Balkanizam duha

Author(s): Vintilă Mihăilescu / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Bilo je to ranih 1990ih, u Briselu, srcu Evropske unije. Tamo sam prvi put čuo izraz: »nacije evropske vokacije«. Vocation, calling, Beruf… nemačka reč je najizražajnija, a znači u isto vreme »vokacija« i »profesija«. Neke nacije su, prema tome, evropske po vokaciji (ukorenjenoj, valjda, ne u božijoj volji, kao što je slučaj sa Veberovim protestantima, nego u njihovoj istoriji); kod takvih nacija biti Evropljanin je neka vrsta profesije. A šta je sa drugim nacijama, koje s njima ne dele ovaj Beruf? I ko to odlučuije o tome ko ima a ko nema takav Beruf? Ali ono što me najviše intrigira jeste šta Beruf može da znači u ovim slučajevima.

Mračna intimnost: mape, identiteti, činovi identifikacije

Author(s): Aleksander Kiossev / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Ono što je odrednici »Balkan« zajedničko sa ostalim klišeima jeste svojevrsni automatski esencijalizam – to je geografski metonim koji pretpostavlja postojanje negeografskog referenta. U političkim raspravama, novinskim napisima i svakodnevnim razgovorima, ovo je očigledna, nesporna pretpostavka: upotreba imena ukazuje da Balkan postoji kao region sa izvesnim identitetom uspostavljenim uz pomoć izvesnog broja zajedničkih karakteristika.

Nemoguće Bekstvo: Rumuni i Balkan

Author(s): Adrian Cioroianu / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Čini se da što je život na Balkanu mukotrpniji, želja da se živi negde drugde biva snažnija – što dalje od Balkana i što je moguće bliže Zapadu, daleko od ovog politički, ekonomski i mentalno žigosanog regiona. Rečeno sa manje retorike, to je bila kolektivna drama Rumuna u poslednjih 150 godina; to je drama koliko onih Rumuna koji izigravaju zabrinutost realnom ili mogućnom sudbinom svog naroda, toliko i onih koji se pokazuju ravnodušni spram apstraktnih kolektivnih drama, ali, u isti mah, traže istorijske izgovore za svoje večite žalopojke.

Srbi pederi

Author(s): Branka Arsić / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Dana 30. juna 2001. godine, po prvi put u istoriji Beograda, održana je gay parada. Neočekivano, međutim, učesnike parade dočekalo je nasilje – na ulicama su ih napali njihovi sugrađani koji su gay paradu smatrali sramotom za »srpski narod«. Policija je bila pozvana da zaštiti učesnike, ali umesto zaštite – mnogi su bili prebijeni i povređeni. Ovaj esej posvećen je svim učesnicima gay parade – žrtvama policijskog nasilja i nasilja njihovih sugrađana.

Seksualizovanje Srba

Author(s): Dušan Ilija Bjelić,Lucinda Cole / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Koliko god bio ironičan, gornji navod nagoveštava ne tako davna nastojanja kritičara i učenjaka da »objasne« Srbe, i to najčešće s ciljem da identifikuju ono {to bi moglo objasniti raširenu pojavu silovanja tokom razaranja Jugoslavije. Uvaženi sociolozi, antropolozi, stručnjaci za ženske studije, teoretičari politike i psihoanalitiki kritičari doprineli su ovoj raspravi, ponekad podržavši, a ponekad odbacujući esencijalističke opise srpskog identieta.

Politika kulture, ideologijsko mapiranje , zasjeci

Author(s): Biljana Kašić / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

The author analyzes cultural changes that took place during the socialist period in Croatia – in the context of Yugoslavia as it was at the time, especially from 1945 to 1952. In this regard, she attempted to sketch out certain questions and cultural conflicts which were operative in the ideological framework of the time, such as partymindedness, that is to say revolutionary tendencies in culture as the public characteristic of culture. Party-mindedness is demonstrated by execution of the ≪strict dictate of the party line≫; the criteria of truth and progress, or meta-aesthetic criteria, were characterized by ≪specific≫ knowledge, ideology, creativity. The purpose of party-mindedness was not only to bring ideology to its fulfillment, but its partiality was demanded, and the goal of the communist party in power was to implement its muli-layered ideology in practice, or purely in terms of intent. Often the party political principle was incompatible with totalitarian methods. The author thus relied on a few basic points of opposition within Croatian political culture and culture generally. The author looked at three paradigmatic examples: the symbolic structure of South Slav unity, the relationship to tradition, and the orientation to cultural thought in Europe, contained within the metaphorical saying ≪suspicious west≫.

