Publisher: Srpski genealoški centar

UFO Religions

NLO religije

Author(s): Danijel Sinani / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: NLO; alternativne religije; religija

Da li ste nekada videli neidentifikovani leteći objekat? Ili ste, možda, imali bliski kontakt neke druge vrste sa "vanzemaljskim" pojavama i bićima ili možda poznajete nekoga ko tvrdi da je imao takvo iskustvo? No, bez obzira na to da li ste ikada u životu imali prilike da vidite neobične igre svetlosti ili nepoznate predmete na nebu, da li su vas (ili vama bliske i poznate ljude) otimali vanzemaljci ili, pak, ne možete da se pozovete na lični doživljaj kada se govori o eventualnim "dokazima" o postojanju vanzemaljskih inteligencija, gotovo je sigurno da ste čuli za fenomen NLO i da znate elementarne pretpostavke vezane za ovakve "kontakte" našeg i "drugih" svetova. Informacije iz oblasti koja je, u svojoj komercijalnoj verziji, za mnoge najpoznatija pod sintagmom "naučna fantastika", dostupne su i prisutne na svakom koraku. Pop-kulturne konceptualizacije ove ideje neminovno su dopirale i do mnogih koji sebe ne bi nazvali "ljubiteljima žanra". "Dr Hu", "Galaktika", "Zvezdane staze", "Ratovi zvezda", "Dosije X"... samo su neki od naslova serija i serijala koji su godinama unazad popularizovali ideju o postojanju inteligentnih oblika života van nama poznatih granica planete Zemlje. Spisak filmova, knjiga, tekstova i novinskih članaka koji se bave ovom problematikom ne bi stao ni u uvod daleko većeg obima od ovde planiranog.Prema kratkoj anketi koju je Galup sproveo pred kraj XX veka u Sjedinjenim američkim državama, oko 90% stanovništva imalo je određena saznanja o NLO. Još je interesantniji podatak da je, takođe po anketi sprovedenoj u SAD, bilo više ispitanika koji su znali šta pojam NLO predstavlja, nego što je bilo onih koji su mogli da se sete imena američkog predsednika Džeralda Forda – i to samo šest meseci nakon što je on napustio Belu kuću (Bullard 2000: ix). Ovakve rezultate pomenutih anketa dugujemo nesumnjivoj popularnosti fenomena NLO koja je razvijana dugi niz godina unazad. Ovaj egzemplarni ideološki, religijski, medijski i pop-kulturni fenomen postao je deo naših svakodnevnih života kroz tako različite manifestacije kao što su – teološke rasprave o postanku sveta, naučne rasprave o održivosti života van Zemlje, muzeji NLO, industrija zabave ali i najrazličitiji (manje-više) upotrebni predmeti i suveniri kao što su, na primer, privesci i slanici u obliku vanzemaljaca, svetleći mačevi Luka Skajvokera i Darta Vejdera ili majice sa likom E.T. – ja.Iako je, kako je u prethodnom pasusu već pomenuto, na temu NLO-a i s njima povezanih fenomena, napisano puno stranica teksta, objavljivano monografija, "svedočanstava" i iskaza učesnika događaja, te brojnih spekulacija i polemika koje su se uglavnom svodile na pokušaje dokazivanja ili, pak, opovrgavanja istinitosti i realnosti različitih konkretnih slučajeva kontakata sa vanzemaljskim bićima, primetan je nedostatak radova iz oblasti društvenih nauka (naročito antropologije), koji bi se bavili pomenutom problematikom. Što se stanja obrađenosti ove teme u domaćoj nauci tiče, i pored činjenice da pojedine oblasti u Srbiji slove za veoma interesantne "vanzemaljcima" – te stoga postoje i brojne priče i iskazi o viđenjima NLO-a ali i njihovih posada, radova koji bi analizirali ovakve ideje i narative, na globalnom ili lokalnom planu, gotovo i da nema. Vredan izuzetak predstavlja studija Nine Kulenović, koja u fokus istraživanja postavlja jedan specifičan segment NLO fenomena, odnosno, koja se bavi interesantnim naporima da se ufologija postulira kao naučna disciplina (Kulenović 2013). U ovoj studiji ćemo se, za početak, pozabaviti kratkim istorijatom NLO fenomena i pokreta u svetu, proći ćemo kroz najznačajnije momente u razvoju ideje o postojanju vanzemaljskih inteligencija koje pokušavaju da ostvare kontakt s nama, smrtnicima koji naseljavaju "plavu planetu" i razmotriti neke od bitnih implikacija ovih događaja na naše koncepte sveta i života, uopšte. Predstavićemo, dalje, početke formiranja specifične vrste NLO organizacija koje su uspele da okupe značajan broj sledbenika, uputićemo se u njihove najznačajnije karakteristike i pokazaćemo da se u osnovi njihove ideologije nalaze religijske ideje – i to, uglavnom, već dobro poznate religijske ideje.

