INTEGRATION OF SLOVENIAN IMMIGRANTS INTO FOREIGN CULTURE

Raziskovanje migracij, kulture, medkulturne komunikacije in integracije posameznikov v tujo kulturo obsegajo številna področja in so prav zaradi svojih razsežnosti in vseprisotnosti vedno znova zanimivi za raziskovanje. Pričujoče diplomsko delo se osredotoča na procese integracije slovenskih izseljencev v Avstraliji in Kanadi, kamor se je že v zgodovini izselilo veliko Slovencev. V delu so predstavljene definicije kulture, komunikacije in medkulturne komunikacije ter migracij. Namen raziskave je bil s pomočjo že obstoječih raziskav ter postavljenih teorij in s pomočjo odgovorov slovenskih izseljencev v Avstraliji in Kanadi pridobiti vpogled v integracijo Slovencev v tujo (avstralsko in kanadsko) kulturo ter ohranjanje slovenske kulture ter pri tem upoštevati delovanje in pomen slovenskih društev.Studies of migration, culture, intercultural communication and integration of individuals into foreign culture comprise various researching fields. This fact, the omnipresence and dimensions of these concepts make the topic interesting for researches again and again. The following thesis focuses on integration processes of Slovenian immigrants into Australian and Canadian culture, as many Slovenian predecessors migrated to those countries. In the thesis definitions of culture, communication, intercultural communication and migration are introduced while the main aim of the research was to get the insight into the Slovenian integration into foreign (Australian and Canadian culture), as well as to get familiarized with how the Slovenian culture in those countries is preserved with the help of Slovenian societies. That information was collected thorough existing literature and through questionnaires sent to Slovenes in Australia and Canada