PROJECT

The website and database (or ‘VAZ portal’) are outputs of the project called East Asian Collections in Slovenia: Inclusion of Slovenia in the Global Exchanges of Objects and Ideas with East Asia (No. J7-9429), funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS). The project was run between 2018 and 2021 at the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, in cooperation with partner research institutions the Slovene Ethnographic Museum and the Science and Research Centre Koper, and with the participation of research organisations including the National Museum of Slovenia, the Celje Regional Museum and the ‘Sergej Mašera’ Maritime Museum, Piran.

The project aims were to identify, analyse and digitize five East Asian collections from four different museums. We intend to include other East Asian collections kept by Slovenian museums and other institutions in the future, thus enabling the VAZ portal to connect all East Asian material from various Slovenian museums and institutions in a user-friendly way for the first time. In addition to the database, the website is complemented by curated contents in the form of blog posts, image galleries, interactive online presentations of individual objects, short video contributions and virtual exhibitions. In the future, the portal will be expanded with additional multimedia presentations, e.g. sound recordings and 3D models.

Website editor: Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik
Technical website editors: Helena Motoh, Mina Grčar and Dunja Zorman
Proofreader: Abigail Graham
Technical support: Kreativna tovarna
Project no. J7-9429 application details.


 

 

 

TEAM

Prof. Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik (NVS)

Prof. Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik (NVS)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Project Leader

Assist. Prof. Helena Motoh (HM)

Assist. Prof. Helena Motoh (HM)

Scientific and Research Centre Koper, Researcher

Barbara Trnovec (BT)

Barbara Trnovec (BT)

Celje Regional Museum and Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Curator and Assistant Researcher

Mag. Ralf Čeplak Mencin (RČM)

Mag. Ralf Čeplak Mencin (RČM)

Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Curator

Prof. Chikako Shigemori Bučar (CSB)

Prof. Chikako Shigemori Bučar (CSB)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Researcher

Assist. Prof. Maja Veselič (MV)

Assist. Prof. Maja Veselič (MV)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Researcher

Assoc. Prof. Nataša Visočnik Gerželj (NVG)

Assoc. Prof. Nataša Visočnik Gerželj (NVG)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Researcher

Assist. Dr. Klara Hrvatin (KH)

Assist. Dr. Klara Hrvatin (KH)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Researcher

Assist. Mina Grčar (MG)

Assist. Mina Grčar (MG)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, PhD Student

Assist. Tina Berdajs (TB)

Assist. Tina Berdajs (TB)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Young Researcher

Assist. Dunja Zorman (DZ)

Assist. Dunja Zorman (DZ)

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Assistant Researcher and Expert Associate

OTHER RESEARCH PARTNERS

Prof. Hans Bjarne Thomsen

Prof. Hans Bjarne Thomsen

Oddelek za vzhodnoazijsko umetnost, Univerza v Zurichu, profesor in predstojnik oddelka


Students who participated within the scope of their MA study

Vid Seth Peterson (VSP), Ruby Knap (RK), Jernej Robin (JR), Darian Kocmur (DK), Maja Maria Kosec (MMK)

VAZ is funded by

Project partners

Participating institutions