Srdjan Radović

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Srdjan Radović

Srdjan Radović

Academic title: PhD

Research position: Senior Research Associate

Fields of interest: urban anthropology, anthropology of space, memory culture, heritage studies, research of regional, national and supranational identitites.

Email: srdjan.radovic@ei.sanu.ac.rs

Education

PhD, 2012, ethnology and anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy – University of Belgrade

M. Phil, 2007, ethnology and anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy – University of Belgrade

BA, 2002, ethnology and anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy – University of Belgrade

Academic positions

Senior research associate, 2018-present, Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade (IE SASA)

DFG guest researcher, 2018, Faculty of Arts and Humanities II – Humboldt University Berlin

Visiting lecturer, 2017, Faculty of Political Sciences – University of Belgrade

Visiting senior lecturer, 2015, Riga Stradins University, Riga

Irmgard-Coninx research fellow, 2014, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin

Research associate, 2013-2018, Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade

Research assistant, 2008-2013, Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade

Research trainee, 2005-2007, Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade

Research projects (participation and heading) and grants

  1. 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, 2022-2023, World Bank
  2. Status of women scholars and scientists in the labour market and society in Serbia, 2019-2020, UNESCO
  3. Ethnological Lexicon of Montenegro, 2019-present, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
  4. Different Identities and Functions of Urban Space: A Comparative Study of the Circumstances in Belgrade and Athens, 2019-2023, IE SASA and Democritus University of Thrace
  5. Gender gaps among Roma in Serbia, 2019, World Bank
  6. Cities at the gates of Europe. Cultural landscapes and identity of border towns in Southeast Europe, 2018, DFG
  7. Marking and transgression of borders in and with Southeast Europe, 2017, DAAD
  8. Serbs and Slovenes: migrants, minority, collective identity and memory, 2011-2013, IE SASA and RC of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  9. Cultural heritage and identity, 2011-2019, Serbian ministry of education, science and technological development
  10. Cultural heritage and national identity – comparative research in Bulgaria and Serbia, 2009-2011, IE SASA and IEFEM – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  11. Serbs in Slovenia and Slovenes in Serbia – ethnological research of identity, 2006-2007, IE SASA and RC of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  12. Everyday culture in the postsocialist period, 2009-2011, IE SASA and IEFEM – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  13. Anthropological research of communication in contemporary Serbia, 2006-2010, Serbian ministry of science
  14. Contemporary rural and urban culture – paths of transformation, 2005, Serbian ministry of science

Editorial positions

  1. Ethnological Lexicon of Montenegro, member of the editorial board, editor of three thematic areas, 2019-present
  2. Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA, editor of the journal, 2016-2019
  3. Bulletin of the Ethnographic Museum, member of the editorial board, 2014-present
  4. Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA, member of the editorial board, 2012-present
  5. Papers in Ethnology and Anthropology, member of the editorial board, 2008-present

Managerial positions

  1. Center for cultural studies, Faculty of Political Sciences – University of Belgrade, Council of the Center, 2019-present
  2. Center for Anthropology of the City, Board of Directors, 2015-present
  3. Institute of Ethnography SASA, Board of directors, 2014-2022t
  4. Faculty of Philosophy – University of Novi Sad, Council of the Faculty, 2015-2017

Professional associations (membership)

  1. Cejus (Center for Yugoslav Studies; cofounder of the Center)
  2. InASEA (International Association of South East European Anthropology)
  3. ICOM (International Council of Museums)
  4. EADS (Ethnological and Anthropological Society of Serbia)

Selected bibliography

Books and edited volumes:

2009

Slike Evrope: Istraživanje predstava o Evropi i Srbiji na početku XXI veka. Beograd: Etnografski institut SANU, 2009. 173 pp. (Posebna izdanja – Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti: Etnografski institut – knjiga 67)

ISBN 978-86-7587-055-5.

