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Social construction of (post)postsocialist reality: Ethnographic research into the everyday

Simić, Marina; Simić, Marina

(Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd, 2019)

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simić, Marina
AU  - Simić, Marina
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/723
AB  - In this paper, I want to discuss the main proposition from Berger and Luckmann's seminal book, the social construction of reality (or. 1966) - the idea that the everyday is the arena through which the social world comes into being--and to pair it with the understanding of memories and everyday life in postsocialist studies. It seems that various disciplines dealing with postsocialism sometimes treat the memories of socialism as an untheorized background of the analysis. I propose that postsocialist studies should do better by actively engaging in understanding the memories of socialism (and its aftermath) as an active force in shaping the present that should be addressed not only through the narratives of the past, but through the concept of the "everyday." for that purpose, I deploy the contemporary Western idea of ethnography as a specific qualitative study of the present that can be a useful tool for the understanding of society and social reality in the way they are described by Berger and Luckmann. I believe that Berger and Luckmann's account may shed new light on some of the central topics of related to the post-Yugoslav predicament (like the state, society, morality, and "normality") and I offer new readings of some scholarly works that deal with these concepts (including my own).
AB  - U ovom radu analizira se jedna od osnovnih teza Bergera i Lukmana izneta u poznatoj knjizi Socijalna konstrukcija stvarnosti (or. 1966) po kojoj su prostor i vreme svakodnevice ključni za rauzmevanje načina na koji nastaje naša socijalna stvarnost. Polazeći od postulata Bergera i Lukmana, autorka ukazuje na mogućnost upotrebe etnografije kao teorijsko-metodološkog okvira za razumevanje postsocijalističke transformacije u Evropi. Objašnjavajući značenje ovog pojma, autorka predlaže da se uloga sećanja (i na socijalizam i na prve godine "tranzicije") u razumevanju sadašnjice i zamišljanju budućnosti sagleda posredstvom analize svakodnevnih praksi, umesto uobičajenog fokusa na narative. Koristeći navedeni teorijsko-metodološki okvir, autorka nudi novo čitanje nekih od centralnih tema postsocijalističke transformacije u Srbiji, kao što su društo, država, moral i "normalnost".
PB  - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd
T2  - Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU
T1  - Social construction of (post)postsocialist reality: Ethnographic research into the everyday
T1  - Socijalna konstrukcija (post)postsocijalističke realnosti - etnografsko istraživanje svakodnevnog
EP  - 134
IS  - 1
SP  - 121
VL  - 67
DO  - 10.2298/GEI1901121S
ER  - 
@article{
author = "Simić, Marina and Simić, Marina",
year = "2019",
abstract = "In this paper, I want to discuss the main proposition from Berger and Luckmann's seminal book, the social construction of reality (or. 1966) - the idea that the everyday is the arena through which the social world comes into being--and to pair it with the understanding of memories and everyday life in postsocialist studies. It seems that various disciplines dealing with postsocialism sometimes treat the memories of socialism as an untheorized background of the analysis. I propose that postsocialist studies should do better by actively engaging in understanding the memories of socialism (and its aftermath) as an active force in shaping the present that should be addressed not only through the narratives of the past, but through the concept of the "everyday." for that purpose, I deploy the contemporary Western idea of ethnography as a specific qualitative study of the present that can be a useful tool for the understanding of society and social reality in the way they are described by Berger and Luckmann. I believe that Berger and Luckmann's account may shed new light on some of the central topics of related to the post-Yugoslav predicament (like the state, society, morality, and "normality") and I offer new readings of some scholarly works that deal with these concepts (including my own)., U ovom radu analizira se jedna od osnovnih teza Bergera i Lukmana izneta u poznatoj knjizi Socijalna konstrukcija stvarnosti (or. 1966) po kojoj su prostor i vreme svakodnevice ključni za rauzmevanje načina na koji nastaje naša socijalna stvarnost. Polazeći od postulata Bergera i Lukmana, autorka ukazuje na mogućnost upotrebe etnografije kao teorijsko-metodološkog okvira za razumevanje postsocijalističke transformacije u Evropi. Objašnjavajući značenje ovog pojma, autorka predlaže da se uloga sećanja (i na socijalizam i na prve godine "tranzicije") u razumevanju sadašnjice i zamišljanju budućnosti sagleda posredstvom analize svakodnevnih praksi, umesto uobičajenog fokusa na narative. Koristeći navedeni teorijsko-metodološki okvir, autorka nudi novo čitanje nekih od centralnih tema postsocijalističke transformacije u Srbiji, kao što su društo, država, moral i "normalnost".",
publisher = "Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd",
journal = "Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU",
title = "Social construction of (post)postsocialist reality: Ethnographic research into the everyday, Socijalna konstrukcija (post)postsocijalističke realnosti - etnografsko istraživanje svakodnevnog",
pages = "134-121",
number = "1",
volume = "67",
doi = "10.2298/GEI1901121S"
}
Simić, M.,& Simić, M.. (2019). Social construction of (post)postsocialist reality: Ethnographic research into the everyday. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd., 67(1), 121-134.
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1901121S
Simić M, Simić M. Social construction of (post)postsocialist reality: Ethnographic research into the everyday. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU. 2019;67(1):121-134.
doi:10.2298/GEI1901121S .
Simić, Marina, Simić, Marina, "Social construction of (post)postsocialist reality: Ethnographic research into the everyday" in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU, 67, no. 1 (2019):121-134,
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1901121S . .

