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Ljestve, kečap i majoneza: materijalnost iregulariziranih kretanja balkanskom rutom
No full textThis article explores how ordinary objects – such as ladders, ketchup, and mayonnaise – become charged with political significance in the context of irregularized
migration along the Balkan route. In two ethnographic case studies conducted at the
EU’s southeastern borderlands, we examine how these mundane items acquire new
functions and meanings in connection with border violence. Ladders, used by migrants
to scale fences at the Serbia–Hungary border, circulate through informal networks
and become both tools of mobility and mediators of physical harm to border crossers.
Ketchup and mayonnaise, distributed as part of survival kits by solidarity networks,
reappear grotesquely in instances of sadistic violence during Croatian police pushbacks. Migrants’ creative and tactical use of everyday, makeshift objects reflects the
codes of structural violence, as these items become embedded in complex regimes of
control and resistance. This dual appropriation – from below and from above – highlights material entanglements of humanitarianism, repression, and embodied agency.
Drawing on theoretical frameworks of materiality, migration regime, and critical border
studies, and by tracing their circulations and transformations, we uncover how borders
are negotiated not only through policy or protest, but through the everyday use and
redefinition of things.U ovom se članku istražuje kako obični predmeti – poput ljestava, kečapa i majoneze – poprimaju političku dimenziju u kontekstu iregulariziranih migracija duž balkanske rute.
Na temelju dviju etnografskih studija slučaja provedenih na jugoistočnim granicama
Europske unije analizira se kako ti svakodnevni predmeti dobivaju nove funkcije i značenja u vezi s graničnim nasiljem. Ljestve, kojima se migranti služe pri prelasku ograde
na srpsko-mađarskoj granici, cirkuliraju kroz neformalne mreže te postaju i sredstvo
mobilnosti i sredstvo nanošenja tjelesnih ozljeda. Kečap i majoneza, koji se distribuiraju
kao dio paketa za preživljavanje u sklopu mreža solidarnosti, izranjaju i u grotesknom
kontekstu sadističkog nasilja tijekom pušbekova koje provodi hrvatska policija. Kreativna i
taktička upotreba svakodnevnih, improviziranih predmeta od strane migranata odražava
kodove strukturnog nasilja, budući da ti predmeti postaju ugrađeni u kompleksne režime
kontrole i otpora. Ova dvostruka aproprijacija – odozdo i odozgo – ističe materijalne međuodnose humanitarnosti, represije i utjelovljene agensnosti. Oslanjajući se na teorijske
okvire materijalnosti, migracijskog režima i kritičkih studija granica, te prateći cirkulaciju i
transformaciju tih objekata, pokazuje se kako se granice pregovaraju ne samo kroz politike
i proteste već i kroz svakodnevnu uporabu i preoblikovanje predmeta.DOI časopisa: https://doi.org/10.15176/0547-250
Vulnerable and Endangered Languages in Europe
No full textThis book offers a glimpse into the mosaic of Europe’s vulnerable and endangered languages, presenting several case studies from different regions. The languages and varieties in focus are Aromanian, Banat Bulgarian, Fiuman, Irish, Ladino, Romani, Sorbian, Sámi, Štivoroto and Vlach. Each chapter explores the unique challenges faced by these vulnerable and endangered languages and their speakers, highlighting diverse social, political, environmental and economic
factors contributing to their decline. Overall, the chapters paint a complex picture of the sociolinguistic situation in Europe, showing that the causes of endangerment are multifaceted and include social, environmental, political and economic factors. The languages discussed are often deeply intertwined with the identity and culture of marginalised or minority communities. While challenges to revitalisation are significant, there is potential for action, particularly in documentation and community engagement. The editors hope this volume will inspire further research, dialogue and action to protect and promote linguistic diversity
Lexicographic Processing of Polysemous Lexemes in Descriptive Dictionaries of the Contemporary Serbian Language
