Ne prolazi ulicom bez traga : ka interkulturalnosti
Do not pass the street without a trace: towards interculturality

Author(s): Rada Gošović, Ružica Marjanović Kamšigovski, Snežana Krstanović, Marko Aksentijević, Zorica Živojinović, Miloš Dajić, Prvoslav S. Plavšič
Contributor(s): Zagorka Aksentijević (Editor)
Subject(s): Sociology, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Grupa 484
Keywords: Interculturality; minorities; ethnic communities; refugees
Summary/Abstract: On September 23, 2009, in Belgrade, in the Rectorate of the University of Arts, on Kosančićev venc, a round table was held under the name Interculturality and youth, as part of the project Don't pass through the street without a trace - an advocacy initiative for minorities, implemented by Group 484 in partnership with the Center for Modern Skills in the period December 2008 - December 2009. The following spoke as guests and presenters: Dr. Miodrag Jovanović (Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade) and Dr. Milena Dragićević - Šešić (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, UNESCO Chair "Interculturalism, Cultural Management and Cultural Policy of the Balkans", University of the Arts) . Representatives of numerous non-governmental organizations and young political parties actively participated in the work of this gathering. The project team was represented by young people from Vranje, Kikinda, Užice, Zaječar, Kovačica, Bela Crkva, Čoka, Sjenica, Vršac and Belgrade. The theme of the gathering was chosen after six months of advocacy campaigns in the cities, when the topics, problems and interests that the project participants adopted as their variant of advocacy for minority rights were taken advantage of. During that period, it became clear that the words "minority" and "majority" do not mean the same thing in the south and in the north, that sometimes they are value concepts (so people named as a minority with that "label" feel bad) and sometimes just statements. By the term "minorities" we did not always mean ethnic minority communities. We were faced with the request that everyone in their environment recognize a social group that is marginalized and direct their attention and activities towards it: therefore not only towards ethnic communities, but also towards women, refugees, displaced people... It also became clear that however we define and understand "minority" and "majority", "them" and "us" - in order to hear and understand each other, to help each other and equally share living and cultural space, we must have helpers in our communities. supports, partners, associates. We found them in local authorities, in schools, cultural institutions, youth offices, in the media, at party addresses...

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