Novi Sad, Serbia
23.-24.11.2007
Nation as a problem or solution
In Serbia in last 18 years have been series of political and social excesses, which were based on nationality and mutual non-tolerance, which had significantly defined present living environment, especially for young people. Atmosphere of tolerance of cultural, national and religion diversities, typical for Vojvodina, was drastically changed, which directly contributes to the growing number of ethnic, political and religion incidents. All this changes had big influence on young population in Serbia concerning uncritical adoption of nationalistic tendencies and patterns of violent behavior. Today in Serbia, young generations are increasibly liable to adopting different kind of retrograde ideologies, being raised in the times of wars, hatred and poverty, where prejudices have become a common habit.
Project Nation as problem or solution was started with purpose to find answers on questions about role of national problem and nationalism in the life of contemporary Europe and especially post-Yugoslav area, their perspectives and a perspective of young generations, which was raised in environment marked by domination of prejudices, national exclusivity and intolerance.
Project examines in different ways questions of nation, nationalism, its definitions and historical development, its role in contemporary Serbian society and perspectives concerning modern globalization processes, and also its perception from the perspectives of young people today and how it influences on the formation of their opinions, behavior and actions.
Research will be carried out through series of public debates, individual and group researches and cooperation with high-school pupils and students who will be participants of questionnaire, and who’s answers will be used as key examples for initiation of debates.
Historical revisionism in Serbia
We are presently witnessing drastic changes in public discourse on the field of different historical and real-political topics, which is mostly result of identity crisis in contemporary Serbia. Problem of revalidation and new interpretation of close and distance Past is becoming one of the most important problems. It is well known fact that needs of political elites are representing the biggest role in phenomena of revalidation of history, because they are serving like philter for division of “useful†from “useless†history. This is very important because of other well known fact, that who controls the Present is controlling the Past and so can create the Future. Parallel existence of at least two different versions of the same historical events, rehabilitation of chetnik’s movement and followers of Dimitrije Ljotic and Milan Nedic, revision of historical schoolbooks are only some parts of this phenomena, and because of that detail research in the way of scientific objectivity is really important and needed.
Project Historical revisionism in Serbia is searching for answers on questions of role of revisionist tendencies in modern Serbian society, its influence on general development of Serbia, its ideological meaning and influence of new and different interpretation, mostly populist and falsely, on making of “new Serbian man†i.e. mostly influence on young generations.
Project is having multidisciplinary approach to research of historical revisionism phenomena, its definitions, earlier cases in other countries, its manifestations, concrete examples and its role in contemporary Serbian society, and its influences on young generations and their opinions.
Research projects are involving experts in different topics, also as young non-affirmed researchers, multidisciplinary approach on two general topics, series of public discussions, seminar, publication of research results and series of promotions in different cities in Vojvodina and Serbia.
Call for papers
Please send your papers to Petar Atanackovic (avantgarde@ml1. net) or to office@ck13. org until 01.11.2007.
The conference will take place from 23.11. to 24.11.
Information:
www.ck13.org
Production:
Youth Center CK13, Novi Sad
Realization:
New media center_kuda. org
Alternative cultural organisation - AKO
Center for social researches/Kruž ok
Project support:
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Belgrade
Fund for Open Society, Belgrade
Project coordinator
Petar Atanackovic
avantgarde@ml1. net
office@ck13. org
www.ck13.org
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