Vesna Trifunović
Biographic Data
| ID | 217337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vesna Trifunović |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vesna |
| FAMILY NAME | Trifunović |
| SIGNATURE | TRIFUNOVIĆ V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Etnografski institut SANU, Beograd |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1603-7740 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From apocalyptic threat to object of mockery
Thе paper examines social perceptions of the risks associated with artificial intelligence, as manifested in reactions of fear and ridicule – specifically, in notions of the technology’s superiority or inferiority in relation to humans. The aim of thе paper is to analyze this pattern by identifying the factors that contribute to AI being simultaneously an object of fear and mockery, and highlighting practical implications of such social reactions…
Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact
The paper argues that vaccines could be viewed as artifacts which communicate various social messages and are used as instruments for fulfilling different sociopolitical goals besides meeting public health needs. It further suggests that such social, cultural and political influences may have real effects on the choices of vaccine technologies or vaccine production, and aims to demonstrate their importance in the area which is normally seen as th…
Which vaccine? Between evidence-based policy and symbolic politics
The last of the living
This paper analyzes two popular culture narratives created in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic: the movie Songbird, made in 2020, and the TV show The Last of Us, from 2023. The main idea of this paper is to analyze the ways in which popular culture, through different pandemic narratives, perceives the future of social systems after the appearance of the deadly disease, as experienced in current reality as well as in pop-cultural narratives. Th…
Vaccine hesitancy in Western and Eastern Europe
Using the example of Eastern and Western Europe, the paper points out the importance of contextual influences on decisions and behaviour regarding vaccines and vaccination. Contextual determinants have been identified as important in theorizing the concept of vaccine hesitancy that allows for a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why the public questions vaccines. Therefore, the paper first presents the theoretical elaboration of the afore…
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…
Framing Vaccination in Post-Socialist Serbia
In recent years, Southeastern European region (the Balkans) has seen a rise in vaccine skepticism due to increasing conflicts between the pro- and anti-vaccination stances, primarily with respect to childhood vaccines. Although vaccination controversies are generally perceived as a global trend, their framings are predominantly grounded in particular social, cultural, political and economic contexts. This paper will focus on the immunization issu…
Interdisciplinarna istrazivanja - antropologija u saradnji sa drugim naukama
nema
Temporality and discontinuity as aspects of smallpox outbreak in Yugoslavia
The paper demonstrates interconnection and role of certain social, political and cultural factors in 1972 Yugoslavian smallpox outbreak. It focuses on a cultural concept of time, denoted as temporal distance, and discontinuity between pre-socialist and socialist period in Yugoslavian history, as determinants that shaped the understanding of smallpox, risk perception and behavior with regard to the disease. The argument is that those two factors c…
Entrepreneurs in the eyes of society – on the causes of negative perception of entrepreneurs in transitional Serbia
The paper deals with the negative social perceptions of entrepreneurs often encountered during the second phase of post-socialist transformation in Serbia. The causes of these widespread social perceptions are investigated by contrasting the previous, decades long socialist system, which was hostile toward entrepreneurship as well as egalitarian ideology with the context of the occurrence and development of private enterprise and the relationship…
Blind spot
Entrepreneurs in the eyes of society – on the causes of negative perception of entrepreneurs in transitional Serbia
The paper deals with the negative social perceptions of entrepreneurs often encountered during the second phase of post-socialist transformation in Serbia. The causes of these widespread social perceptions are investigated by contrasting the previous, decades long socialist system, which was hostile toward entrepreneurship as well as egalitarian ideology with the context of the occurrence and development of private enterprise and the relationship…
Entrepreneurs in transitional Serbia - the context of management and socially accepted type of private enterprise
The process of post-socialist transformation in Serbia included, among other things, a boost of selfemployed entrepreneurship looking to place themselves within a society. This phenomenon occurred within the complex conditions that included the past socialist heritage and egalitarian ideology, representing thus a potential a priori negative social attitudes towards private enterprise and entrepreneurs, as well as specific overall transition path …
Mile versus transition”
The basis of this paper is the idea that post-socialist transformation doesn’t only entail political and economic changes which affect a society going through this process, but also carries with it a slew of new social phenomena which the given society interprets in a suitable way. Such new phenomena are often recognized in bits of popular culture which speak to the populace at large. Keeping this in mind, we decided to test the ways in which new…
