Nostalgia in Flux
Some ex-Yugoslavs switch between different kinds of nostalgia, depending on context. The fluctuations of yugonostalgia highlight Yugoslavia as an enduring social and moral category.
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Youth Work Actions
A deep dig into volunteering in the former Yugoslavia, from youth work actions of yesteryear to volunteer camps of today.
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Red Dubrovnik
A walk through Yugoslavia’s legacy in Dubrovnik and a visit to the Red History Museum.
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On Trauma*
On Trauma There’s an invisible way of remembering the former country and especially how it fell apart: in your body. This is doubly true for trauma. How do the people of the former Yugoslavia experience and deal with trauma of their country’s dissolution? How does trauma get passed down over generations? And how can we
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Yugonostalgia: Past, Present, and Future*
Yugonostalgia is like a vessel that everyone fills with their own ideas and meanings. What is it and why does it exist? How do different people experience it? And where is it headed?
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Diaspora Voices 5: Identity and Community*
Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad.
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Inspired by Yugoslavia 3: Partisans
Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it lives on as a cultural project. The lost country’s material and cultural production inspires people to make art and products. These are their stories.
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Mother Freedom, Father Land: The Revival of Kočani’s Monument to Freedom (Podcast Episode 32)
Art, bravery, and community in the lesser known corner of the former country.
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On Spomenik Photography (Podcast Episode 25)
How and when did the world’s fascination with Yugoslav socialist monuments begin?
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Remembering 29 November, Dan Republike (Republic Day)
Every last Saturday in November, several thousand people from all across former Yugoslavia gather in Jajce for Days of AVNOJ, an official celebration of Yugoslavia’s founding, and the former holiday Day of the Republic.
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Yugoslavia as an Alternative Political Project – Tanja Petrović (Podcast Episode 12)
Director of Ljubljana-based Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, Tanja Petrović, discusses the new lives of Yugoslav objects, Yugonostalgia, and the political potential of socialist Yugoslavia today.
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Mini Yugoslavia: A Field Report
A walking tour of Mini Yugoslavia with Honorary President Goran Gabrić.
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Elma Hodžić: “Das Ist Museum”
Elma Hodžić, curator at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, discusses the museum’s memory-making activities and Bosnian post-war identity.
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12,000 Monuments (and Nothin’ on Map) – Vladana Putnik Prica (Podcast Episode 8)
Art historian Vladana Putnik Prica of the University of Belgrade discusses inappropriate monuments, foreigners’ interest and generational differences in locals’ perception of spomeniks, and nostalgic songs.
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