Ivan Đorđević

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Ivan Đorđević

Ivan Đorđević

Academic title: PhD

Research position: Senior Research Associate

Fields of interest: anthropology of sports, anthropology of sensitive groups, political anthropology.

Email: scedo@eunet.rs

Education / Qualifications

2020 Senior Research Associate, Institute of Ethnography SASA

2015 Research Associate, Institute of Ethnography SASA

2014 PhD in Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

2008 MPhil in Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

2003 BA in Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Affiliation

2005 Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade

Ground research projects

2011/2019 Cultural Heritage and Identity, Institute of Ethnography SASA

2005/2010 Anthropological research of communication in contemporary Serbia, Institute of Ethnography SASA

Visiting lectureship and study visits

2022 Radulovacki Visiting Scholar in Global Health Studies program at Northwestern University (USA), teaching course titled "Health care under socialism and postsocialism".

2020 Radulovacki Visiting Scholar in Global Health Studies program at Northwestern University (USA), teaching course titled "Health care under socialism and postsocialism".

Research and policy informing projects

PI / Team Leader:

2016/2017 Child Marriage among the Roma Population in Serbia, UNICEF, Institute of Ethnography SASA, Roma Women's Center BIBIJA.

2018 Gender Gaps among Marginalized Roma in Serbia, World Bank and Institute of Ethnography SASA.

2022/2023 Supporting the delivery of a Transformative Grassroots Leadership Training in Serbia, World Bank and Institute of Ethnography SASA.

Researcher / expert

2018 Baseline Quantitative Research on Child Marriages in Roma Population in Serbia, UNICEF and Institute for Psychology.

2020 Endline Quantitative Research on Child Marriages in Roma Population in Serbia, UNICEF and Institute for Psychology.

2020/2021 Rapid assessment of child begging in Montenegro, ILO and Secons Development Initiative Group.

2021/2022 Rapid assessment of child labor in Serbia, ILO and Secons Development Initiative Group.

2022 Implementation of the Qualitative Survey (Focus Group) and Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Survey results and Methodology for Community Mapping regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out in identified populations in Serbia, WHO and Secons Development Initiative Group.

2022/2023 Conducting journey maps and focus groups discussions with returnees and non-returnees applying for or receiving social assistance and services under the Technical Assistance to Serbia’s Social Card Registry and Social Protection Information System, World Bank and Institute of Ethnography SASA.

2022/2023 Qualitative impact analysis – immunization, health, and wellbeing of children in Roma settlements, UNICEF.

Awards

2014/2015 The Institute of Ethnography SASA Award for the best book published in Serbian language in anthropology 2014-2015 for the book "An anthropologist among the football fans" [Antropolog medju navijačima], Biblioteka XX vek, Belgrade 2015.

Other

2018-2019 Member of the Working group for Development of the Action Plan for implementation of the Strategy for social inclusion of Roma in Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans' and Social Affairs

Monographs:

  1. Kovačević, Ivan, Bojan Žikić, Ivan Djordjević, Fear and Culture, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade and Serbian Genealogical Centre, Belgrade: 2008.
  2. Djordjević, Ivan, Anthropology of Science Fiction, Special Editions of the Institute of Ethnography SASA, Vol. 68, Belgrade: 2009.
  3. Djordjević, Ivan, An Anthropologist among the Football Fans, XX Vek, Belgrade: 2015.

Policy Reports

  1. I. Djordjevic, Lj. Gavrilovic, A. Prodanovic, Child marriage among the Roma population in Serbia. Ethnographic research, UNICEF, Institute of Ethnography SASA, Roma Women's Centre Bibija, Belgrade: 2017.

