Geography and Geographers in the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography

Kroz rad geografa u Leksikografskom zavodu Miroslav Krleža, jedinoj znanstvenoj ustanovi u Hrvatskoj koja se bavi leksikografijom, predstavit će se specifičan aspekt primjene geografije u suvremenom hrvatskom društvu. Veze između geografije i leksikografije dugotrajne su i postojane te uglavnom dobre, o čemu svjedoči kontinuirano zapošljavanje geografa u Zavodu, značajan broj više ili manje »geografskih« i kartografskih projekta, raznovrsnost tema kojima se bave geografi–leksikografi te tradicionalno značajan udio geografskih sadržaja u općim i regionalnim zavodskim izdanjima. Taj odnos katkada može biti narušen zbog podzastupljenosti geografskih sadržaja u odnosu na sadržaje drugih struka u nekim složenim enciklopedijskim natuknicama i/ili nepovoljne strukture geografskih sadržaja. Poboljšanje bi trebalo tražiti u poticanju geografa da se bave temama koje bi olakšale sustavnu i dosljednu leksikografsku obradu te u stalnoj implementaciji suvremenih geografskih spoznaja u leksikografsku građu primjenom suvremenih leksikografskih pristupa.Through the work of geographers in the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, the only scientific institution of its kind in Croatia, we will present a specific aspect of the application of geography in contemporary Croatian society. Links between geography and lexicography have been long-lasting, stable and generally good, which can be seen in the continued employment of geographers at the Institute, a significant number of more or less “geographical” and cartographical projects, diversity of topics geographers-lexicographers deal with and the traditionally significant portion of geographical content in general and regional publications of the Institute. This relationship can sometimes be disrupted due to the underrepresentation of geographical content in regards to the content of other fields in some complex encyclopaedic entries and/or unfavourable structure of geographical content. Improvement should be sought in the encouragement of geographers to pursue topics which would make systematic and consistent lexicographical analysis easier and in constant implementation of contemporary geographical notions into lexicographical works using contemporary lexicographical approaches