidarity are analysed, from material donations to voluntary work and moral support.

In this article we analyse tools designed for preparedness and response to various crises and natural disasters. The analysis was carried out as part of the international Sonar-Cities project, and helped to identify the characteristics of similar tools in various European countries. In this text, we analyse Slovenian tools for responding to floods and other disasters. Among other things, we break down how the tools address vulnerabilities in the context of the health consequences of disasters and to what extent they promote solidarity and mutual assistance in Ljubljana neighbourhoods.

Migration is one of the constants of humanity, and this is something we have long been aware of in Slovenia, too, given that this has always been a country of transit. Migration is largely an urban phenomenon, which is why museums in urban environments play a key role in raising public awareness of the historical and contemporary perspectives of immigration policy and culture.

Solidarity is the foundation of biosociality. The article highlights its anthropological roots in a unified humanity, but shows only a few examples of mutual activities, especially in connection with music, and presents the foundations of solidarity as a key result of the establishment of kinship systems. The basic thesis of the article is that solidarity is an anthropological constant, which is especially evident from a modern biocultural evolutionary perspective, as solidarity was a key evolutionary advantage of humanity and its predecessors.