Anthropology and folkloristics: Alfred Gell's theory of art and understanding of folklore

Simić, Marina; Jović, Danica; Simić, Marina; Jović, Danica

(Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd, 2018)

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simić, Marina
AU  - Jović, Danica
AU  - Simić, Marina
AU  - Jović, Danica
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/650
AB  - This paper investigates the relationship between anthropology and folkloristics. We are interested in theoretical and methodological similarities and differences between these disciplines, rather than in institutional (political) solutions that differenced the two and produced certain forms of knowledge. It seems that the main difference between folkloristics and anthropology lays in anthropological focus on social and cultural context and processes, while traditional folkloristics focus on folklore forms as such. Contemporary folklore studies remake anthropological idea that "folklore" is a form of communication that has to be understood in its social and cultural context. However, we believe that anthropology has still to expand its view of folklore in order to go beyond its traditional paradigms of social contextualisation that basically interpret all social phenomena in structural functionalist paradigm. In that sense, we suggest Alfred Gell's theory of art as an experimental attempt for building of a new theoretical foundation for both disciplines.
AB  - U ovom radu bavimo se odnosom antropologije i folkloristike. Pri tome nas pre svega zanimaju teorijske i metodološke sličnosti i razlike između ove dve discipline, a manje institucionalna (politička) rešenja koja su proizvela određene forme znanja. Čini se da je razlika između folkloristike i antropologije pre svega u tome što se antropologija fokusira na socijalni i kulturni "kontekst" procesa, pojava i artefakata, dok se folkloristika, u svojim počecima, bavila proučavanjem folklornih umetničkih formi. Antropološki pristup u folkloristici doprineo je da se folklor posmatra u konkretnoj komunikativnoj situaciji, te da se folklorne forme sagledaju u društvenom i kulturnom kontekstu u kojem nastaju, čime se proširuju granice proučavanja i širi opseg samog pojma folklora. Antropologija bi iz folkloristike mogla da preuzme razumevanje folklora kao "estetske intervencije" u kulturi/društvu i pitanjima folklora pristupi van socioloških paradigmi "dpuštvene funkcije". U tom smislu, predlažemo upotrebu teorije umetnosti Alfreda Gela, kao eksperimentalni pokušaj proširivanja prostora za susret ove dve discipline.
PB  - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd
T2  - Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU
T1  - Anthropology and folkloristics: Alfred Gell's theory of art and understanding of folklore
T1  - Antropologija i folkloristika - problem tumačenja foklornog dela i teorija Alfreda Gela
EP  - 318
IS  - 2
SP  - 303
VL  - 66
DO  - 10.2298/GEI1802303S
ER  - 
@article{
author = "Simić, Marina and Jović, Danica and Simić, Marina and Jović, Danica",
year = "2018",
abstract = "This paper investigates the relationship between anthropology and folkloristics. We are interested in theoretical and methodological similarities and differences between these disciplines, rather than in institutional (political) solutions that differenced the two and produced certain forms of knowledge. It seems that the main difference between folkloristics and anthropology lays in anthropological focus on social and cultural context and processes, while traditional folkloristics focus on folklore forms as such. Contemporary folklore studies remake anthropological idea that "folklore" is a form of communication that has to be understood in its social and cultural context. However, we believe that anthropology has still to expand its view of folklore in order to go beyond its traditional paradigms of social contextualisation that basically interpret all social phenomena in structural functionalist paradigm. In that sense, we suggest Alfred Gell's theory of art as an experimental attempt for building of a new theoretical foundation for