‘Rerunning the Transition’ in Serbia
My research focuses on democratisation, European integration and the transformation of governance in Serbia. Its empirical part will consist of 12-18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Belgrade and other sites during which I will participate in two transnational development projects and examine the broader social settings where they might have effect.
The project
- explores the everyday practices involved in introducing democracy at the point where state, civil society and transnational forces intersect;
- looks at the relationships between ‘cultural styles’ and ‘political subjectivities’ through which people engage with these projects and policies;
- and investigates ‘civil-society building’ in its setting of the elite cultures of ‘democratisation brokers’.
For more on theoretical background and methodology of the research, read my research proposal.
5 October 2000 (‘October Revolution’), Belgrade, Serbia.
