Ivan Đorđević
Biographic Data
| ID | 207335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ivan Đorđević |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ivan |
| FAMILY NAME | Đorđević |
| SIGNATURE | ĐORĐEVIĆ I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4898-565X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Child marriage among Serbia’s Roma population: A tradition or not
According to UNICEF data from 2019, among the general population of married women in Serbia aged 20 to 49 or those in a common-law marriage, 7.9 % entered their first union before the age of 18. Among their peers from Roma communities, this percentage is as high as 57.2 % (UNICEF, 2020:396). Click or tap here to enter text.Marriage among adolescent girls and boys, who are physically and psychosocially immature, uneducated, and economically depend…
Erasing boundaries: Researching the emancipation process of Roma women within the framework of the heroines project
Contemporary societies, both globally and locally, are becoming increasingly aware of the need for inclusiveness and equality, especially when it comes to those social groups that have historically been neglected or marginalized. Women?s empowerment, in a broader context, is becoming one of the key mechanisms in the fight against discrimination and inequality. Its role is particularly significant in cases where women, in addition to gender-based,…
The Heritage of Emancipation: Collecting the (Invisible) Everyday
Participatory heritage mapping is one of the possible methods for valorizing emancipation practices as cultural heritage. Through the citizen science research project "HEROINES: Heritage of Emancipation - Empowering Roma Women through the Construction of Solidarity Networks", conducted by researchers from the Institute of Etnography, SASA, and the Faculty of Philosophy – University of Belgrade, in cooperation with Roma activists from Belgrade, Ko…
Barriers and trust: Perceptions of the healthcare system among Roma mothers in Serbia
This research aims to deepen the understanding of the barriers and challenges faced by Roma parents, particularly mothers, in accessing pediatric services in Serbia. The study found that distrust in the healthcare system, alongside cultural norms favoring traditional knowledge over medical advice, are key factors influencing Roma mothers? healthcare decisions for their children. While pediatric services are generally perceived positively, signifi…
Why together, why apart? An epistolary discussion about Yugoslavia and its remnants
In this unusual contribution, three prominent younger scholars of the post-Yugoslav region discuss through a series of letters what was socialist Yugoslavia as political community and what came to replace it. Igor Štiks claims that every political community, past and present, is based on the citizenship argument that imposes itself as hegemonic. He explains why we are together as community in the first place, who belongs, and who is excluded. Šti…
Manufacturing "Otherness". Ethnographic notes from the football field
This paper deals with the ethnography of football games, with a special focus on how field research intertwines with the discursively constructed image of football culture as a mechanism for the production of otherness. The ethnographic material which will be discussed was gathered in 2012 during the qualifications for the Football World Cup held in Brazil in 2014. The game in question is a match between Serbia and Croatia held in March 2013 in Z…
Culture of the “new normal” - terminological meaning(s) and use(s)
This paper discusses the different meanings and uses of the term ?new normal? by taking into account the historical perspective and contemporary use of the term which has reemerged as a consequence of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors focus on the processes that through this term define everyday life in pandemic circumstances, determined by the need for adjusting and for (re)negotiating and (re)positioning of diverse actors in po…
Hooligan" - "Enemy of the people" or "Patriotic hero". The media construction of football fans in Serbia
This paper aims to present the ways in which the image of football fans as hooligans is constructed in contemporary Serbian media; as an image of actors whose actions produce damaging effect for the society. I focus on the existence of terminological misunderstanding surrounding the definition of a football fan occurring between the local media and the official policymakers. From one side, the omni-present violence, both verbal and actual one, is…
Is there space for the left? Football fans and political positioning in Serbia
This paper analyses the political position of football fans in Serbia, focusing on the fan groups of the two biggest Serbian clubs, Red Star and Partizan from Belgrade. The research focuses on the reasons why there is no left-wing platform among the fan groups. If politically active, the fan groups predominantly operate within a right-wing agenda, with strong nationalism as the main characteristic of their activism. The analysis presents a histor…
The Role of Red Star Football Club in the Construction of Serbian National Identity
The main aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of social, political and historical processes, in which due to very specific circumstances Red Star Belgrade FC became the Club - Hero. As such, it inherits diverse „values“, marking the team as a real national symbol. *** V prispevku avtor analizira socialne, politične in zgodovinske procese, v katerih je zaradi specifičnih okoliščin beograjski nogometni klub Crvena zvezda zaslovel kot »klub –…
