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Valued wild: non-cultivated edible plants across the Neolithic Balkans
No full textWhat usually prompts increased archaeobotanical attention are finds ofgreater quantities of the remains of potentially useful wild plants – in theform of discrete concentrations in occupation layers or in features and objectssuch as bins and ceramic pots. But single, isolated finds are much morefrequent, however no less valuable, as they also contribute to our knowledgeof the breadth of wild resources used by humans, both before andafter the introduction of agriculture. Compared to crops, wild plant foodshave received little attention in the research on early farming communitiesin the Balkans. This is mainly due to their far lower representation in archaeologicallayers and also the prevailing interest in reconstructing the routeand pace of spread of south-west Asian ‘founder crops’ into and throughEurope. This paper shifts the focus of predominantly crop-centred Neolithicarchaeobotany to wild plant food sources, their diversity and potentialdietary importance. A wide array of wild edible plants, such as commonhazel (Corylus avellana), Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), elderberry (Sambucusnigra), blackberry (Rubus idaeus), water chestnut (Trapa natans),sloe (Prunus spinosa), pear (Pyrus pyraster), apple (Malus sylvestris), wildstrawberry (Fragaria vesca) have been in use in all corners of the Balkansthroughout the Neolithic but also in the earlier and later periods. The paperpresents the type and context of the finds of wild plants and argues thatthese remains serve as a testimony of the value placed on wild resources inthe past and the long history of their use
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
No full textThe domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Uncertainty remains regarding whether domestic cats originated in the Levant, Egypt, or elsewhere in the natural range of African wildcats. The timing and circumstances of their dispersal into Europe are also unknown. In this study, the analysis of 87 ancient and modern cat genomes suggests that domestic cats did not spread to Europe with Neolithic farmers. Conversely, they were introduced to Europe around 2000 years ago, probably from North Africa. In addition, a separate earlier introduction (first millennium before the common era) of wildcats from Northwest Africa may have been responsible for the present-day wild population in Sardinia
Preliminary Results of the analysis of animal remains from sites on the Main Gas Pipeline Route in South Banat
No full textU radu su predstavljeni preliminarni rezultati analize životinjskih kostiju prikupljenih tokom zaštitnih arheoloških iskopavanja na trasi Magistralnog gasovoda 2019. godine u južnom Banatu. Faunalni materijal potiče sa pet lokaliteta – Male livade u Glogonju (kasno bronzano/rano gvozdeno doba) i Stari Tamiš u Pančevu (bronzano doba), Vodice u Barandi (kasno bronzano/rano gvozdeno doba, kasna antika i novi vek), Grmušina kosa u Skorenovcu (kasna antika) i Verovac 2 u Pančevu (srednji vek). U faunalnim skupovima sa pomenutih nalazišta najzastupljeniji su ostaci sisara, pored kojih se javljaju i ptice, ribe, mekušci, vodozemci i reptili. Među kostima sisara najbrojnije su domaće vrste, od kojih su primerci pripisani govedima, ovikaprinima i svinjama obično najčešći.This paper presents the preliminary results of the analysis of animal bones collected during protective
archaeological excavations on the route of the Main Gas Pipeline in 2019 in South Banat. Faunal material
derives from five sites – Male Livade in Glogonj and Stari Tamiš in Pančevo (Bronze Age), Vodice in Baranda
(Late Bronze/Early Iron Age, Late Antiquity and Modern Age), Grmušina Kosa in Skorenovac (Late Antiquity)
and Verovac 2 in Pančevo (Middle Ages), and the same methodology was applied throughout its analysis.
As traces of taphonomic processes are not pronounced, one can assume that the faunal material was stored in the sediments relatively quickly and that it has not been exposed to various environmental influences
for a long time. In this regard, it can be concluded that the effects of taphonomic agents did not influence the
composition of the fauna and the distribution of different animal species’ skeletal elements.
The faunal assemblages from the described sites include mainly the remains of mammals, along with
those of birds, fish, mollusks, amphibians and reptiles, in much smaller numbers (Table 1).