The City That Is Not: Apophasis and Anglo-Saxon Urbanism

Author(s): Rafał Borysławski / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The article discusses two Old English cases of walking through cities that no longer exist and the implications that such visions entail for early medieval philosophical perspectives. The first part proposes a conjectural vision of the city of Rome from around the time of the visits of young Prince Alfred of Wessex, future King Alfred the Great, in 853 and in 855 A.D. The second part is constructed upon an understanding of one of the Exeter Book elegies, “The Ruin”, presenting musings on whatever remained from another Roman city, conceivably identifiable with Aqua Sulis, that is, Bath. The reflections of the former encounter with the city may be, perhaps, found in the Meters that accompany Alfred-inspired translation of Boethius’s “De consolatione philosophiae”, and the city present in “The Ruin” is another example of the excidio urbis theme. Together, the two visions confirm the Old English metaphysical value of the city that becomes its negative, that is, the city that is formed by absences, lacunae, and vestiges of its past. Seen in this light, the “cities that are not” are presented here as instances of apophatic thinking, akin to that of Pseudo-Dionysius, whereby more can be expressed by questions and negative statements than by factual testimonials. The proposed Anglo-Saxon walks through ruined cities paradoxically offer an augmentation of reality and an existential practice in the elusiveness of signification extending beyond urban boundaries.

The Maze, the Fog, the Mass, the Dog: Sherlock Holmes in London

Author(s): Justyna Jajszczok / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The article revolves around the concept of the late-Victorian London as an accomplice in crime. Employing a number of literary examples but mostly concentrating on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, the text investigates specific techniques the metropolis uses in order to aid criminals and hinder the work of law-enforcement officers. The labyrinthine structure of the city, its ability to envelop itself in impenetrable yellow fog, and its vast population make the late nineteenth-century London a haven for wrongdoers. The final part of the article presents arguments in favour of the claim that only Sherlock Holmes is capable of leading a successful career of a private investigator in such a crime-aiding city. This is made possible not just because of his extraordinary observational skills, but also due to the fact that the detective, as presented in the stories, possesses a number of unique canine features which make him immune to London’s tricks.

The Portrait of the City in Wim Wenders’s “Lisbon Story”

Author(s): Sonia Front / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The paper addresses the depiction of the city in Wim Wenders’s film “Lisbon Story” (1994). The film meditates on the “death of the cinema” resulting from the commercialization of the image and globalization of culture, accompanied by the destruction of space. Wenders protests against the postmodernist consumption and homogeneity of space by presenting Lisbon as a city arrested in time, beyond the impact of corporate culture. Expressing his distrust of images, he creates a heterogeneous portrait of the city, superimposing soundscape over the landscape, whereby sounds, particularly music, encode the emotional attitude to the city, experienced in a kinesthetic manner.

Walking through (Hi)stories: City and Temporality in Vandana Singh’s “Delhi”

Author(s): Agnieszka Podruczna / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The article constitutes an attempt at an in-depth analysis of the way in which Vandana Singh, in her short story “Delhi,” engages in a discussion concerning the relationship between the urban space, hegemonic colonial narrative, and the subjectivity of the historical account, reframing it in terms of speculative fiction. This practice, framed as a counter-discursive attempt at rewriting the history of the Other, allows the author to comment upon the ways in which that history has been created and shaped. Adopting the postcolonial discourse as well as theory of science fiction as the primary methodological background, the article aims to explore the themes of collective memory and postcolonial reclaiming practices, framed in terms of a spatial-temporal journey through the urban space of Delhi, with the view of substantiating the thesis that the act of walking through the city in both the spatial and the temporal sense constitutes a counter-discursive attempt at reclaiming the colonial narrative and challenging the status quo.

Amidst the Wonders of the City: Countenances of Moscow in Barbara Włodarczyk’s “Wide Tracks”

Author(s): Monika Kowalczyk-Piaseczna / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The article analyses the various countenances of Moscow which have been presented by Barbara Włodarczyk in the cycle of television reportages “Wide Tracks”. The text focuses on illustrating the specific features of a film report that allow its author to present the wondrous picture of the Russian capital emerging from the particular fragments of the discussed reportages. Moreover, as a result of juxtaposition of the reports from that part of the city, which overwhelms one with its richness and splendour, with the accounts from these corners of Moscow in which the continuous struggle for survival takes place, the article examines the internal contradictions which may be observed within the depicted urban space. The analysed cycle also exposes the series of political conflicts which undermine the immaculate image of Moscow as a wondrous city, presented by some of the characters of the discussed film pictures, and simultaneously, it allows one to discover some new, less known countenances of the metropolis.