both disciplines., U ovom radu bavimo se odnosom antropologije i folkloristike. Pri tome nas pre svega zanimaju teorijske i metodološke sličnosti i razlike između ove dve discipline, a manje institucionalna (politička) rešenja koja su proizvela određene forme znanja. Čini se da je razlika između folkloristike i antropologije pre svega u tome što se antropologija fokusira na socijalni i kulturni "kontekst" procesa, pojava i artefakata, dok se folkloristika, u svojim počecima, bavila proučavanjem folklornih umetničkih formi. Antropološki pristup u folkloristici doprineo je da se folklor posmatra u konkretnoj komunikativnoj situaciji, te da se folklorne forme sagledaju u društvenom i kulturnom kontekstu u kojem nastaju, čime se proširuju granice proučavanja i širi opseg samog pojma folklora. Antropologija bi iz folkloristike mogla da preuzme razumevanje folklora kao "estetske intervencije" u kulturi/društvu i pitanjima folklora pristupi van socioloških paradigmi "dpuštvene funkcije". U tom smislu, predlažemo upotrebu teorije umetnosti Alfreda Gela, kao eksperimentalni pokušaj proširivanja prostora za susret ove dve discipline.",
publisher = "Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd",
journal = "Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU",
title = "Anthropology and folkloristics: Alfred Gell's theory of art and understanding of folklore, Antropologija i folkloristika - problem tumačenja foklornog dela i teorija Alfreda Gela",
pages = "318-303",
number = "2",
volume = "66",
doi = "10.2298/GEI1802303S"
}
Simić, M., Jović, D., Simić, M.,& Jović, D.. (2018). Anthropology and folkloristics: Alfred Gell's theory of art and understanding of folklore. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd., 66(2), 303-318.
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1802303S
Simić M, Jović D, Simić M, Jović D. Anthropology and folkloristics: Alfred Gell's theory of art and understanding of folklore. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU. 2018;66(2):303-318.
doi:10.2298/GEI1802303S .
Simić, Marina, Jović, Danica, Simić, Marina, Jović, Danica, "Anthropology and folkloristics: Alfred Gell's theory of art and understanding of folklore" in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU, 66, no. 2 (2018):303-318,
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1802303S . .

Moral (Dis)order and Social Anomie: Concepts of Community and Society in Post-Socialist Serbia

Simić, Marina

(Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd, 2016)

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simić, Marina
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/551
PB  - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd
T2  - Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
T1  - Moral (Dis)order and Social Anomie: Concepts of
Community and Society in Post-Socialist Serbia
EP  - 104
IS  - 1
SP  - 93
VL  - 64
DO  - 10.2298/GEI1601093S
ER  - 
@article{
author = "Simić, Marina",
year = "2016",
publisher = "Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd",
journal = "Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU",
title = "Moral (Dis)order and Social Anomie: Concepts of
Community and Society in Post-Socialist Serbia",
pages = "104-93",
number = "1",
volume = "64",
doi = "10.2298/GEI1601093S"
}
Simić, M.. (2016). Moral (Dis)order and Social Anomie: Concepts of
Community and Society in Post-Socialist Serbia. in Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd., 64(1), 93-104.
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1601093S
Simić M. Moral (Dis)order and Social Anomie: Concepts of
Community and Society in Post-Socialist Serbia. in Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU. 2016;64(1):93-104.
doi:10.2298/GEI1601093S .
Simić, Marina, "Moral (Dis)order and Social Anomie: Concepts of
Community and Society in Post-Socialist Serbia" in Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 64, no. 1 (2016):93-104,
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1601093S . .
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On the border with culture: Or who are the ˮgreenˮ natives?