The sites from the Bronze Age (Male Livade in Glogonj and Stari Tamiš in Pančevo) and the Late Bronze/
Early Iron Age (Vodice in Baranda) are mostly featured by the economically most important domestic species
of mammals – cattle, ovicaprids and pigs. The situation is similar with the late antique site Grmušina Kosa
in Skorenovac and the late antique horizon Vodice in Baranda. All those sites include few remains of wild
animals, reduced to several specimens of boar, deer, roe deer, hare or fox. Only the remains of domesticated
animals were discovered at the medieval site of Verovac 2 in Pančevo and in a small sample from modern age
structures at the Vodice site in Baranda.
Based on the context of the findings, the distribution of species and skeletal elements, butchering marks
and fragmentation of material, one can conclude that animal remains from sites in South Banat, except
those pertaining to special contexts (such as animal remains in late antique graves at Vodice in Baranda and
Grmušina Kosa in Skorenovac), mostly represent the remains of food
Inheritance Patterns in Serbia: Analyzing Gender and Kinship Disparities in Court Decisions
No full textAccording to the Inheritance Law of the Republic of Serbia, male and female
heirs are granted equal rights. However, many daughters in various regions
of the country still renounce their inheritance in favor of their brothers, and
mothers often cede property to their sons. Some existing research shows
that in rural areas of Serbia, nearly half of women renounce their inheritance.
Despite the legal protections that guarantee equal inheritance rights, it
appears that patriarchal values play a significant role in perpetuating these
customary practices.
Under Serbian law, renouncing an inheritance is an irrevocable decision
that must be made before the conclusion of the inheritance judicial procedure,
and it carries implications for other entitlements, such as eligibility for social
assistance. However, when heirs make their inheritance declaration, state
officials are not required to inform them of the consequences of renouncing
their inheritance rights. As a result, it is not uncommon for female heirs to
later regret their decision and seek to reverse it, only to discover that doing
so is legally impossible.
The research centers on the analysis of court decisions issued by Serbian
courts in 2022. The central hypothesis is that patrilineal inheritance patterns
are most prominent in the distribution of property. The aim of this research
is to uncover patterns of property inheritance within families in Serbia, with a
particular focus on how gender and kinship relations shape the distribution of
assets among heirs. Additionally, the study seeks to explore the discrepancies
between legal provisions and actual inheritance practices5th ISA Forum of Sociology Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene, International Sociological Association, Rabat, Morocco, 6–11 July 2025.- Saopštenje štampano u izvod
The case of Nikola Vujčić (1988)
No full textНа насловној страни Књижевне речи (бр. 320, 25. април 1988) објављене су две песме Милована Данојлића, за које је, у политичким форумима, процењено да „вређају лик и дело Ј. Б. Тита“. Зато је затражена смена главног и одговорног уредника Књижевне речи Николе Вујчића. У раду се исцрпно, на основу сачуваних докумената, новинских извештаја, сећања учесника и друге грађе, описује овај политички случај. У првом делу рада говори се о претходној политичкој репутацији Књижевне речи и самог Милована Данојлића. У другом делу рада износе се упозорења која је Окружни јавни тужилац слао редакцији и Председништву РК ССО Србије (политичком форуму надлежном за Књижевну реч). У трећем делу рада описује се деловање Службе безбедности у „случају Вујчић“, а у четвртом седница Председништва РК ССО Србије, на којој је затражена смена Николе Вујчића, и реакције на тај захтев. У петом делу рада даје се преглед активности Општинског комитета и Основне организације СК везаних за „случај Вујчић“. У завршном делу рада објашњава се зашто није дошло до смене Вујчића, и по чему се овај случај разликује од неких других ондашњих „књижевних афера“.Two poems by Milovan Danojlić were published on the front
page of the fortnightly "Književna reč" (Literary Word; No. 320,
April 25, 1988), which, in political forums, were judged to "insult
the reputation and work of Josip Broz Tito". That is why the dismissal of the editor-in-chief of "Književna reč" Nikola Vujčić was
requested. The paper describes this political case in detail, based on
preserved documents, newspaper reports, memories of participants
and other materials. The first part of the paper talks about the previous political reputation of "Književna reč" and Milovan Danojlić
himself. The second part of the paper presents the warnings that the
District Public Prosecutor sent to the editorial office and the Presidency of the Republican Conference of the Union of Socialist Youth
of Serbia (the political forum in charge of the "Književna reč"). The
