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Belgrade bridge

CLIMATE AND DISPLACEMENT

MIGRATION AND EXTREMISM

FIELD NOTES AND REFLECTIONS

CONFERENCE DISCUSSION

Teodora Jovanovic of The Institute of Ethnography SASA and the University of Belgrade and Marina Lazetic of Tufts University discuss refugee integration in Belgrade, Serbia.

BOOKS AND NOTES

One of the goals of this project is to share information about books and research on borders, nationalism, environmental displacement, and community resilience and organizing as well as spark discussions in and outside of academia.

Writing as An Act of Hope and The Politics of Exile

“I am building my career on the loss of a man named Stojan Sokolović, and on the loss of many millions of others, who may or may not resemble him. And one night he told me…” - the book ends with the same sentence it begins with. It’s way past midnight and I drop it down on the floor of my living room as I stare at the ceiling from the comfort of my sofa. What are we doing and whom is this for? A question Dauphinee poses to the writers, researchers, academics - all those claiming to be trying to “understand” and “unpack” and “explain” human tragedy.

Imagining the Balkans: Reading between the academic fluff

.Imagining the Balkans is truly an iconic book, and one that should be read by anyone interested in the Balkans. However, I must say right away that this book is an academic piece of work, making it hard to understand by those who are unfamiliar with the theories discussed and the terminology used, and by those who simply do not like reading densely packed theoretical writing. It is intended to be a scholarly piece and, as such, is truly a great one! 

Stitching memories?No, thank you.

THE MINISTRY OF PAIN...is a meditation on getting lost in the streets of what once used to be your own hometown; on self-invention; on cutting and pasting a collage of memories that we eventually call a narrative of the past; on trying to find a home in language...but what if that language no longer exists?
 

MEMORIES, NOSTALGIA, & HEALING

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