Belgrade on the "New Wave". Music as an Element of Forming the Local Identity

Beograd na "Novom talasu". Muzika kao element konstrukcije lokalnog identiteta

Author(s): Marija Ristivojević / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Music - anthropological aspect

The topic of this research is understanding a two-wayrelationship between the concepts of music and place. Thehypothesis I am starting from is that music has an“ability" to create an identity of a certain space. Morespecifically, that would mean that music can have animpact on the establishing a set of images and knowledgeof a specific city through daily social interactions (such assocializing, going out, going to concerts). In this case, “anidentity of a city", comprises everything that is identifiedas an important identification mark within a specificsociocultural context and understood in that way, can bereflected in different physical places (e.g. a club, culturalcenter, café, park, square), and in various modes ofeveryday living in that particular city and in experiencesthat evolve from it (e.g. daily routes within a city, aspecific style of speech, topics for conversation). Theexample which I have chosen to analyze this relationshipon is the new wave rock-and-roll music scene in Belgradein the eighties. Although this music phenomenon is notsomething that accounts for an original local product, itpossesses its local authenticity. Therefore, my goal is toexplore the process of creating that specific Belgradeidentity, and draw attention to the features which makethe authentic local phenomenon of this musical “wave".Analyzing current narratives about this phenomenon inthe local discourse, I endeavor to identify and abstract thekey elements of the “new wave" Belgrade identity andconsider them in the light of the theories (in the first placeanthropological) which treat music and place as asociocultural (and therefore contextually dependent andfluid) categories. The analysis is based on the interviewswhich have been made during the summer of 2011.

Stranger here, Stranger there. Anthropological Research of Cultural Identity of Guest Workers

Stranac ovde, stranac tamo. Antropološko istraživanje kulturnog identiteta gastarbajtera

Author(s): Dragana Antonijević / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbs; Migrations;Anthropological Overview;

Half a century after first guest workers went to countries in the Western Europe to work there, it is a good occasion to make a summary and refocus research on this complex phenomenon, which had various and diverse consequences both in the countries of origin and the immigration countries, respectively. Anthropological approach to the migrations underscores both the structure and the activity, it examines macro-social outcomes, and also strategies and decisions on micro-social level, as well as social ties and relations within which individuals behave. Peculiarity of the anthropological "micro approach” lies in its "bottom-up” frame of reference, since it focuses on individual and group experiences of migrants and their families. Anthropologists aim to make their research empirical and ethnographically contextualized. Anthropology is interested in the questions of who, how and why emigrates, it aims to understand through experience ethnography what it means to "be a migrant”, the meanings ascribed to it by the migrants themselves, how they interpret and constitute their identity, how they make sense of the conditions of their existence, as well as social and cultural changes resulting from convergence of different migrant environments and cultural values.