third part of the paper describes the actions of the Security Service
in the "Vujčić case", and the fourth part provides an overview of
the session of the Presidency of the RK SSO of Serbia, where the
dismissal of Nikola Vujčić was requested, and the reaction to that
request. In the fifth part of the paper, an overview of the activities of
the Municipal Committee and the Basic Organization of the Union
of Communists related to the "Vujčić case" is given. In the final part
of the paper, it is explained why Vujčić was not replaced, and how
this case differs from some other "literary affairs" of the time
Stručno usavršavanje pedagoga u školi: analiza ponude seminara stručnog usavršavanja
No full textU radu je analiziran Katalog programa stručnog usavršavanja nastavnika, vaspitača i stručnih saradnika (2025–2028) sa ciljem da se sagleda ponuda seminara namenjenih pedagozima. Analiza je obuhvatila pregled naslova i strukture programa, sa ciljem da se identifikuju najzastupljenije teme i oblasti, kao i potencijalne praznine u ponudi. Rezultati pokazuju da, iako je ponuda seminara brojna i tematski raznovrsna, većina programa ima opšti karakter i primarno je usmerena na unapređenje nastavnog procesa i jačanje vaspitne funkcije škole. Analiza pokazuje da se u većini programa pedagog javlja u kombinaciji sa profesionalnim zadacima drugih zaposlenih, dok su specifične oblasti rada pedagoga nedovoljno zastupljene. Dominacija jednodnevnih programa ukazuje na ograničenja u razvoju složenijih kompetencija, što naglašava potrebu za kreiranjem obimnijih programa stručnog usavršavanja namenjenih isključivo pedagozima.Susreti pedagoga "Očekivanja (od) pedagoga" Nacionalni naučni skup 28. novembar 2025, Beograd - Saopštenje štampano u celin
New Insight into the Middle and Upper Paleolithic Settlement of the Central Balkans
No full textOver the last 15 years, the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, in cooperation with the University of Arizona in Tucson, has conducted systematic survey and excavations of Paleolithic sites in eastern Serbia. This eographic region includes all the main corridors that connected Southwest Asia and Central Europe in the Pleistocene. A hotspot of diversity, the Balkans could have represented a glacial refugium for flora, fauna, and human communities throughout the Pleistocene glaciations. A very early appearance of Quina and Levallois technology was recorded at sites dated to MIS 9-6, while the sites dated in MIS 5-3 demonstrate that quartz industries of Quina type occur not only in Central Europe but also in the area south of the Sava and Danube. Proto-Aurignacian sites dated to the period before the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption were confirmed downstream of the Iron Gates, which supports the hypothesis of the role of the Danube corridor at the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic. An unexpectedly large concentration of Gravettian and Epigravettian sites was recorded in the area, indicating that the central Balkans were populated both before and at the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum
Три излаза из проблема епистемичке нормативности
No full textNormativity represents one of the most significant philosophical concepts. The most prominent problems regarding normativity are found in ethics, and especially in metaethics. Epistemic normativity, on the other hand, is a somewhat more recent subject of debate that emerged as a consequence of the naturalistic turn in epistemology. This turn is a critique of earlier traditional epistemological conceptions which, according to naturalists, failed to take into account (at least to the necessary extent) the results of the special empirical sciences. The most prominent epistemologist of this kind, Willard Van Orman Quine (1969), in the view of epistemologists such as Jaegwon Kim (1988), contributes through his naturalistic orientation to what may be called “normative eliminativism.” This conclusion follows from the stance that epistemology should cease to deal with the question of how we ought to arrive at knowledge (justified true belief) and instead focus on the processes and mechanisms by which we actually form beliefs. If Quine’s project is indeed the proper direction for epistemology, Kim sees no way for epistemic normativity to be preserved. At best, it becomes mere instrumentality. Since epistemic normativity is a concept that no one—not even Quine (considering his response to Morton White, 1986)—wishes to completely abandon, it becomes necessary to show how it might be preserved within naturalistic frameworks. However, the aim of this paper is to examine broader outlines of the problem. We will present three possible ways out of the problem of normativity in naturalistic epistemology. One of them is a hybrid approach, another is an attempt to naturalize epistemic normativity, while the third leads us to a non-normative naturalistic epistemology. We will attempt to provide compelling arguments in support of each of these three positions, as well as to select the most convincing among them as a definitive way out of this decades-long problem.Нормативност представља један од најзначајнијих филозофских
