Yugoslav Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est
Yugoslavia was the most aggressive among socialist countries in using assassinations as a means of protecting the state and the communist party. Over its 45-year existence, the UDBA, the Yugoslav Stat...
23 Aug 20211h 8min
The Great Bosnian Emigration
Bosnians are leaving their country in droves. Why? And what can be done about it? With Samir Beharić, Elma Hodžić, Danijela Majstorović, and Nela Porobić Isaković. Featuring music by Dubioza Kolektiv...
9 Aug 202151min
Svetlana Slapšak: A Yugoslav Dissident
Yugoslavia was a one-party system, and not everyone there liked it. One might get an impression Milovan Djilas was the only Yugoslav dissident. But there were thousands of Yugoslavs who criticized the...
26 Juli 202148min
Toward a Concrete Utopia
From July 2018 to January 2019, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City hosted the exhibition Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980. The exhibition introduced socialist Yug...
19 Juli 202158min
Yugosplaining the World
In July 2020, a series of eighteen essays appeared on the Disorder of Things blog under the umbrella title, Yugosplaining the World. The project brought together 30 former Yugoslavs in the West to ref...
5 Juli 202132min
Dream of the Yugoslav '80s
For some two decades now the 1980s have been a rich referential resource for culture-makers across ex-Yugoslavia (and globally, of course). Re-releases and reunion tours. Music echoing the ’80s sound....
21 Juni 20211h 15min
A Galaksija Not So Far Away
Do you remember that time in the early days and weeks of the pandemic when you picked up a new hobby? You baked bread. You gardened. You crocheted. You refurbished furniture. You wrote a novel. You cr...
31 Maj 202156min
From Utopia to Dystopia at Petrova Gora
The Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija at Petrova Gora, or Peter’s Mountain, in central Croatia, belongs to the most notorious derelict Yugoslav-era monuments. In addition to ...
17 Maj 202159min