Crime Novel in Socialist Yugoslavia

Kriminalistički roman u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji

Author(s): Vladimir Uzelac / Language(s): Serbian

Anthropology of Postsocialism

Antropologija postsocijalizma

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Serbian

Serbian Ethnology and Marxism

Srpska etnologija i marksizam

Author(s): Gordana Gorunović / Language(s): Serbian

Urban Cultural Identity and Religiosity in the Contemporary Context

Urbani kulturni identiteti i religioznost u savremenom kontekstu

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

The History of Postmodern Anthropology. The Intertemporal Heterarchy

Istorija postmoderne antropologije. Intertemporalna heterarhija

Author(s): Miloš Milenković / Language(s): Serbian

Essays in Anthropology and the Semiotics of Folklore

Ogledi iz antropologije i semiotike folklora

Author(s): Dragana Antonijević / Language(s): Serbian

In this book I have sought to examine – from the transdisciplinary perspective characteristic of folkloristics as an eclectic discipline – several methodological proposals which, each in its own way, could have or actually have contributed to the further theoretical and methodological study and interpretation of folklore. These Methodological Essays have been selected according to my personal methodological inclinations, and draw from various disciplines – anthropology and structural anthropology, semiotics, narrative theory and sociology. The common thread of these methodological experiments is the text as the main subject of study (Chapters 2, 3 and 4), or as the end product of complex folklore communication (Chapter 1). Another common thread is their innovativeness as experiments, despite the differences in the time, place and state of the discipline in which they originated and the differences in method and interpretative procedure.

Islamisation on South Slavic Territory. Converts: as they were called

Islamizacija na južnoslovenskom prostoru. Kovertiti: kako su se zvali

Author(s): Olga Zirojević / Language(s): Serbian

Personal name always communicates identity, and as a result of this, taking a new name is very important part of conversion, this name being a formal feature of the new Muslim identity of a convert. Repertoire of names in Islam is very rich, because the whole nature, starting from the Sun itself (šems – Šemso, Šemsa), serves to Muslims as a source of names. Starting from the fact that the emissary Muhammad recommended only those names that are not opposed to Islamic dogma, in the forthcoming period, during the process of islamization of non-Arabic nations, it became a duty for a new Muslim to be given such a name. That is the reason why converts came to take names most often associated to Arabic history and Old Testament prophets. It is known that in the Arab Middle age even more than two thirds of Muslims – converts gave their sons Arabic religious names (Mehmed, Ahmad, Ali, Hasan, Hüssein) or biblical or more precisely those from Koran (Ibrahim, Ismail, Yusuf along with others). This practice will continue in Turk Osmanli period. Finally there is the name Sinan that was, as a rule, according to Fr. Babinger, taken only by renegades (Mimar Sinan was certainly the most famous among them).Importance that is placed on names is convincingly illustrated by the fact that even those that had Turkish or more precisely Islamic names on the occasion of conversion took a new, Islamic name. Namely, it is not unknown that since the times of Turks Seljuk, and later in Turk Osmanli period as well, many Christians and Jews bore Turkish and Islamic names (such as Kaya, Arslan, Aydin, Armağan, Bahtiyar, Devlet, Gökče, Tursun, Emin, Čoban, Hizir, Kurd, Kargöz, Iskender, Sinan, Budak, Karaca, Čiček, Kumru, Šahin, Timur, Dede, Širmerd, Musa.Yahya). Similarly, the Greek man Murad from Manisa, after conversion (1621) gained the name Mustafa. For example, in the town Adana, as recorded in the census record book from 1572, out of 451 Christians, 61 of them or 14% had Turkish name, being mainly Karagöz. As claimed by Y. Kurt, these are pre-Islamic names that were brought along with Pečenezi and Uz Turks, Christians-builders Sulejmanli in Istanbul also had Muslim names. Along with the aforementioned, names such as Bayezid, Džafer, Hasan, Hüssein, Hudaverdi, Mehmed are encountered. Generally based on the official Osmanli census records, on the Balkans region Christians bore Turkish names (and these names were also welcomed by converts), and the most frequent names are Šahin, Širmerd, Dogan, Balaban, Senk(ğ)ur, Karadža and Hamza. This last mentioned name originates from German or Sasi name Johannis or more precisely Hansa, later Hamza, and it is not protective name. The aforementioned Turkish names do not have necessarily to be such: it is an obvious process of turkisation, especially in the area of Asia Minor.

