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Variants of Critical Engagement in the Work of Michel Foucault
No full textU članku analiziramo »kritički angažman« u radu Michela Foucaulta, razmatrajući ga kao spoj intelektualnog rada s aktivizmom kroz istraživanje modaliteta Foucaultovih konceptualizacija odnosa između genealoških istraživanja i političkog otpora. Prvi modalitet razumije genealogiju kao artikulaciju povijesnih znanja koja otkriva arbitrarnost odnosa moći, pomažući tako marginaliziranim skupinama u formiranju praksi otpora. Drugi modalitet, prisutan u Foucaultovu ciklusu predavanja Sigurnost, teritorij, stanovništvo, razumije genealogiju kao kartiranje žarišta otpora u dispozitivu, ukazujući akterima otpora da im je racionalnost prevladavajuće dispozitive zajednički neprijatelj. Treći modalitet nalazimo u Foucaultovu proučavanju »parezije«, gdje on u figuri »kinika« vidi sintezu intelektualnog rada i prakse otpora. Naposljetku tvrdimo da je kritički angažman ključan za razumijevanje Foucaultova djelaThe article analyses “critical engagement” in Michel Foucault’s work, which he defined as a fusion of intellectual work and activism. It does this by exploring the ways in which Foucault conceptualised the relationship between genealogical research and political resistance. The f irst modality views genealogy as exposing the capriciousness of power relations, thereby aiding marginalised groups in developing resistance practices. The second modality, as presented in the course Security, Territory, Population, views genealogy as mapping resistance points within the apparatus, thus showing to resistance actors that the prevailing apparatus’s rationality is their common enemy. A third modality appears in Foucault’s study of “parrhesia”, where the f igure of the “cynic” represents a synthesis of intellectual work and resistance practices. In conclusion, we argue that critical engagement is essential for understanding Foucault’s work
Ponovno promišljanje politike prevođenja: Prevođenje, nacija i rod
No full textRevisiting the Politics of Translation: Translation, Nation and Gender, explores translation as both practice and political concept. Translation is not a neutral transfer of meaning, but a field where power relations—between languages, nations, genders, and identities—are continuously negotiated. The contributions examine translation’s ambivalent role in reinforcing or challenging violence, nationalism, and coloniality, as well as its transformative potential in feminist, decolonial, and global South contexts. Articles address topics such as meaning-change and “woke” discourse, counter-translation and hegemony, the regime of modern translation, feminist struggles, policy and decolonial perspectives, psychoanalysis in the South, translation as counter-violence, and cultural appropriation. Collectively, these essays underline translation’s capacity to destabilize binaries, open spaces of reciprocity, and act as a form of counter-politics. By situating translation within contemporary conflicts, crises, and social movements, the issue rethinks its role as a practice of negotiation at the intersection of language, politics, and culture.Tematski broj Ponovno promišljanje politike prevođenja: Prevođenje, nacija i rod istražuje prevođenje kao praksu i politički koncept. Prevođenje nije neutralan prenos značenja, već polje u kojem se stalno pregovaraju odnosi moći između jezika, nacija, rodova i identiteta. Prilozi analiziraju ambivalentnu ulogu prevođenja u učvršćivanju ili osporavanju nasilja, nacionalizma i kolonijalnosti, kao i njegov transformativni potencijal u feminističkim, dekolonijalnim i kontekstima globalnog Juga. Tekstovi obrađuju teme kao što su promena značenja i diskurs “woke”, kontraprevođenje i hegemonija, režim modernog prevođenja, feminističke borbe, politike i dekolonijalne perspektive, psihoanaliza na Jugu, prevođenje kao kontranasilje i kulturna aproprijacija. Zajedno, ovi radovi naglašavaju sposobnost prevođenja da destabilizuje binarne opozicije, otvara prostore reciprociteta i deluje kao oblik kontrapolitike. Smeštajući prevođenje u savremene sukobe, krize i društvene pokrete, broj preispituje njegovu ulogu kao prakse pregovaranja na raskršću jezika, politike i kulture
Pevač nastavlja priču
No full textАлберт Б. Лорд, Хомер и Хусо. Превела с енглеског Славица Милетић, XX век, Београд, 2024, стр. 256 Књигом Хомер и Хусо Едиција XX век заокружује превод научног опуса америчког научника Алберта Бејтса Лорда, чији је кључни рад о теорији усменог песништва и хомерском питању – Певач прича (у оригиналу: The Singer of Tales, Harvard University Press, 1960) објавила још 1990. године
„Ez az itthon, az az otthon”: A 90-es években Jugoszláviából Budapestre települt magyarok otthonteremtő stratégiái
No full textBarriers to Work-Family Balance in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Gender Implications
No full textAlthough laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) formally guarantee the rights of pregnant women and mothers, their practical implementation is largely absent, preventing women from fully exercising their maternity rights. Women often face dismissals during pregnancy or after childbirth, and labour market discrimination remains unaddressed, particularly in the private sector, where fixed-term contracts hinder maternity leave access. Additionally, unequal wages contribute to disparities in maternity benefits, while paternal leave usage is minimal, reinforcing traditional gender roles in childcare. These structural factors impede the reconciliation of professional and family lives for women, shaping their experiences and perceptions of childbirth and parenting. This paper explores the main challenges women in B&H face in reconciling work and family life, with a focus on systemic, institutional, and cultural barriers. Drawing on a descriptive analysis based on quantitative empirical research conducted with women-working mothers from B&H in 2025, this paper identifies critical limitations on women’s participation in the labour market, without inferring causal relationships. Special attention is given to B&H’s family model, which heavily relies on women for care and unpaid work, making it difficult to achieve a more equitable distribution of responsibilities between partners. The paper explores potential legal and strategic mechanisms to align parental rights, enhance financial support, and encourage greater paternal involvement in childcare, highlighting implications for gender equality and institutional practice
Deliberation and Anti-Deliberation in the Western Balkans: A Critique of the Utility of a Deliberative Framework in NonDemocratic Contexts?