Simić, Marina; Simić, Marina

(Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd, 2014)

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simić, Marina
AU  - Simić, Marina
PY  - 2014
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/443
AB  - In this paper I address an old anthropological problem of the relationship between nature and culture, this time not as ontological qualities, but as political concepts that shape current forms of political struggle in certain parts of the world. I have tried to show that the persistence of the idea that 'primitive people' are green is the consequence of many interrelated factors and that it is necessary to see native groups within a concrete historical context instead of simply labelling them as more natural than we are. Sill, my aim it is not to say that industrial societies do not have anything to learn about environmental responsibilities from the non-industrial ones, but following Milton (1999), to show the value of more nuanced and historically situated approach to the understanding of the ways different societies understand and interact with their environment.
AB  - U ovom tekstu razmatra se stari antropološki problem odnosa između prirode i kulture, ali ne kao dveju ontoloških kategorija, već kao političkih koncepata koji oblikuju savremenu političku borbu u određenim delovima sveta. Pokušala sam ovde da pokažem da je opstajanje ideje da 'primitivni ljudi' poseduju neku vrstu ekološke mudrosti - nasleđe evropske kolonijalne istorije i rezultat kombinacije više faktora. Nadovezujući se na rad Roj Elen (Ellen 1986), koji je prvi skrenuo pažnju na važnost dekonstruisanja ove ideje, u radu se razmatra nekoliko razloga za njeno opstajanje. Prvo, neka društva zaista imaju ideologije i kosmološka verovanja koja ističu ekološku harmoniju. Drugo, neke nativne grupe zaista vrše veoma mali uticaj na svoju okolinu. I konačno, sami antropolozi i drugi istraživači u društvenim naukama opisali su društva za koja se činilo da poseduju neku vrstu samoodržive ekonomije. Ja ovde predlažem još dva usko povezana razloga. Jedan je taj da mnoge ekološke grupe i razne druge institucije koriste ove ideje za različite političke ciljeve, a drugi je taj da mnoge nativne grupe preuzimaju ove ideje u svoje sopstvene svrhe. Smatram da antropolozi treba da pristupe proučavanju i ekoloških i (oba i su bila data kurzivom?) nativnih grupa koje koriste određene ekološke strategije u svojoj političkoj borbi tako što će razumeti i analizirati istorijski i kulturni kontekst aproprijacije ovih ideja. To, međutim, ne znači da industrijska društva nemaju šta da nauče o ekološkoj odgovornosti od onih neindustrijskih. Međutim, smatram da je za ozbiljno razumevanje 'ekološke politike' nativnih grupa neophodno otići izvan jednostavnog prisvajanja dekontekstualizovanih ideja o 'kosmičkom skladu', te da je to jedini put koji nas oslobađa od kolonijalnog nasleđa u kojem se nativne grupe razumeju kao one koje su bliže prirodi.
PB  - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd
T2  - Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU
T1  - On the border with culture: Or who are the ˮgreenˮ natives?
T1  - Na granici sa kulturom - koje su to 'zelene' nativne grupe?
EP  - 99
IS  - 1
SP  - 87
VL  - 62
DO  - 10.2298/GEI1401087S
ER  - 
@article{
author = "Simić, Marina and Simić, Marina",
year = "2014",
abstract = "In this paper I address an old anthropological problem of the relationship between nature and culture, this time not as ontological qualities, but as political concepts that shape current forms of political struggle in certain parts of the world. I have tried to show that the persistence of the idea that 'primitive people' are green is the consequence of many interrelated factors and that it is necessary to see native groups within a concrete historical context instead of simply labelling them as more natural than we are. Sill, my aim it is not to say that industrial societies do not have anything to learn about environmental responsibilities from the non-industrial ones, but following Milton (1999), to show the value of more nuanced and historically situated approach to the understanding of the ways different societies understand and interact with their environment., U ovom tekstu razmatra se stari antropološki problem odnosa između prirode i kulture, ali ne kao dveju ontoloških kategorija, već kao političkih koncepata koji oblikuju savremenu političku borbu u određenim delovima sveta. Pokušala sam ovde da pokažem da je opstajanje ideje da 'primitivni ljudi' poseduju neku vrstu ekološke mudrosti - nasleđe evropske kolonijalne istorije i rezultat kombinacije više faktora. Nadovezujući se na rad Roj Elen (Ellen 1986), koji je prvi skrenuo pažnju na važnost dekonstruisanja ove ideje, u radu se razmatra nekoliko razloga za njeno opstajanje. Prvo, neka društva zaista imaju ideologije i kosmološka verovanja koja ističu ekološku harmoniju. Drugo, neke nativne grupe zaista vrše veoma mali uticaj na svoju okolinu. I konačno, sami antropolozi i drugi istraživači u društvenim naukama opisali su društva za koja se činilo da poseduju neku vrstu samoodržive ekonomije. Ja ovde predlažem još dva usko povezana razloga. Jedan je taj da mnoge ekološke grupe i razne druge institucije koriste ove ideje za različite političke ciljeve, a drugi je taj da mnoge nativne grupe preuzimaju ove ideje u svoje sopstvene svrhe. Smatram da antropolozi treba da pristupe proučavanju i ekoloških i (oba i su bila data kurzivom?) nativnih grupa koje koriste određene ekološke strategije u svojoj političkoj borbi tako što će razumeti i analizirati istorijski i kulturni kontekst aproprijacije ovih ideja. To, međutim, ne znači da industrijska društva nemaju šta da nauče o ekološkoj odgovornosti od onih neindustrijskih. Međutim, smatram da je za ozbiljno razumevanje 'ekološke politike' nativnih grupa neophodno otići izvan jednostavnog prisvajanja dekontekstualizovanih ideja o 'kosmičkom skladu', te da je to jedini put koji nas oslobađa od kolonijalnog nasleđa u kojem se nativne grupe razumeju kao one koje su bliže prirodi.",
publisher = "Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd",
journal = "Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU",
title = "On the border with culture: Or who are the ˮgreenˮ natives?, Na granici sa kulturom - koje su to 'zelene' nativne grupe?",
pages = "99-87",
number = "1",
volume = "62",
doi = "10.2298/GEI1401087S"
}
Simić, M.,& Simić, M.. (2014). On the border with culture: Or who are the ˮgreenˮ natives?. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd., 62(1), 87-99.
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1401087S
Simić M, Simić M. On the border with culture: Or who are the ˮgreenˮ natives?. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU. 2014;62(1):87-99.
doi:10.2298/GEI1401087S .
Simić, Marina, Simić, Marina, "On the border with culture: Or who are the ˮgreenˮ natives?" in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU, 62, no. 1 (2014):87-99,
https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1401087S . .
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Travel and the State after the 'Fall': Everyday Modes of Transport in Post-Socialist Serbia

