Jaka Repic
Jaka Repic is an Associate Professor and former Head of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He completed his Ph.D. thesis in 2006 with research on transnational migrations between Argentina and Europe, focusing mainly on the Slovenian diaspora in Argentina and return mobilities. His research interests include transnational migrations, diaspora studies, social memories, violence, urbanization, anthropology of art, space, place and landscape studies, and environmental issues, especially in the Alps. He has published two books in Slovenian (“Tracing roots”: Transnational Migration between Argentina and Europe and Urbanization and Constitution of Ethnic Communities in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), regularly publishes articles in Slovenian and international journals and co-edited volumes, most recently Moving Places: Relations, Return and Belonging (Berghahn Books, 2016).