Cyber Yugoslavia: from the World of Nations to the World of Cyber Countries
Cyber Yugoslavia: from the World of Nations to the World of Cyber Countries

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines Cyber Yugoslavia, a state created on the internet, afterthe fall of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Located in cyberspace, CyberYugoslavia belongs to the corpus of virtual countries appearing as a subversive response to thenationalism and wars that led to the disintegration of the SFRY. The ludic and parodic characterof CY makes it a unique example of the way in which it challenges and questions deepstructures and ideological mechanisms of nation and nation-state construction. Using parodyand laughter, CY deconstructs the concepts that are essential parts in creating the ideology ofnation. The very same concepts are the focus of the theoretical approach to nation, whereforethe paper focuses on the intersection of theoretical and IT creative work.

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