2013

Grad kao tekst. Beograd: Biblioteka XX vek, 2013. 356 pp. (Biblioteka XX vek – knjiga 213)

ISBN 978-86-7562-117-1

Cultural Permeations: Anthropological Perspectives. Srdjan Radović (editor). Belgrade: Institute of Ethnography SASA, 2013. 250 pp. (Collection of Papers of the Institute of Ethnography SASA – volume 28)

ISBN 978-86-7587-071-5

2014

Beogradski odonimi. Beograd: Etnografski institut SANU, 2014. 185 pp. (Posebna izdanja – Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti: Etnografski institut – knjiga 81)

ISBN 978-86-7587-075-3.

2021

Boundaries and Borders in the Post-Yugoslav Space – A European Experience. Nenad Stefanov and Srdjan Radović (editors). 1-275. Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021. 275 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-071232-2. Library of Congress control no.: 2021939860..

Scholarly papers:

2006

Virtuelni etnografski muzeji: Predvorje muzeja i uvod u narodnu kulturu // Glasnik Etnografskog muzeja (Beograd) - ISSN 0350-0322 – Knj. 70 (2006), pp. 43-59.

2007

Evropa kao politički simbol u izgradnji identiteta postsocijalističkog društva // Antropologija (Beograd) - Br. 4 (2007), pp. 48-61.

2008

Okcidentalizam u Srbiji: pojedine karakteristike kulturne konceptualizacije u periodu tranzicije // Kulturne paralele: svakodnevna kultura u postsocijalističkom periodu / urednica Zorica Divac. Beograd: Etnografski institut SANU, 2008. Pp. 69-83. – (Zbornik Etnografskog instituta 25).

ISBN 978-86-7587-047-0

2009

Na putu bratstva i jedinstva: ideološka konstrukcija i razgradnja javnih prostora // Obshtestva – Transformacii – Kulturi: Postsocialisticheskata vsekidnevna kultura v Balgariya i Sarbiya / ed. Ana Luleva, Ivanka Petrova, Radost Ivanova, Stanka Janeva. Sofia: Etnografski institut s muzey-BAN, 2009. Pp. 35-46.

ISBN 978-954-8458-37-5

2010

Juče na Balkanu, danas u vašem stanu. Nekolika zapažanja o neofolk muzici među publikom u Sloveniji // Traditiones (Ljubljana) - ISSN 0352-0447 – Let. 39, št. 2 (2010), pp. 123-135.

Divide et appelle: разделените градове и тяхното символно потавяне на картата. // Bulgarian Ethnology (Sofia) - ISSN 1310-5213 - year 36 vol. 1-2 (2010), pp. 62-76.

2011

History, Memory and Representations of Jajce's Heritage – a Biography of a Town Revisited // Ethnologia Balkanica (Berlin-Zuerich) - ISSN 1111-0411 – vol. 15 (2011), pp. 143-158.

2013

Memory Culture and Urban Reconstruction: The Case of Staro Sajmište in Belgrade // Transitional Justice: Images and Memories / ed. Christje Brants, Antoine Hol, Dina Siegel. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2013. Pp. 87-104. – (Advances in Criminology Series).

ISBN 9780754675860

Öffentlicher Raum und fragmentierte Erinnerung. Politik und Gegenpolitik der Straßennamenänderung im ehemaligen Jugoslawien // Berliner Debatte Initial (Berlin) - ISSN 0863-4564 – Jahr 24, heft 2 (2013), pp. 59-68.

Nazwy ulic jako przypomnienie przeszłości: marginalizacja pamięci o komunizmie w przestrzeni publicznej miast postjugosłowiańskich // Komunizm na peryferiach - Rubieże ideologii i rzeczywistości społecznej / red. Magdalena Bogusławska, Zuzanna Grębecka. Warszawa – Kraków: Libron, 2013. Pp. 223-246.

ISBN 978-83-64275-32-6

2014

Politike simbola na gradskim ulicama: obrasci preimenovanja javnih prostora u postjugoslovenskim zemljama // Narodna umjetnost (Zagreb) - ISSN 0547-2504 – vol. 51, no. 2 (2014), pp. 117-132.