No full textПредмет овог поглавља јесте представљање лексикографског поступка при обради лексема са развијеном полисемантичком структуром у дескриптивним речницима српског језика. Лексикографску обраду семантички богатих лексема показаћемо на примеру именице глава, глагола отворити (се) и придева велик. Потом ћемо се осврнути и на лексикографске поступке приликом представљања ових лексема у одабраним речницима руског, бугарског и енглеског језика. Лексикографска обрада вишезначне лексике веома је комплексна, јер је темељно описивање свих нијанси значења лексема које су широко распрострањене и фреквентне сложен посао који захтева и добро познавање лексиколошке теорије и лексикографско искуство.In this paper we present the lexicographic procedure in the processing of lexemes with a highly developed polysemantic structure in descriptive dictionaries of the Serbian language. The lexicographic procedure is presented by using the example of three ambiguous lexemes – the noun head, the verb to open and the adjective big. They were compared to the lexicographic procedures of the same lexemes in selected dictionaries of the Russian, Bulgarian and English language. The analysis showed a great similarity in the processing of these lexemes in the dictionaries of the Serbian language, and their propinquity to the way of the lexicographic processing in the dictionaries of other Slavic languages (Russian and Bulgarian), which indicates a related methodology in dictionary creation. The Oxford English Dictionary takes a different approach to the representation of meaning, but there is an enviable amount of semantic overlappings with the lexemes presented in other dictionaries. In the end we give some recommendations for the improvement of the specific lexicographic procedure of polysemous lexemes
The associations of cash transfers with parental investment and couples' fertility among low-income Serbian Roma
No full textWelfare incentives, by providing parents access to certain resources, may increase the reliability of parental investment returns and thus increase opportunities to invest in offspring quality vs. quantity and eventually a drop in fertility. Using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 6 for Serbian Roma, this study examined whether improvements in resources, driven by cash transfers, encouraged parental greater engagement per child and a drop in fertility. The sample included 1095 Roma couples whereas a couple's number of biological children by number of years married was used as a proxy for fertility. The results imply that Roma parental response to shifts in environmental risk did not result in more parental time and lower birth rate: parental investment was lower in the welfare households, presently associated with a higher birth rate. Roma paternal investment dropped in the presence of stepchildren and rose in the presence of biological children, allowing mothers to divert their attention to reproduction. Cash transfers may compensate for the additional costs of an extra child and maintain fertility. Despite the amounts received, or the assumed improvements brought about, the changes may have not be perceived as sufficient enough to cause a shift in parental behavior and a drop in fertility
Prosecuting crimes or attempting collaboration: the relationship of the Communist regime in Yugoslavia with Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia 1945–1951
No full textЦиљ истраживања је да утврди каква је била природа односа кому-
нистичког режима и Римокатоличке цркве у Хрватској након Другог светског рата.
Посебна пажња биће посвећена односу власти према бискупима који су активно у по-
државали усташки режим Независне Државе Хрватске и руководили акцијама пока-
толичавања православног становништва. Рад указује на значајна одступања у односу
послератних власти према римокатоличким бискупима у односу на политику Кому-
нистичке партије Југославије према свештеним лицима из других верских заједница у
Југославији, као и на незаинтересованост режима да темељно и доследно процесуира
ратне злочине почињене током Другог светског рата. Истраживање је засновано на
необјављеној архивској грађи из Архива Србије, Војног Архива, Дипломатског архива
Министарства спољних послова, Архива Југославије и Хрватског државног архива
Брисање граница: истраживање процеса еманципације Ромкиња у оквиру пројекта ХЕРОИНЕ
No full textContemporary societies, both globally and locally, are becoming increasingly
aware of the need for inclusiveness and equality, especially when it comes
to those social groups that have historically been neglected or marginalized.
Women’s empowerment, in a broader context, is becoming one of the key mechanisms in the fight against discrimination and inequality. Its role is
particularly significant in cases where women, in addition to gender-based,
also face other forms of structural inequality – ethnic, social and economic.