Sjenica cheese as immaterial cultural heritage. An anthropological approach to the issue
The paper deals with traditional technologies as immaterial cultural heritage and offers an ethnography which is the result of fieldwork conducted as part of the project of preparing documentation to list the technology of cheese manufacturing in the Sjenica region on the National list of immaterial cultural heritage. As part of this, the traditional technology of manufacture of Sjenica cheese has been considered, as well as the attempts by local…
Fudbal u antropologiji i drugim humanistickim naukama
Радови прикупљени у овом темату пружају једну веома широку \nперспективу која показује на које начине фудбалска култура пружа \nмогућности за истраживање не само ње саме, већ и колико она може имати \nутицаја на шире друштвене, културне и политичке контексте. Од \nистраживања навијачких поткултура, преко повезаности модерног фудбала са \nразличитим индустријама попут рекламних, па све до локалних и глобалних \nборби за демократизацију фудбала, а …
Between pride and shame. Media narratives on "Belgrade Pride Parade" in contemporary Serbia
This paper discusses the position of the key social and political actors in contemporary Serbia, referring to the broadly accepted concept defined as “European values”. The article focuses on the so-called “Belgrade Pride Parade”, a highly contested event in the Serbian public, which is at the same time considered as the essential part of the EU accession process. Through the analysis of the media discourses related to the “Pride” events in 2010 …
Whose game is this? An overview at the role of football in the construction of national identity
In this paper I will consider the ways in which national identity is constructed through football, by analyzing different case studies foremost in the countries of Western Europe which are, in public narratives, signified as “developed”. I will attempt to point out the fact that, despite the weakening of the prerogative of the nation-state, the identity which refers to such a state is still strong, and that football is one of those cultural eleme…
The role of football in the Yugoslav crisis. “Nationalisation” of the football fandom in the former Yugoslavia
The strong connection between everyday politics and football fandom represents a distinctive characteristic of a football culture in contemporary Serbia. This paper focuses on the issues related to strong political influence of “nationalised” political space in the former Yugoslavia that caused specific politicisation of football supporters in the country. I argue that political capital of the football fans derives from the specific social and po…
How the “People’s game“ conquered the world: A short socio-economic history of football in Europe and Serbia
Contemporary football represents a highly commodified spectacle, a segment of the entertainment industry where huge amounts of money change hands, and the popularity of football competitions - whether national or international - is a global phenomenon, which billions of people take part in. Only thirty years ago, however, the situation was very different. In Western Europe, and especially Great Britain, football was mostly associated with hooliga…
Of Football, Anthropology and Transition. Narratives about Violence and Safety in Contemporary Serbia
The aim of this paper is to determine the ways in which the culture one lives in is conceptualized through the understanding of modern football. The focus is on the overlapping and negotiation of identity politics determined by the local cultural context, while also taking note of the increasing globalization of the sport itself. Special attention will be given to the discourse on safety, it being one of the key narratives about modern football. …
Twenty years later: The war did (not) begin at Maksimir an anthropological analysis of the media narratives about a never ended football game
The aim of this work is an analysis of the media narratives about the never ended football match between Dynamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade on May 13 1990. The article focuses on the media coverage twenty years after the incident in the context of the game's acquired mythic status, symbolically marking the beginning of the war in former Yugoslavia. The object of the analysis are Serbian and Croatian media with the aim of revealing the strategies…
Reception of Neofolk Music in Slovenia: Identity Politics in the Beat of 'Easy Listening Tunes
Namen prispevka je preučitev recepcije neo- in turbofolk glasbenega žanra v Sloveniji, da bi spoznali domet njegove razširjenosti in načine njegovega vrednotenja. Poseben poudarek raziskave v Sloveniji je namenjen obravnavi neofolka kot značilnega produkta t. i. južnjaške kulture (državljani Slovenije, doma iz »južnih« republik, zlasti Bosne in Hercegovine in Srbije). Gre za poskus povezave segmenta popularne kulture z etnično in socialno (avto)i…
Historical tradition in Serbian genre literature
This paper discusses two Serbian science-fiction stories with a special emphasis on the motives in their narrative structure; the motive analysis is focused on those motives that represent a transposition of 'historical tradition' elements. The key words connecting images appearing in this context are: fear of losing (national) identity and a strategy of resistance towards those, who presumably, want to 'take over' the identity. In this sense, a …