Pop (post)socijalizam: crtice o konstrukciji i muzealizaciji jugoslovenskog socijalističkog nasleđa u najnovije doba // Dni na nasledstvoto2013/Heritage Days 2013 / ed. Lozanka Peycheva. Sofia: Balgarska akademiya na naukite: Institut za etnologiya i folkloristika s Etnografski muzey – Akademichesko izadetlstvo „Prof. Marin Drinov“, 2014. Pp. 148-158.

ISBN 978-954-322-808-9,

2016

Grad, ulice i krajolici kao teme etnoantropološkog istraživanja nakon „Ulica moga grada“ // Narodna umjetnost (Zagreb) - ISSN 0547-2504 – vol. 53, no. 2 (2016), pp. 79-96.

Ljubljanska i beogradska (od)onomastika kao pokazatelj srpsko-slovenačkih veza tokom novije istorije // Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU (Beograd) ) - ISSN 0350-0861 – Knj. 64, sv. 1 (2016), pp. 33-50.

2017

Urbana istraživanja u etnologiji i antropologiji u Srbiji – od 'udaljenog pogleda' do 'subdiscipline' // Etnoantropološki problemi - ISSN 0353-1589 - God. 12, sv. 2 (2017), pp. 583-601.

Identiteti i pamćenje u javnom prostoru: odonomastika Novog Sada od austro-ugarskog do jugoslovenskog grada // Kultura sećanja na vojvođanskom prostoru / ur. Momir Samardžić. Novi Sad: Univerzitet u Novom Sadu – Filozofski fakultet, 2017. Pp. 201-220.

ISBN 978-86-6065-431-3.

Channeling the Country's Image: Illustrated Magazine 'Yugoslavia' (1949-1959) // AM Journal (Art+Media) – ISSN 2217-9666 - No. 13 (2017), pp. 17-30.

2020

Naučnoistraživački rad u narodu i na (gradskom) terenu: etnologija grada u Etnografskom institutu i Srbiji u socijalističkom periodu // Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU (Belgrade) - ISSN 0350-0861 – Vol. 68, no. (2020), pp. 53-73.

2021

Mapping ethno-politics: Borders and cartographic representation in post-Yugoslav (virtual) space // Boundaries and Borders in the Post-Yugoslav Space – A European Experience / eds. Nenad Stefanov and Srdjan Radović. Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021. Pp. 143-163.

ISBN 978-3-11-071232-2..

Evolution of a Belgrade square from a transportation hub into a (quasi) historical theme park // Annual of ISPRJ (Skopje) - ISSN 1857-7350 - 45/1-2 (2021), pp. 61-70.

2022

Studije granica i etnologija jugoistočne Evrope // Zbornik Matice srpske za društvene nauke (Novi Sad) - ISSN 0352-5732 - 181-1 (2022), pp. 35-45.

Dynamics and Transformations in Small Disciplinary Communities: Some Remarks on Institutional and Paradigm Shifts in Ethnology/Anthropology in Post-Yugoslav States // Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU (Belgrade) - ISSN 0350-0861 – Vol. 70, no. 2 (2022), pp. 155-176.

Conference attendances:

2008

South by Southeast: Inquiries into Identity Shift in Relation to Europe // Еxperiencing diversity and mutuality: book of abstracts - 10th Biennial EASA Conference, Ljubljana, 26 to 29 August 2008 /Еditors Andreja Mesarič, Jaka Repič and Alenka Bartulović. Ljubljana: Faculty of Arts, Department of ethnology and cultural anthropology, 2008. P. 49.

ISBN 978-961-237-247-7

2009

Politics of Space and Memory in Serbia or: How One Learns to Stop Worrying about the Camp and Love the Mall // The Eleventh Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality: Memory Politics: Education, Memorials and Mass Media (Berlin, October 21 – 26, 2009).

Perceptions of Euro-Integration and Globalization among Serbian Students // Fifth International Conference Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations (Moscow, June 23 – 26, 2009), Abstracts / editors Dimitri M. Bondarenko, Oleg I. Kavykin. Moscow: Institute for African Studies of the RAS, 2009. P. 214. – (The “Civilizational Dimension” Series vol. 15).