концепата. Најпроминентније проблеме у вези са нормативношћу
можемо да пронађемо у етици, а посебно у метаетици. Са друге стране, епистемичка нормативност представља нешто савременији предмет расправа који се појавио
као последица натуралистичког заокрета у епистемологији. Овај заокрет представља критику ранијих традиционалних епистемолошких схватања која, према
мишљењу натуралиста, нису узимала (бар не у мери у којој је то потребно) у обзир
резултате посебних емпиријских наука. Најпроминентнији такав епистемолог, Вилард Ван Орман Квајн (1969), према схватању епистемолога попут Џегвона Кима
(1988), својом натуралистичком оријентацијом доприноси „нормативном елиминавитизму“. Овај закључак представља последицу става да епистемологија треба
да престане да се бави тиме како треба да долазимо до знања (оправданог, истинитог веровања), а да почне да се бави тиме којим процесима и механизмима заиста
формирамо веровања. Ким, ако је Квајнов пројекат заиста право усмерење епистемологије, не види начин да се епистемичка нормативност сачува. Она постаје,
у најбољем случају, пука инструменталност. Будући да епистемичка нормативност
представља концепт којег било ко, па чак ни Квајн (имајући у виду његов одговор
Мортону Вајту (1986)), не жели да се одрекне, потребно је да се покаже како то
можемо да је сачувамо у натуралистичким оквирима. Међутим, циљ нашег рада је
да испитамо нешто шире оквире датог проблема. Представићемо три могућа излаза из проблема нормативности у натуралистичкој епистемологији. Један од њих је хибридни, други је покушај да се епистемичка нормативност натурализује, док нас
трећи води ненормативној натуралистичкој епистемологији. Покушаћемо да пружимо убедљиве аргументе у прилог сваког од три становишта, као и да одаберемо
најубедљивију наведену позицију као дефинитивни излаз из овог вишедеценијског
проблема.Banjalučki novembarski susreti 2025, 14. novembar 2025 - Sapošjtenje štampano u izvod
Performance and Protest: Questions on Art and Life
No full textThe paper addresses the critical potential of the body in performance art and in political protest, examining the relationship between an art form that aims to be indistin-guishable from life and a socio-political practice that uses (appropriates) the performance art tactics, methods, and themes to articulate itself. The central problem our research addresses is related to the question of how various performance features, procedures, or techniques (for example, endurance, exposure, objectification, limits of individual agency) contribute to the articulation of protest practices, and whether these articulations turn political protest into a new kind of ‘live art’ that is more like life than art ever was
Memory Culture in a Rural Area: A Case Study of Belo Blato Odonyms
No full textOne of the concepts employed in analysing street names in sociology and related disciplines is memory culture. It studies the significance of memory for identity formation and the relationship to the past, primarily considering phenomena that manifest collective consciousness. The subject of this paper is memory culture in the rural area, based on the odonyms in the Vojvodina village of Belo Blato – selected as a case due to its unique character, considering that it is mostly populated by members of four ethnic groups: Slovak, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Serbian. The case study covers 14 streets in Belo Blato whose names have remained the same since they were given, which is considered primarily an indicator of the neglect of rural areas by the ruling elites as carriers of political and ideological changes, considering the common practice of renaming odonyms in urban areas as a result of social changes in post-socialism. The analysis is guided by the question of who the odonyms in Belo Blato are named after, including ethnicity and gender – that is, what kind of memory culture they express. The analysis results indicate that Belo Blato odonyms tend to have a proper noun in their name (11), primarily with a personal name in their composition (9), and most often they are named after significant figures in the Yugoslav socialist past (5), most of whom were participants in the People's Liberation Struggle (4). The ethnic affiliation of those commemorated by naming odonyms is diverse, in accordance with the multinational composition of the population of Belo Blato, with an unproportional ratio. There is no street named after a woman. Belo Blato odonyms primarily represent the official memory culture of socialist Yugoslavia in the public space, the brotherhood and unity of peoples and nationalities, but without the ideologically promoted gender equality.International Scientific Conference, Languages and social sciences in contact: remembrance culture 4th of October, 2025 Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad - Saopštenje sa međunarodnog skupa štampano u izvod