Cultural Identity Politics in the (Post-)Transitional Societies

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Cultural Identity Politics in the (Post-)Transitional Societies language policy and post-Yugoslav political and cultural configurations in Slovenia”. Petković examined how the language situation of other nations of the former Yugoslavia in Slovenia changed with the independence of Slovenia, how it affected specific post- Yugoslav re-construction and re-positioning of cultural identities, and how it was/ is supported by the media system in Slovenia. Next, Paško Bilić from the Institute for International Relations gave a presentation on “How social media enforce glocalization – the processes of identity change in selected Central and Southeast European countries”. The main focus of this paper was on the processes of cultural change and how they are enforced through the use of social media and seen from the global perspective. By using theoretical arguments and statistical data Bilić focused on the question of redefining cultural identities through social media, with the examples of Facebook and Wikipedia, while taking into account the regional context. This line of discussion was continued by the guest speaker Vladimir Davčev from the University of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia, in his presentation “How modern technology shape-shifts our identity”. Davčev highlighted the infinite possibilities that the anonymity of cyberspace brings for the emergence of identities that can be constructed in online communication. What needs to be remembered is that these online characters are expressions of realworld experiences, ideas and so forth. The interconnectedness of the offline and online world is thus stressed in the conclusion of the presentation. In the discussion that followed the participants of the conference asked presenters on the panel for a more regional based approach to the issues relating to the influence of the new technologies on identification processes in the final version of their papers. The fifth panel “Post-transitional perspectives: cultural identities and cultural education” was chaired by Milena Dragićević Šešić. The first speaker was Svetlana Jovičić from the University of Arts in Belgrade and she spoke on the “Re-shaping of identities through youth/children cultural education policies” where she focused on the cultural and educational context of identification processes. In her presentation she also reviewed selected cultural practices relating to children that dealt mainly with the Serbian context, but with references to some other countries as well. The presentation that followed by Nada Švob-Đokić entitled “Cultural identities in Southeastern Europe: a post-transitional perspective” concentrated on the structural elements of cultural space (‘institutional’ culture, ‘independent’ culture and ‘market oriented’ culture) that illustrate ongoing cultural changes. Švob-Đokić showed that such changes occur through the influences that spread from European cultures and global cultural trends that are ever more present due to the influence of new technologies, cultural industries and the mediatization of culture. In the next presentation “Repetition of difference – search for unstable identity” guest speaker Svetlana Racanović, an independent curator from Montenegro, noted how the shift to the post-transitional situation is a process marked by many ambiguities that result in an unstable identity. She opened a discussion where many issues related to the post-transitional situation were raised, from the development 170
Report on the conference of ‘independent culture’ in the region to the influence of cultural products from Turkish cultural industries (mainly soap operas) in countries of Southeastern Europe. With this last panel the conference came to its close, and it can be said that it showed how cultural identities are a dynamic social phenomena in Southeastern Europe. The papers presented outlined a plethora of diverse issues that need to be discussed in relation to the changing nature of cultural identification processes in this region. On behalf of the organizers of the conference, Aldo Milohnić thanked the participants for their efforts and for the lively discussions that resulted from the presentations of the case studies. He also announced the deadline for submission of final papers and the publication of the conference reader in April 2011. February 2011 Jaka Primorac 171
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