2010

Reclaiming by Renaming: Performative Counter-Memory in Belgrade’s Public Space // International Conference Performances of the Memory in the Arts - Book of abstracts. Nijmegen: Radboud University Nijmegen, 2010. P. 52.

“Turbine of Globalization” vs. “The Balkans As It Once Was”: Notions on Europe and Serbia amid Post-Socialist Transformation // Social, Political and Economic Change in the Western Balkans – Second RRPP Annual Scientific Conference (Durres 25-27 June 2010).

2011

What's in A Name? Politics and Counter-Politics of (Re)Naming Belgrade's Streets in 2000s // People make places – Ways of feeling the world: SIEF 10th International Congress. Lisboa: Centro em rede de investigacao em antropologia, 2011. P. 110.

(Un)Changed Biography of A Town: History, Memory and Usage of Jaje's Heritage // 6th InASEA Conference: Southeast European (Post)Modernities (Book of abstracts). Regensburg: InASEA – University of Regensbrg – Suedost Institut, 2011. P. 81.

Memory and Heritage of Tito in Public Spaces of Former Yugoslavia: From Historic Upset to Contemporary Revival // Twenty Years Later (1991-2011): The Reshaping of Space and Identity (Moscow, 29 September – 1 October 2011).

2012

Re-Creation of Memories in Former Yugoslavia: Heritage and Nostalgia in Two Museums // 9th International Conference „Crossroads in Cultural Studies“ (Paris, July 2-5 2012), Book of abstracts. Paris: ACS, 2012. P. 167.

2013

What to Do with Socialist Heritage? Memory, Nostalgia and Museum Practices in Recent Years // Izsledvane na kulturnoto nasledstvo – sastoyanie, rezultati, perspektivi (Sofia 11-12. November 2013). Sofia: IEFEM, 2013. Pp. 25-26.

2014

'Post-soc' generations in times of perpetual crisis: attitudes of Belgrade students in the midst of Serbia's transition // Cultures of Crisis: Experiencing and Coping with Upheavals and Disasters in Southeast Europe (7th InASEA Congress, September 18-20, Kadir Has University Istanbul), book of abstracts. Istanbul: International Association for Southeast European Anthropology – Kadir Has Universitesi, 2014. Pp. 18-19.

2015

(Re)konstrukcija (jugo)socijalističke svakodnevice u recentnoj izložbenoj praksi // Drugi međunarodni znanstveni skup Socijalizam na klupi – Socijalizam: izgradnja i razgradnja - Knjiga sažetaka. Pula: Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile, 2015. P. 66.

ISBN 978-953-7320-09-6

2017

Sedamdeset godina istraživanja grada u Etnografskom institutu SANU // Retrospektive i perspektive etnologije i antropologije, knjiga sažetaka. Beograd-Sirogojno: Etnografski institut SANU, 2017. Pp. 22-23.

Scientific critiques and reviews:

2009

Pogled insajdera na savremenu srpsku muzeologiju i muzejsku praksu: Muzeji u Srbiji – započeto putovanje // Etnoantropološki problemi n. s. (Beograd) - ISSN 0353-1589 - God. 4, sv. 1 (2009), pp. 235-238.

Sadašnji trenutak muzeja i muzeologije u Srbiji u analizi Ljiljane Gavrilović // Etnoantropološki problemi n. s. (Beograd) - ISSN 0353-1589 - God. 4, sv. 3 (2009), pp. 241-242.

2014

Nova kritika balkanističkog diskursa u hrvatskoj etnologiji / kulturnoj antropologiji // Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU (Beograd) - ISSN 0350-0861 – Br. 62/2 (2014), pp. 289-292.

Etnoantropološko istraživanje savremenog nacionalnog identiteta. Crna Gora nakon Jugoslavije – dinamika identiteta // Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU (Beograd) - ISSN 0350-0861 – Br. 62/2 (2014), pp. 297-301.

Translations:

2007

Kliford Gerc. Upotrebe različitosti / translation Srđan Radović // Kultura (Beograd) - ISSN 0023-5164 – Br. 118-119 (2007), pp. 87-107.