Articles

  1. Đorđević, Ivan., "Identity in a Virtual Community: the Case of Forum "The Sign of Sagita" Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 53, no. 1 (2005). 263-274.
  2. Đorđević, Ivan., "Sport and National Identity. Soccer Story of the “Non-Existent” Nation" Anthropology 2, no. 2 (2006). 22-34.
  3. Đorđević, Ivan., "Use of Traditional Motives in Serbian Science-Fiction Literature." Bulletitin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 54, no. 1 (2006). 101-111.
  4. Đorđević, Ivan., "Vlade Divac – Unfinished Transition Fairy Tale ." Bulletitin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 55, no. 1 (2007). 61-75.
  5. Đorđević, Ivan., "Historical Tradition in Serbian Genre Literature." Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 56, no. 2 (2008). 99-115.
  6. Đorđević, Ivan., "Historical Tradition in Serbian Genre Literature." Bulletitin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 56, no. 2 (2008). 99-115.
  7. Đorđević, Ivan., "Can Anthropologists Play Football? Sport and Identity in Cotemporary Serbia." Anthropology 9, no. 9 (2009). 89-103.
  8. Djordjević, Ivan, "Reception of Neofolk Music in Slovenia. Identity Politics in the Beat of 'EasyListening Tunes'", Traditiones 39, no. 1 (2010). 137-154.
  9. Đorđević, Ivan., "Of Football, Anthropology and Transition. Narratives about Violence and Safety in Contemporary Serbia" Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 7, no. 2 (2012). 431-446.
  10. Djordjević, Ivan, "Twenty Years Later: The War Did (Not) Begin at Maksimir", The Bulletin of Institute of Ethnography SASA LX no.2 (2012). 201-216.
  11. Đorđević, Ivan., "Whose game is this? An overview at the role of football in the construction of national identity." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 9, no. 1 (2014). 83-103.
  12. Đorđević, Ivan, "The role of football in the Yugoslav crisis. “Nationalisation” of the football fandom in the former Yugoslavia." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 9, no. 4 (2014). 925-940.
  13. Djordjević, Ivan, "Between Pride and Shame. Media Narratives on "Belgrade Pride Parade" in Contemporary Serbia, The Bulletin of Institute of Ethnography SASA LXIII, no.2 (2015). 351-367.
  14. Gavrilović, Ljiljana, and Ivan Đorđević. "Sjenica cheese as immaterial cultural heritage. An anthropological approach to the issue." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 11, no. 4 (2016). 989–1004.
  15. Đorđević, Ivan., "Manufacturing "Otherness". Ethnographic notes from the football field." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 12, no. 2 (2017). 565–582.
  16. Djordjevic, Ivan, "The Role of Red Star Football Club in The Construction of Serbian National Identity", Traditiones 45, no.1 (2017).
  17. Djordjevic, Ivan and Relja Pekic, "Is There Space for The Left? Football Fans and Political Positioning in Serbia", Soccer and Society 19, no. 3 (2018). 355-372.

Book Chapters

  1. Djordjević, Ivan, "Transformation of Socialist Holidays in Transitional Serbia", in Everyday Culture in Postsocialism, Z. Divac (ed.), Belgrade: Institute of Ethnography SASA 2006. 391-405.
  2. Djordjević, Ivan, "Imposing Patriotism Anthropological Analysis of Constructing the “Cult” of Basketball Team of Serbia in the Sport Press", in Cultural Parallels. Everyday Culture in Postsocialism, D. Radojičić (ed.), Belgrade: Institute of Ethnography SASA 2008. 85-96.
  3. Djordjević Ivan, "'National Hero' in Serbian Science Fiction Literature", Our World, Others Worlds. Anthropology, Science Fiction and Cultural Identities, B. Žikić (ed.), Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade and Serbian Genealogical Centre, Belgrade: 2010. 165-190.
  4. Djordjevic, Ivan and Bojan Zikic, "Normalising Political Relations through Football: The Case of Croatia and Serbia (1990–2013)", in New Ethnographies of Football in Europe, Schwell, A., Buchowski, M., Kowalska, M., Szogs, N. (Eds.), London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016. 39-55.
  5. Ivan Djordjević, "Politics on the Football Field. An Overview of the Relationship between Ideology and Sport in Serbia", in Prospects for Anthropological Research in South-East Europe, Martinova, M. and Bašić, I. (eds.), Moscow and Belgrade: N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Ethnography Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2019. 153-177.