The Weltschmertz of transition
The paper focuses on a well-defined social group which emerges as an important factor in social development and progress, one which is also, undoubtedly threatened in the context of postsocialist transformation. The group in question consists of young, university-educated people, of different professions and genders. The defining feature of this group as informants is their aspiration toward individualization, or rather - employment, emancipation…
The Power of Narrative
The paper considers the importance and impact of narratives about healing through unconventional medicine, from the viewpoint of the anthropology of folklore. Thus, the paper deals with the ways in which such stories function and ways in which they are classified as a genre, as well as the effect that they have on their audience and the social conditions which enable their transmission. These stories are of importance in considering the social is…
Assessing and identifying transitional losers and winners in the Serbian society
This paper presents ways to assess and evaluate losers and winners in the Serbian transitional society, through several concrete examples. Therefore, the paper is a follow-up of the manuscript published in the previous Bulletin of Institute of ethnography, and fits into the theoretical framework already stated. The main indicator of a variety of assessment regarding losers and winners is found among comments made by visitors of relevant Internet …
The Joke – a(n) (Un)Important Form of Humor
The joke is a form of humor that has not received as much attention by Serbian folkloristics and anthropology as it deserves. A possible reason for this is that the joke is so thoroughly incorporated into everyday communication that it tends to be overlooked. Furthermore, the joke as a form of humor has not even been adequately recognized, witness the lack of an adequate definition and the fact that it is frequently confused with similiar forms o…
Post-socialist transformation and new forms of identification in the Serbian society
Post-socialist transformation in Serbia has introduced various changes and novelties including a formation of special categories of losers and winners of transition. The parameters defining these categories allow a possibility of identification with either one within the society. This paper presents analytical terms appropriate for discussing the given identification, as well as problems associated with it, further pointing out to the complexity …
Substituting internet for a traditional fieldwork
Internet as a substitute for traditional fieldwork is being used increasingly, hence there is a need to asses the notion of 'doing fieldwork'. One of the fundamental questions related to the usage of Internet to collect data arises as a doubt whether this kind of data collection is an adequate means to its end: are the data collected this way sufficient or even appropriate for an academic analysis and scientific theories? In an attempt to at lea…
The conceptualization of winners and losers of transition in popular culture
This paper is about the reconstruction of social presentations (picture, vision) of losers and winners of transition based on the products of the popular culture such as the domestic TV series. The given picture was considered in the context of the 1990s, when those TV series were filmed and aired (broadcast), which means that they are typical, primarily, for the period of the so-called first transi…
Typology of entrepreneurs in the first transition
This paper is based on the material which belongs to the domain of popular culture. That is, it is based on domestic TV series which belong to the first phase of transition, i.e., 1990's. I assumed that popular culture in general provides an expression of omnipresent, widely accepted and usual viewpoints within a society: as such, it also serves to confirm these values and attitudes. In this sense, I was interested in ways of presentation of entr…
Eastern Europe as the source of horror and humor
In the period from 2004. to 2007. three films belonging to two different genres were complete in the American production-a horror and a comedy. These being, „Hostel“(I and II) and „Euro Trip”. The only similarity found in these films is the same stimulus that motivates the horror and the humor segment in them. That stimulus was identifies where all three films are placed, and that is Eastern Europe, more precisely Slovakia. This phenomenon was co…
Social type’s hero, fool and villain in the theory of Orin Klapp
The essay deals with the theory of the respected American sociologist Orin Klapp pertaining to social types, with an emphasis on the Hero, Villain and the Fool. The system, through which Orin Klapp classifies these three types, developing their social functions, as well as the technique he uses in analyzing the American national character, emphasizing their value as a methodological means in comparing different societies, is reflected upon
Basic Humor Techniques of Arthur A. Berger
The essay deals with basic techniques that can be detected in various humor genres, whose rationale is to generate amusement. A long list of basic humor techniques has come to attention as a result of problematising and analysis of different humor genres done by the American media professor Arthur A. Berger. A. Berger is by and large unknown to the Serbian scientific community, so the initial piece of the thesis is dedicated to the presentation o…
Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact
