1. The Sarajevo Period of Dane Škerl’s Artistic ActivityFatima Hadžić, 2026, independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph Abstract: Dane Škerl (Ljubljana, 1931–Bovec, 2002) was a Slovenian composer, conductor and professor. He graduated in Composition in 1952 from the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana in the class of Lucijan Marija Škerjanc. Afterwards, Škerl headed for further specialisation to Austria and Germany, where he was active as a conductor and music teacher. From 1960 to 1970, he worked at the Academy of Music in Sarajevo as a professor, after which he returned to Slovenia, where he worked as a professor of composition at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana until his retirement in 1995. The paper strives to describe and contextualise the Škerl’s 10 years of activity in the cultural life of Sarajevo, with special reference to his activity as a composer in terms of the compositional technique and stylistic tendencies. Besides his pedagogical role, he was strongly involved in the social and cultural life of Sarajevo as a collaborator with Radio Sarajevo (serving as advisor, recording engineer, and conductor), a member of various juries, forums, and associations, and artistic councils – particularly with the Opera and the Sarajevo Philharmonic. During this period, Škerl composed over 20 works, mostly symphonic, concertante and vocal-instrumental. The genre diversity of the Škerl’s opus is emphasised through directing the focus of analytical attention to three compositions written in three different points of time, showing the evolution of his compositional style: Pet skladb [Five Pieces] for clarinet and string orchestra (1961), Symphony No. 2 (1963) and Bagatele [Bagatelles] for piano (1968), indicating the persistence of the Neoclassical orientation as a firm stylistic ground based on an evident adherence to a particular harmonic centre and thematic way of shaping the material, but also the emergence of expressionistic tendencies manifested through serialism. Although Škerl remained faithful to the “middle path” between the tendencies, it is important to consider the historical context: since neither Bosnian-Herzegovinian composers nor those from the other Yugoslav republics had strongly expressed contemporary, much less avant-garde tendencies at the time, during the Sarajevo artistic period Škerl demonstrated boldness by opening new perspectives in musical composition and contributing to the burgeoning trend of musical experimentation.
Keywords: Dane Škerl, Slovenian Composers, Music Culture in Sarajevo, Neoclassical Style, Expressionism Tendencies
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3. Uticaj savremenog političko-teritorijalnog ustroja na promjene u naseobinskom sistemu Bosne i Hercegovine s posebnim osvrtom na sarajevsko naselje DobrinjaRanko Mirić, 2006, original scientific article Abstract: Following the Dayton Agreement, the 1071-km long Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL) divides Bosnia and Herzegovina into two entities. Being the result of political agreements, the division ignored almost all geographical aspects of a functional organisation of state space, and only accelerated its geographic, economic, social, political-territorial and functional disintegration. The political-legal framework within which Bosnia and Herzegovina functions as an independent state is a world class particularity, which has as such managed to prove its inefficacy in countless cases. In terms of the settlement system, IEBL split 304 inhabited places, from small villages with less than 50 inhabitants to huge macroregional centres. The most radical case is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, where IEBL divides 44 inhabited places, almost 15% of the total number of split settlements. Inside Sarajevo, the settlement that particularly strikes the eye is Dobrinja, on which example the political-territorial structure has graphically displayed all the absurdity of the supremacy of political decisions over a rational need for the functional development of an area. The functional and morphologic changes in this settlement point out all the shortages implied by the political-territorial structure and the related political jurisdictions that considerably slowed down or even stopped the necessary continuous economic and social development with the Dayton Peace Agreement. The demolition of a unique urban environment, the separate infrastructure, the dissolution of sensibly planned spatial wholes and many other factors make it obvious that the current situation is regressive. What encourages is the fact that there have been some changes in the positive direction in terms of agreement and realisation (the 'SERDA' project among others), with the help of which the social and economic environments in this area and also on the level of state could, aided by political will and cooperation, make a qualitative shift in the creation of conditions for a more functional and self-sustaining community of all nations and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Keywords: Daytonski sporazum, naselbinski sistem, razmejitev, prostorsko planiranje, Dobrinja, Sarajevo
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4. Uspostava zaštićenih područja prirode u Kantonu Sarajevo i mogućnosti njihove ekoturističke valorizacijeNusret Drešković, Samir Đug, 2006, review article Abstract: Official reports of the cantonal ministry of economy on tourism trends within Canton Sarajevo reveal that ecotourism potentials in the area of the examined canton have not been entirely evaluated yet. Of 80,280 registered tourists that visited the canton in 2002, non-urban municipalities (Ilijaš, Trnovo, Hadžići, and Vogošća) were visited by 17,715 tourists, accounting for only 21%of the total number of visitors. Considering that these municipalities are geographically the largest yet demographically the least populated, it can be concluded that their natural potentials are poorly exploited for ecotourism purposes; this statement is further confirmed by the fact that the largest portion of the established protected natural areas (approximately 71%) is situated in these municipalities. Adding the sparsely populated and urbanized peripheral areas of the municipality of Ilidža (with the natural monument at the spring of the river Bosna - 'Vrelo Bosne') that were also visited by a relatively low number of tourists (approximately 13,000), a clear picture of negative ecotourism trends in the canton emerges. Aiming to enhance the protection of nature and the development of tourism in the natural protected areas, their management has been conceded to the public forestry company 'Sarajevošume'. In addition, significant efforts have been invested into the protection of mounts Igman, Bjelašnica, and Trebević through their inclusion into the network of protected natural areas in the canton, following the principle of nucleus, island, and corridor.
Keywords: ekoturizem, naravne danosti, IUCN, Kanton Sarajevo, ekonomsko vrednotenje
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