100 let delovanja Zveze geografov Slovenije (1922–2022)

Abstract

Osnovni namen prispevka je orisati zgodovino geografske stanovske organiziranosti. Začetki segajo v leto 1922, ko so slovenski študentje geografije ustanovili študentsko geografsko društvo, ki je kmalu preraslo študentske okvire in postalo društvo vseh slovenskih geografov. V sto letih svojega delovanja se je v skladu z zakonodajo nekajkrat preoblikovalo; tako je v osemdesetih letih dvajsetega stoletja nastala Zveza geografskih društev Slovenije in ob izteku prvega desetletja 21. stoletja Zveza geografov Slovenije, v okviru katere deluje 6 društev. Geografsko stanovsko organizacijo so vodili 2 predsednici in 16 predsednikov. Osrednje dejavnosti obsegajo izdajanje Geografskega vestnika (od leta 1925 94 letnikov) in Geografskega obzornika (od leta 1954 69 letnikov) ter organizacija 23 zborovanj slovenskih geografov (od leta 1952) ter številnih drugih dogodkov. Te dejavnosti so uresničevale temeljno poslanstvo, to je razvoj znanstvene in šolske geografije ter krepitev njene prepoznavnosti tako v domačem okolju kot tudi širše. // One hundred years of the Association of Slovenian Geographers (1922–2022) This article outlines the history of geography as professional organized activity in Slovenia. Its beginnings date back to 1922, when Slovenian geography students founded the student Geographical Society, which soon outgrew its student framework and became a society for all Slovenian geographers. During the hundred years of its existence, this organization was transformed several times in accordance with legislation; thus, in the 1980s, the Association of Slovenian Geographical Societies was formed, and in 2008 the Association of Slovenian Geographers, in which six societies are active. This professional organization has been led by eighteen presidents. Its activities include publishing the journals Geografski vestnik (Geographical Bulletin; ninety-four volumes since 1925) and Geografski obzornik (Geographic Review; sixty-ninth volumes since 1954), holding conferences (twenty-three since 1952), and many other events. These activities have accomplished its basic mission: developing geography research and education, and strengthening the profile of geography both in Slovenia and beyond.