Anorexia and the City: Special Significance of the Urban Environment in Eating Disorder Memoirs

Author(s): Nina Augustynowicz / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The article examines a book of memoirs belonging to a larger group of textual representations of individual struggle with anorexia in order to shed light on the city as a crucial character in the account of the disease. “Kid Rex: The Inspiring True Account of a Life Salvaged from Anorexia, Despair and Dark Days in New York City” (2008) by Laura Moisin is one of many recent publications touching upon the subject of eating disorders penned by and depicting the life of young upper middle class big city women. First notable books of this kind appeared around 1980, while since the beginning of this century we have been observing a steady increase in this respect, resulting in the proliferation of these personal narratives in popular culture. In accordance with the research suggesting that the incidence of eating disorders is higher in urban areas, publications of this kind all seem to refer to such environments; however, the aforementioned book could be considered special here as it portrays the deep-reaching relations between witnessing the events of September 11 attacks and the development of the disease. Even though it remains unclear which elements of cityscapes are responsible for the higher incidence of the anorexia, the acute experiences offered by NYC around the time of the attack highlight the probable causes. Employing the interdisciplinary perspectives offered by psychogeography, food studies and sociology of medicine, the article analyses how the influence of the city on female victims of anorexia is presented in the memoir to show that urban spaces may function both as a symptom of and as a factor contributing to the disease.

Anxious City: The Fears and Apprehensions of Citizens and Tourists in Modern Urban Areas

Author(s): Bożena Kilian / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In today’s world numerous dangers seem to threaten human lives. Modern society is claimed to be fearful and anxious, hence it is exposed to perils that are neither comprehensive nor controllable. Both global and local threats, such as economic crises, unprecedented technological advancement, terrorism or climate change and the increasing instability in the job market, crime or otherness influence everyday existence of modern man, who becomes increasingly apprehensive. The persistent atmosphere of fear is additionally nourished and sustained by the ubiquitous message presented by the media, which selectively focus on the negative broadcast. Modern cities, which are now perceived as a location where otherness is to be rather feared than praised and cultivated, are believed to be places which encapsulate almost all contemporary fears. First and foremost, they are scenes where the fear of crime takes its toll. Not only does it shape the structure of the city, as it leads to the establishment of the so-called gated communities, occupying closed and guarded estates, but primarily the relationships among different formal and informal social groups existing within the city. Feared are those of different race, religion, nationality, social status, gender, and even age. Being other, feared are also those coming to cities as tourists. In the face of the fact that city tourism is on the increase one could suspect that this is entirely safe and entertaining pastime; however, the analysis of urban tourism leaves no doubt that it also brings certain dose of fear and anxiety. The article aims at presenting various fears and anxieties experienced within urban area by both tourists and citizens.

Between Architecture and Cultural Studies: Reflections on the Constitution and Devaluation of Urban Public Spaces

Author(s): Andrzej Bełdowski,Tomasz Burzyński / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This interdisciplinary paper aims to outline the role of architecture in the societal construction and devaluation of civic public spaces from the perspectives of theoretical architecture, cultural studies, and theory of culture. When perceived in the context of the agency/structure duality, urban public spaces could be seen as societal constructs whose character and identity can be traced to the holistic organisation of architectural forms within a given locale. At the same time, the deflation in the quality of public spaces may be explained by making references to mutually reinforcing processes of spatial commodification and symbolic violence which are both exercised by implanting pure, self-explicable architectural forms into well-entrenched urban spaces.

Comparative Analysis of Public Attitudes towards Syrian Refugees in Turkish Cities of Ankara and Hatay

Author(s): Güneş Gökgöz,Alexa Arena,Cansu Aydin / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Out of 2.8 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, about 10% of these people reside in 22 refugee camps situated within Turkish cities (AFAD, 2013; UNHCR, 2016; Sirkeci, 2017). The remainder of the Syrian refugee population in Turkey lives in urban areas amongst the local population. Major cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, as well as the cities located on the Turkish-Syrian border such as Gaziantep and Hatay, host the highest numbers of refugees (Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM), 2016). Consequently, Syrian refugees are highly visible in most of the Turkish cities where they reside.

O czym (nie) opowiadają polsko-niemieckie miejsca pamięci

Author(s): Robert Traba,Hans-Henning Hahn / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Wprowadzenie

Author(s): Robert Traba / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

SimCity: Where the City Ends

Author(s): Michał Kłosiński / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Левски във фотографскoто ателие на Карол Поп Де Сатмари

Author(s): Grigor Grigorov / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

This text и an analysis of the photo of Vasil Levski in a hussar uniform from 1869, which was taken in Bucharest in the photo studio of Carol Popp de Szathmari, who was a famous Hungarian painter and photographer working in Romania. The text includes the rich biography of Szathmari, as a painter, traveler and the first photographer in Bucharest and the first military photographer in the world. There и also a brief summary of the specifics of the portrait photography in the XIX century. The text also concentrates on the fact that the uniform and the weapon did not belong to Levski himself, but were a property of the photo studio. The Analysis of the photo includes the position of the model – a standing man, the uniform, the accessories and the interior. Another main topic of the text и the message of the photo, and the way it would had been seen in the XIX century. There и also an analogy with other portraits taken from the same photographer and in the same studio, one of which и the photo of the Romanian king, Alexandru Ion Cuza, who also has a portrait of himself in a hussar uniform.

Васил Левски – портретът

Author(s): Nikolay Chernokozhev / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

The text describes the use of Vassil Levski‘s portrait in the first episode “Guests” of the comic “The Unexplained” by the magazine “Rainbow” (1979).