Vlade Divac: Unfinished transition fairy tale
In this work I try to establish, by analyzing texts about basketball player Vlade Divac, in what way sport press is representing famous individual sport personalities, as well as strategies with which media is representing but also socially constructs specific identification practices, primarily those connected with the concept of national identity. In doing that, I am starting from the fact that professional sportsmen represent typical example o…
Use of traditional motives in Serbian science-fiction literature
Subject of this paper is consideration of use of traditional motives in Serbian science-fiction literature in relation with socio-cultural milieu of Serbia from late 80s until now. The author tries to point out ways of usage and construction of some traditional and mythological patterns in certain literature works. This genre of literary production is perceived as a popular culture phenomenon - with this premise, the paper intents to analyze comm…
Identity in a virtual community: "The case of forum "The Sign of Sagita
This paper discusses the operating of one type of virtual community, established by science fiction/fantasy/horror fans, known as "Forum Znak Sagite". The specific access to the phenomena of cyber-space remains in the process of rethinking the phenomena confined neither by the usual oppositions of virtual: real nor by the debates about the ethics of virtual reality. Having taken in consideration the operation of a specific virtual community and t…
Street celebration of New Year's Eve in Belgrade
The New Year's Eve celebration, held on the streets of Belgrade on the night of December 31st 2003 and January 1st 2004, represents a multilevel event. The celebration has a number of socio-cultural meanings readable through different frameworks: political, economic and ritual, the latter being may be the most expressive one. In fact, the celebration of New Year's Eve on the streets could be seen as reminiscent of gatherings of a similar type hel…
Is there space for the left? Football fans and political positioning in Serbia
This paper analyses the political position of football fans in Serbia, focusing on the fan groups of the two biggest Serbian clubs, Red Star and Partizan from Belgrade. The research focuses on the reasons why there is no left-wing platform among the fan groups. If politically active, the fan groups predominantly operate within a right-wing agenda, with strong nationalism as the main characteristic of their activism. The analysis presents a histor…
Reception of Neofolk Music in Slovenia: Identity Politics in the Beat of 'Easy Listening Tunes
Namen prispevka je preučitev recepcije neo- in turbofolk glasbenega žanra v Sloveniji, da bi spoznali domet njegove razširjenosti in načine njegovega vrednotenja. Poseben poudarek raziskave v Sloveniji je namenjen obravnavi neofolka kot značilnega produkta t. i. južnjaške kulture (državljani Slovenije, doma iz »južnih« republik, zlasti Bosne in Hercegovine in Srbije). Gre za poskus povezave segmenta popularne kulture z etnično in socialno (avto)i…
Street celebration of New Year's Eve in Belgrade
The New Year's Eve celebration, held on the streets of Belgrade on the night of December 31st 2003 and January 1st 2004, represents a multilevel event. The celebration has a number of socio-cultural meanings readable through different frameworks: political, economic and ritual, the latter being may be the most expressive one. In fact, the celebration of New Year's Eve on the streets could be seen as reminiscent of gatherings of a similar type hel…
Identity in a virtual community: "The case of forum "The Sign of Sagita
This paper discusses the operating of one type of virtual community, established by science fiction/fantasy/horror fans, known as "Forum Znak Sagite". The specific access to the phenomena of cyber-space remains in the process of rethinking the phenomena confined neither by the usual oppositions of virtual: real nor by the debates about the ethics of virtual reality. Having taken in consideration the operation of a specific virtual community and t…
Use of traditional motives in Serbian science-fiction literature
Subject of this paper is consideration of use of traditional motives in Serbian science-fiction literature in relation with socio-cultural milieu of Serbia from late 80s until now. The author tries to point out ways of usage and construction of some traditional and mythological patterns in certain literature works. This genre of literary production is perceived as a popular culture phenomenon - with this premise, the paper intents to analyze comm…
Vlade Divac: Unfinished transition fairy tale
In this work I try to establish, by analyzing texts about basketball player Vlade Divac, in what way sport press is representing famous individual sport personalities, as well as strategies with which media is representing but also socially constructs specific identification practices, primarily those connected with the concept of national identity. In doing that, I am starting from the fact that professional sportsmen represent typical example o…
Historical tradition in Serbian genre literature