Simić, Marina

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Simić, Marina
PY  - 2014
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/442
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
T2  - Mobilities in Socialist and Post-Socialist States: Societies on the Move
T1  - Travel and the State after the 'Fall': Everyday Modes of Transport in Post-Socialist Serbia
EP  - 193
SP  - 173
DO  - 10.1057/9781137267290
ER  - 
@inbook{
author = "Simić, Marina",
year = "2014",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
journal = "Mobilities in Socialist and Post-Socialist States: Societies on the Move",
booktitle = "Travel and the State after the 'Fall': Everyday Modes of Transport in Post-Socialist Serbia",
pages = "193-173",
doi = "10.1057/9781137267290"
}
Simić, M.. (2014). Travel and the State after the 'Fall': Everyday Modes of Transport in Post-Socialist Serbia. in Mobilities in Socialist and Post-Socialist States: Societies on the Move
Palgrave Macmillan., 173-193.
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137267290
Simić M. Travel and the State after the 'Fall': Everyday Modes of Transport in Post-Socialist Serbia. in Mobilities in Socialist and Post-Socialist States: Societies on the Move. 2014;:173-193.
doi:10.1057/9781137267290 .
Simić, Marina, "Travel and the State after the 'Fall': Everyday Modes of Transport in Post-Socialist Serbia" in Mobilities in Socialist and Post-Socialist States: Societies on the Move (2014):173-193,
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137267290 . .
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