Autor: Antonio Matijas

Dvadeset godina intenzivno se razgovara – a ujedno i pregovara – o hrvatskom identitetu iz rakursa različitih društvenih i humanističkih disciplina. Rasprave izlaze daleko izvan stručnih krugova i vode se u medijima, politici i društvu općenito, prvo potaknute formiranjem hrvatske države, a odnedavno i njezinim uspješnim pregovorima oko pridruživanja Europskoj uniji. Etnologija i kulturna antropologija je pritom u tim raspravama, pogotovo kad je riječ o javnim istupima, relativno manje prisutna od ostalih disciplina, premda ima temeljne spoznaje o temi.

In a world of radical political, social and economic changes, it is becoming ever more urgent to explore structural relationships of power and knowledge from feminist and transnational point of view. Women have long been excluded from academic and public life which is why they are particularly sensitive to the questions related to production of knowledge and power, the strategies of empowerment and ways of setting the public agenda.

women’s heritage [untitled]
programme of post-graduate course
IUC Dubrovnik, May 21-25, 2012

‘Diaspora’ has become an increasingly squishy concept: various migrant groups claim to constitute diasporas, governments address diasporas, and scholars struggle to differentiate between ‘diaspora’ as an analytical and as a practical category. The concept of diaspora also faced similar criticism such as the related ideas of nation and ethnicity – that it is liable to the dangers of ‘groupism’ and essentialism. Yet, if we do not take ‘diasporas’ as givens, this concept can produce real analytical value. Beyond that, diasporas are a fact in the sense that there are people out there in the world who believe in their existence and behave as such.

U organizaciji Instituta za etnologiju i folkloristiku, u četvrtak, 1. prosinca, od 10 sati, održava se znanstveni skup pod nazivom ‘Posredovanje kulture između prakse i teorije’. Skup se održava u prostoru Instituta za etnologiju i folkloristiku u Zagrebu.