This paper discusses two Serbian science-fiction stories with a special emphasis on the motives in their narrative structure; the motive analysis is focused on those motives that represent a transposition of 'historical tradition' elements. The key words connecting images appearing in this context are: fear of losing (national) identity and a strategy of resistance towards those, who presumably, want to 'take over' the identity. In this sense, a …
Reception of Neofolk Music in Slovenia: Identity Politics in the Beat of 'Easy Listening Tunes
Namen prispevka je preučitev recepcije neo- in turbofolk glasbenega žanra v Sloveniji, da bi spoznali domet njegove razširjenosti in načine njegovega vrednotenja. Poseben poudarek raziskave v Sloveniji je namenjen obravnavi neofolka kot značilnega produkta t. i. južnjaške kulture (državljani Slovenije, doma iz »južnih« republik, zlasti Bosne in Hercegovine in Srbije). Gre za poskus povezave segmenta popularne kulture z etnično in socialno (avto)i…
Of Football, Anthropology and Transition. Narratives about Violence and Safety in Contemporary Serbia
The aim of this paper is to determine the ways in which the culture one lives in is conceptualized through the understanding of modern football. The focus is on the overlapping and negotiation of identity politics determined by the local cultural context, while also taking note of the increasing globalization of the sport itself. Special attention will be given to the discourse on safety, it being one of the key narratives about modern football. …
Twenty years later: The war did (not) begin at Maksimir an anthropological analysis of the media narratives about a never ended football game
The aim of this work is an analysis of the media narratives about the never ended football match between Dynamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade on May 13 1990. The article focuses on the media coverage twenty years after the incident in the context of the game's acquired mythic status, symbolically marking the beginning of the war in former Yugoslavia. The object of the analysis are Serbian and Croatian media with the aim of revealing the strategies…
Whose game is this? An overview at the role of football in the construction of national identity
In this paper I will consider the ways in which national identity is constructed through football, by analyzing different case studies foremost in the countries of Western Europe which are, in public narratives, signified as “developed”. I will attempt to point out the fact that, despite the weakening of the prerogative of the nation-state, the identity which refers to such a state is still strong, and that football is one of those cultural eleme…
The role of football in the Yugoslav crisis. “Nationalisation” of the football fandom in the former Yugoslavia
The strong connection between everyday politics and football fandom represents a distinctive characteristic of a football culture in contemporary Serbia. This paper focuses on the issues related to strong political influence of “nationalised” political space in the former Yugoslavia that caused specific politicisation of football supporters in the country. I argue that political capital of the football fans derives from the specific social and po…
How the “People’s game“ conquered the world: A short socio-economic history of football in Europe and Serbia
Contemporary football represents a highly commodified spectacle, a segment of the entertainment industry where huge amounts of money change hands, and the popularity of football competitions - whether national or international - is a global phenomenon, which billions of people take part in. Only thirty years ago, however, the situation was very different. In Western Europe, and especially Great Britain, football was mostly associated with hooliga…
Between pride and shame. Media narratives on "Belgrade Pride Parade" in contemporary Serbia
This paper discusses the position of the key social and political actors in contemporary Serbia, referring to the broadly accepted concept defined as “European values”. The article focuses on the so-called “Belgrade Pride Parade”, a highly contested event in the Serbian public, which is at the same time considered as the essential part of the EU accession process. Through the analysis of the media discourses related to the “Pride” events in 2010 …
The Role of Red Star Football Club in the Construction of Serbian National Identity
The main aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of social, political and historical processes, in which due to very specific circumstances Red Star Belgrade FC became the Club - Hero. As such, it inherits diverse „values“, marking the team as a real national symbol. *** V prispevku avtor analizira socialne, politične in zgodovinske procese, v katerih je zaradi specifičnih okoliščin beograjski nogometni klub Crvena zvezda zaslovel kot »klub –…
Sjenica cheese as immaterial cultural heritage. An anthropological approach to the issue
The paper deals with traditional technologies as immaterial cultural heritage and offers an ethnography which is the result of fieldwork conducted as part of the project of preparing documentation to list the technology of cheese manufacturing in the Sjenica region on the National list of immaterial cultural heritage. As part of this, the traditional technology of manufacture of Sjenica cheese has been considered, as well as the attempts by local…
Fudbal u antropologiji i drugim humanistickim naukama