No full textThe theory of democratic deliberation leverages communication to
explore and improve the understanding of democratic practice. It
reframes the notion of democracy away from its focus on
bargaining and aggregation, through voting, to communication.
Relatedly, deliberative democracy is defined, for example following
Gutmann and Thompson, by a need to justify decisions by
legislators and citizens. Empirical research, which has
accompanied democratic deliberative theory-testing and building,
has evaluated the prevalence of key features of deliberative
discourse, such as reason giving, reciprocity and equality, along
with endogenous and exogenous conditions conducive to goodquality deliberation. Scholars of deliberation in societies divided by
conflict have latched on to the utility of a collaborative, respectful
and other-regarding discussion, not only for the benefit of better
informed and more legitimate decision-making, but also for
facilitating repair of inter-group relations in post-conflict societies.
This theoretical and empirical development has stress-tested
deliberation under some of the most demanding conditions for
deliberation, such as a lack of trust, societal polarisation and
multiple inequalities. While opening new research horizons, this
scholarship has significant limits. Owing to its theoretical and
empirical bias, this scholarship has glossed over the question of
the low quality of democracy linked to complex legacies of conflict.
Consequently, studies of deliberation in divided societies have
most often concluded with references to contentious deliberation,
blurring the distinction between deliberation and agonism. This
paper provides a critique of this development, elaborating an
alternative concept of anti-deliberation to capture the failed
attempts at deliberation in post-conflict and non-democratic
context
Understanding the Media Effects as a Precondition for Contemporary Education Development
No full textAs an integral part of living material culture, education is both shaped by and inseparably linked to the media environment and the technological conditions within which it develops. Put differently, media and technology function not only as tools but also as constitutive elements of education. This paper examines the complex interplay between education, media, and technology through the theoretical lens of media effects proposed by Régis Debray. The paper argues that a clear understanding of media effects is essential for contemporary education development. Finally, the study offers recommendations for further reflection and practice, with particular emphasis on the constructive engagement with educational mediaspheric environment
Unraveling the Digital Governance Systems Divide
No full textDigital governance and related systems are becoming a vital complement to traditional forms of political participation, a trend that will accelerate as younger generations embrace digital lifestyles. In a world where technology and democracy are increasingly intertwined, understanding the driving forces of digital governance is of paramount importance. This research provides valuable information on the global state of digital democracy and the forces behind the digital divide. We are using the DigiPartIndex, a robust index to measure the availability of digital governance systems and conduct a comparative analysis for a representative sample of 36 countries. In this macro-level quantitative study, we are using regression analysis to examine the factors behind the varying availability of digital governance systems. Our research highlights that economic development, especially higher GDP per capita, is still the key factor determining a country’s digital governance system infrastructure
Dve teze o projektu Jadar
No full textU ovom tekstu ukratko ću obrazložiti dve teze ili tvrdnje o projektu Jadar. Prva tvrdnja se zasniva na naučnoj argumentaciji, i glasi da je dijalog o projektu Jadar – na koji navodno ponovo pozivaju srpske vlasti –zapravo završen zaključkom srpske naučne zajednice da ovaj projekat, u ovom obliku, ne treba sprovoditi jer nije u javnom interesu. Druga teza je istorijska i moralna, i glasi da su na prostoru koji obuhvata budući rudnik krajem 1941. godine nemačke nacističke jedinice streljale
nekoliko hiljada seljaka iz istih onih sela koja sada treba iseliti da bi se tu vadio litijum, te da je nedopustivo praviti rudnik na prostoru stratišta i iseljavati potomke žrtava
An experimental induction of stylistic evolution
No full textSpatio-temporal distributions of stylistic attributes have been a central focus of the traditional culture-historical approach in archaeology. Although the interpretative framework of the old culture-historical paradigm has
been rightfully criticized and largely discarded on both empirical and theoretical grounds, certain patterns identified by 20th-century culture-historians still require explanation. One of the most significant of these patterns
is the waxing and waning of artifact types over time. This empirically established trend formed the foundation
of the frequency seriation method for relative dating. A crucial step in linking seriation with cultural transmission theory was made decades ago when it was demonstrated that the neutral model of cultural evolution
produces patterns similar to the rise and decline of artifact types observed in the archaeological record. This
model assumes that cultural variants are copied in an unbiased manner, with their transmission proportional
to their relative frequencies within a population. The neutral model of cultural transmission plays a key role in
the study of cultural evolution, particularly in evolutionary archaeology, where it has been widely used as the
primary model of stylistic evolution. Here, we present the results of an experiment designed to induce the neutral
model of cultural transmission in material culture. Our goal is to explore, in a controlled laboratory setting, how
pottery shapes evolve under specific conditions and to determine whether we can replicate the patterns observed
in the archaeological record. By designing an experiment intended to induce the neutral model of transmission,
we aim to assess its applicability and implications for both cultural transmission theory and empirical research
on material culture variability in archaeology