World Music as a New Form of Tradition

Muzika sveta kao novi oblik tradicije

Author(s): Marija Ristivojević / Language(s): Serbian

World music is a hybrid musical form which is based on traditional elements. Being a product of growing interaction between people, intensive cross-cultural flows and technological achievements, world music became a complex cultural phenomenon. Some authors think that this concept presents a new kind of imperialism over, so-called, Third World countries, while the others see it as a possibility for promoting I#$ @#her", I-Western" music. Popularity of this musical form is evident in numerous specialized festivals, magazines, new performers, but also in the fact that world music became a relevant topic of academic researches and curriculums. In Serbia, world music presents a phenomenon in the making, the scene is not developed enough (the lack of media coverage, publishing and so forth). Despite all that, there is an evident effort that this type of musical expression comes to life locally. World Music Association of Serbia is one such example. The members of this association launched series of activities that seek for better visibility of this phenomenon. They started a magazine Etnoumlje, established an independent recording company WMAS Records and SWM internet radio, a project of registration of Serbian world music groups and musicians. The first festival, Etnomus, was active from 1997-2006. In August 2012, the new festival in Takovo – Serbia World Music Festival was started. This study presents an anthropological analysis of world music phenomenon. The attention is focused on interpreting the term "world music", in Western and local context, and then it reviews the perceptions and usages of this concept by musicians and audiences. Theorethical frame of this work consists of perspectives of two ethnomusicologists – Lauren Aubert and John Blacking, who treat music as a cultural phenomenon. The analysis is divided into three parts: world music in Serbia, world music in the world, and comparison of local example and global flows. Material that is used in the first part of the analysis consists of interviews with informants who deal with ethno music, while the other part is based on relevant literature and internet sources.

Roma Hip Hop in Serbia

Romski hip hop u Srbiji

Author(s): Ana Banić Grubišić / Language(s): Serbian

In this study the author presents the phenomenon of "Romani Hip Hop" in Serbia - its origins and circumstances under which it has developed, and analyzes if this "cultural practice" initiates change to the bad situation of the Roma youth in our society. Since Hip hop culture (music, dancing, graffiti writing) was initially a cultural expression of "black", discriminated and stigmatized America, it has been often interpreted as a specific form of political expression, a strong echo of the youth social rebellion and global socio-political injustice. Therefore, "symbolic potential" of Hip hop has been appropriated by many ethnic minorities and immigrant groups around the world – the art production of racialized and oppressed ethnic/racial minorities (eg Afro-American music, AngloPakistani cinema or postcolonial literature) is seen as part of a broader process of their identity claims. The main feature of the Roma hip hop in Serbia is that it is created "from above", by non-governmental organizations which seek to strengthen creative potentials of young Roma in order to help them integrate into broader society.This musical form has also been developed in the Republic of Macedonia (Shutka), Hungary, the Czech Republic where, in contrast to Serbia, it is a self-sufficient musical and cultural expression that comes "from below", from "the streets" and is not institutionally supported. This study is a result of field research carried out in three cities (Belgrade, Novi Sad and Subotica), based on interviews with members of the Roma Hip Hop, both those self-organized and those organized by non-governmental organizations. The research also encompasses attitudes of non-Roma who are members of the Serbian Hip hop scene, collected by interviews and textual analysis of Internet portals and discussion forums dedicated to Hip hop culture in Serbia. In this study the author tries to answer following questions: how does inclusion of Roma youth in hip hop practice influence framing of their group identity in an environment where they are often exposed to discrimination and stereotyping? Has Hip hop culture become an important part of their lives? Can Roma hip hop in Serbia act as subcultural inclusive strategy or does it remain only a part of the wider Serbian Hip hop subculture? Is there a potential for Roma Hip hop to become scene of its own, or its future will stay dependent on NGO’s support.

Karađorđe i Miloš

Карађорђе и Милош

Author(s): Dragana Antonijević / Language(s): Serbian

Political Anthropology and Modern World System

Политичка антропологија и модерни светски систем

Author(s): Vladimir Ribić / Language(s): Serbian

Karađorđe i Miloš

Карађорђе и Милош

Author(s): Dragana Antonijević / Language(s): Serbian

Nonalignment

Несврстаност

Author(s): Marija Krstić / Language(s): Serbian