Радови прикупљени у овом темату пружају једну веома широку \nперспективу која показује на које начине фудбалска култура пружа \nмогућности за истраживање не само ње саме, већ и колико она може имати \nутицаја на шире друштвене, културне и политичке контексте. Од \nистраживања навијачких поткултура, преко повезаности модерног фудбала са \nразличитим индустријама попут рекламних, па све до локалних и глобалних \nборби за демократизацију фудбала, а …
Is there space for the left? Football fans and political positioning in Serbia
This paper analyses the political position of football fans in Serbia, focusing on the fan groups of the two biggest Serbian clubs, Red Star and Partizan from Belgrade. The research focuses on the reasons why there is no left-wing platform among the fan groups. If politically active, the fan groups predominantly operate within a right-wing agenda, with strong nationalism as the main characteristic of their activism. The analysis presents a histor…
Hooligan" - "Enemy of the people" or "Patriotic hero". The media construction of football fans in Serbia
This paper aims to present the ways in which the image of football fans as hooligans is constructed in contemporary Serbian media; as an image of actors whose actions produce damaging effect for the society. I focus on the existence of terminological misunderstanding surrounding the definition of a football fan occurring between the local media and the official policymakers. From one side, the omni-present violence, both verbal and actual one, is…
Manufacturing "Otherness". Ethnographic notes from the football field
This paper deals with the ethnography of football games, with a special focus on how field research intertwines with the discursively constructed image of football culture as a mechanism for the production of otherness. The ethnographic material which will be discussed was gathered in 2012 during the qualifications for the Football World Cup held in Brazil in 2014. The game in question is a match between Serbia and Croatia held in March 2013 in Z…
Culture of the “new normal” - terminological meaning(s) and use(s)
This paper discusses the different meanings and uses of the term ?new normal? by taking into account the historical perspective and contemporary use of the term which has reemerged as a consequence of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors focus on the processes that through this term define everyday life in pandemic circumstances, determined by the need for adjusting and for (re)negotiating and (re)positioning of diverse actors in po…
The Heritage of Emancipation: Collecting the (Invisible) Everyday
Participatory heritage mapping is one of the possible methods for valorizing emancipation practices as cultural heritage. Through the citizen science research project "HEROINES: Heritage of Emancipation - Empowering Roma Women through the Construction of Solidarity Networks", conducted by researchers from the Institute of Etnography, SASA, and the Faculty of Philosophy – University of Belgrade, in cooperation with Roma activists from Belgrade, Ko…
Barriers and trust: Perceptions of the healthcare system among Roma mothers in Serbia
This research aims to deepen the understanding of the barriers and challenges faced by Roma parents, particularly mothers, in accessing pediatric services in Serbia. The study found that distrust in the healthcare system, alongside cultural norms favoring traditional knowledge over medical advice, are key factors influencing Roma mothers? healthcare decisions for their children. While pediatric services are generally perceived positively, signifi…
Why together, why apart? An epistolary discussion about Yugoslavia and its remnants
In this unusual contribution, three prominent younger scholars of the post-Yugoslav region discuss through a series of letters what was socialist Yugoslavia as political community and what came to replace it. Igor Štiks claims that every political community, past and present, is based on the citizenship argument that imposes itself as hegemonic. He explains why we are together as community in the first place, who belongs, and who is excluded. Šti…
Child marriage among Serbia’s Roma population: A tradition or not
According to UNICEF data from 2019, among the general population of married women in Serbia aged 20 to 49 or those in a common-law marriage, 7.9 % entered their first union before the age of 18. Among their peers from Roma communities, this percentage is as high as 57.2 % (UNICEF, 2020:396). Click or tap here to enter text.Marriage among adolescent girls and boys, who are physically and psychosocially immature, uneducated, and economically depend…
Erasing boundaries: Researching the emancipation process of Roma women within the framework of the heroines project
Contemporary societies, both globally and locally, are becoming increasingly aware of the need for inclusiveness and equality, especially when it comes to those social groups that have historically been neglected or marginalized. Women?s empowerment, in a broader context, is becoming one of the key mechanisms in the fight against discrimination and inequality. Its role is particularly significant in cases where women, in addition to gender-based,…
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (15 works) · Art (13 works) · Aesthetics (12 works) · History (12 works) · Media studies (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Football (10 works) · Literature (9 works)