This is precisely the situation that characterizes the life contexts of Roma
women, whose emancipation, despite the existing history of research, remains
insufficiently known, especially in the context of creating deeper and more
comprehensive insights into their struggles and achievements. This paper seeks
to provide a new perspective on the process of emancipation of Roma women,
mapping the paths of the empowerment through the analysis of the obstacles
they face, but also the practices of resistance, solidarity and independent actions
that build spaces of freedom and subjectivity. The authors do this based on the
research conducted within the framework of the HEROINES project, supported
by the Centre for the Promotion of Science, and implemented by the Institute of
Ethnography of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in cooperation with
the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade and the Roma Women’s
Centre “Bibija”. By applying the participatory methodology of community
mapping – relatively new in Serbian social sciences and humanities – Roma
women gain an active role in shaping their own stories, thereby destabilizing
the traditional, paternalistic epistemological position of researchers.Савремена друштва, како на глобалном, тако и на локалном нивоу, постају
све свеснија потребе за инклузивношћу и равноправношћу, нарочито оних
социјалних група које су историјски биле запостављене или маргинализоване. Еманципација жена, у ширем контексту, постаје један од кључних
механизама у борби против дискриминације и неједнакости. Њена је улога посебно значајна у случајевима када се жене, поред родне, суочавају и
са другим облицима структурне неједнакости – етничке, социјалне и/или
економске. Управо такав положај карактерише животне оквире Ромкиња,
чија се еманципација, и поред постојеће историје проучавања, и даље недовољно истражује, нарочито у контексту стварања дубљих и свеобухватнијих увида у њихове борбе и постигнућа. Овај рад настоји да пружи нов
поглед на процес еманципације Ромкиња, мапирајући путеве њиховог
оснаживања кроз анализу препрека са којима се суочавају, али и пракси
отпора, солидарности и самосталног деловања које граде просторе слободе
и субјективности. Аутори то чине на основу резултата истраживања спроведеног у оквиру пројекта ХЕРОИНЕ који, под покровитељством Центра
за промоцију науке, реализује Етнографски институт САНУ у сарадњи са
Филозофским факултетом УБ и Ромским женским центром „Бибија“. Примењујући партиципативну методологију мапирања заједнице – релативно нову у српским друштвеним и хуманистичким наукама – Ромкиње добијају активну улогу у обликовању властитих прича, чиме се дестабилизује
традиционална, патерналистичка епистемолошка позиција истраживача
Retro-Futuristic Electronic Music: Ligeti’s Continuum for Two Analog Synthesizer
No full textGyörgy Ligeti’s extraordinarily virtuosic (even by his own standards) 1968 piece for harpsichord Continuum has attracted many performers, not just harpsichordists. The piece was arranged for two player pianos by Jürgen Hocker, and there are also arrangements for barrel organ (by Pierre Charial), two marimbas (several versions by various performers), etc. As to the original, Ligeti explained: “A harpsichord has an easy touch; it can be played very fast, almost fast enough to reach the level of continuum, but not quite (…). The entire process is a series of sound impulses in rapid succession which create the impression of continuous sound.
The Polyphonic voice of youth [Elektronski izvor] : book of abstracts
No full textThe International Conference The polyphonic voice of youth
provides a space to share research findings on the diverse
experiences of young people situated in different structural and
geographical locations. It offers an opportunity to reflect on how
young people are represented and positioned in contemporary
societies and how intersectional political subjectivities are shaped
in turbulent social and political times. The conference sessions
explore the multiple ways in which young people participate in
and shape society. Topics include political, social, creative, and
student activism, youth agency, and the challenges of
transitioning to adulthood. Sessions also explore civic
engagement through community platforms, the resistance and
empowerment of marginalized youth, and the networks and
spaces that help young people navigate uncertainty. The International Conference The polyphonic voice of youth
has been organized by the Institute of Ethnography of the Serbian
Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade. It has taken place on
May 13th, 2025, at the SASA premises.
We hope this event has offered new perspectives, and valuable
insights, and fostered connections that will inspire future
collaborations and initiatives
‘Our People’ Online. The Use of a Non-Standardized Variety of Romanian on Social Networks
No full textThe paper analyses the written use of a non-standardized, mostly oral variety of Romanian on social networks, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This variety is spoken by the Daj Nostri (“Our People”) diaspora in the German-speaking countries Western Europe. Daj Nostri, who originate from Central and Eastern Serbia, form real and virtual networks and are actively using their language on the Facebook group and TikTok channel the analysis focuses on. The paper investigates the different spellings and code-switching the group members use, the topics that target the use of the variety, pointing to the emerging vernacular literacy, and also the language ideologies that emerge from the online comments. The author concludes that the enduring use of this non-standardized variety of Romanian, more than half a century after the first generations migrated from Serbia to Western Europe, is proof of the crucial role language plays in the ethnic identity of “Our People”, while its current online use makes it appealing to younger generations of speakers
Les emprunts en messapien: vers un bilan
No full textLe présent travail se propose de faire un recensement des formes messapiennes prétendument empruntées aux langues voisines. Nous nous limitons aux formes d’apparence grecque ou italique, en évitant de traiter des affinités balkaniques du messapien, qui méritent une étude séparée. Le matériel est dérivé des études antérieures sur le lexique messapien et il est rangé en ordre alphabétique latin et analysé cas par cas