research advisor
(1926 - 2008)
He was born on August 24, 1926 in Tabor in Savinja valley. He graduated in 1951 in ethnology and national history from the University of Ljubljana. In 1959 he received his doctor’s degree with a dissertation “Noša na Slovenskem v poznem srednjem veku in 16.stoletju” [Folk Costume in the late Middle Ages and in the 16th Century].
From 1950 to 1963 he was a curator at the City Museum in Ljubljana and from 1963 to 1979 in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana. From 1979 to 1991 he was employed in the ISE.
His research interest was focused on culture and way of life of various professional groups, and especially clothing culture, and pleaded for a historical oriented ethnology.
In 1969 he was elected a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, an associate professor in 1978 and a full professor of ethnology in 1984.
From 1991 to 2004 he has been editor in chief of the Slovenian Ethnological Lexicon.
1967 Gozdni in žagarski delavci na južnem Pohorju v dobi kapitalistične izrabe gozdov [Wald- und Sägearbeiter am südlichen Pohorje (Bacherngebirge)]. Maribor.
1970 Noša na Slovenskem v poznem srednjem veku in 16. stoletju [Folk Costume in the late Middle Ages and in the 16th
1973 Savinjski splavarji [The Savinja Raftsmen]. Ljubljana.
1976 Ljutomerske konjske dirke [The Ljutomer Horse Races]. Maribor.
1986 Opisi kmečkega oblačilnega videza na Slovenskem v 1. polovici 19. stoletja [Descriptions of Rural Costume in Slovenia in the First Half of the 19th Century]. Ljubljana.
1987 Oblačilna kultura na Slovenskem v Prešernovem času. 1. polovica 19. stoletja [La culture vestimentaire en Slovénie au temps de Prešeren]. Ljubljana.
1991 Opisi oblačilnega videza na Slovenskem v 17. in 18. stoletju [Descriptions of Rural Costume in Slovenia in the 17th and 18th centuries]. Ljubljana.
1992 Oblačilna kultura na Slovenskem v 17. in 18. stoletju [La culture vestimentaire en Slovénie aux 17e et 18e siècles]. Ljubljana.
2004 (et al., ed.) Slovenski etnološki leksikon [Slovenian Ethnological Lexicon]. Ljubljana. Century]. Ljubljana.