The paper argues that vaccines could be viewed as artifacts which communicate various social messages and are used as instruments for fulfilling different sociopolitical goals besides meeting public health needs. It further suggests that such social, cultural and political influences may have real effects on the choices of vaccine technologies or vaccine production, and aims to demonstrate their importance in the area which is normally seen as th…
Social type’s hero, fool and villain in the theory of Orin Klapp
The essay deals with the theory of the respected American sociologist Orin Klapp pertaining to social types, with an emphasis on the Hero, Villain and the Fool. The system, through which Orin Klapp classifies these three types, developing their social functions, as well as the technique he uses in analyzing the American national character, emphasizing their value as a methodological means in comparing different societies, is reflected upon
Basic Humor Techniques of Arthur A. Berger
The essay deals with basic techniques that can be detected in various humor genres, whose rationale is to generate amusement. A long list of basic humor techniques has come to attention as a result of problematising and analysis of different humor genres done by the American media professor Arthur A. Berger. A. Berger is by and large unknown to the Serbian scientific community, so the initial piece of the thesis is dedicated to the presentation o…
Formation of social types in the theory of Orrin Klapp
Theory of Orrin Klapp about social types draws attention to important functions that these types have within certain societies as well as that it is preferable to take them into consideration if our goal is more complete knowledge of that society. For Klapp, social types are important social symbols, which in an interesting way reflect society they are part of and for that reason this author dedicates his work to considering their meanings and so…
Eastern Europe as the source of horror and humor
In the period from 2004. to 2007. three films belonging to two different genres were complete in the American production-a horror and a comedy. These being, „Hostel“(I and II) and „Euro Trip”. The only similarity found in these films is the same stimulus that motivates the horror and the humor segment in them. That stimulus was identifies where all three films are placed, and that is Eastern Europe, more precisely Slovakia. This phenomenon was co…
The conceptualization of winners and losers of transition in popular culture
This paper is about the reconstruction of social presentations (picture, vision) of losers and winners of transition based on the products of the popular culture such as the domestic TV series. The given picture was considered in the context of the 1990s, when those TV series were filmed and aired (broadcast), which means that they are typical, primarily, for the period of the so-called first transi…
Typology of entrepreneurs in the first transition
This paper is based on the material which belongs to the domain of popular culture. That is, it is based on domestic TV series which belong to the first phase of transition, i.e., 1990's. I assumed that popular culture in general provides an expression of omnipresent, widely accepted and usual viewpoints within a society: as such, it also serves to confirm these values and attitudes. In this sense, I was interested in ways of presentation of entr…
Substituting internet for a traditional fieldwork
Internet as a substitute for traditional fieldwork is being used increasingly, hence there is a need to asses the notion of 'doing fieldwork'. One of the fundamental questions related to the usage of Internet to collect data arises as a doubt whether this kind of data collection is an adequate means to its end: are the data collected this way sufficient or even appropriate for an academic analysis and scientific theories? In an attempt to at lea…
The Joke – a(n) (Un)Important Form of Humor
The joke is a form of humor that has not received as much attention by Serbian folkloristics and anthropology as it deserves. A possible reason for this is that the joke is so thoroughly incorporated into everyday communication that it tends to be overlooked. Furthermore, the joke as a form of humor has not even been adequately recognized, witness the lack of an adequate definition and the fact that it is frequently confused with similiar forms o…
Post-socialist transformation and new forms of identification in the Serbian society
Post-socialist transformation in Serbia has introduced various changes and novelties including a formation of special categories of losers and winners of transition. The parameters defining these categories allow a possibility of identification with either one within the society. This paper presents analytical terms appropriate for discussing the given identification, as well as problems associated with it, further pointing out to the complexity …
The Power of Narrative
The paper considers the importance and impact of narratives about healing through unconventional medicine, from the viewpoint of the anthropology of folklore. Thus, the paper deals with the ways in which such stories function and ways in which they are classified as a genre, as well as the effect that they have on their audience and the social conditions which enable their transmission. These stories are of importance in considering the social is…
Assessing and identifying transitional losers and winners in the Serbian society
This paper presents ways to assess and evaluate losers and winners in the Serbian transitional society, through several concrete examples. Therefore, the paper is a follow-up of the manuscript published in the previous Bulletin of Institute of ethnography, and fits into the theoretical framework already stated. The main indicator of a variety of assessment regarding losers and winners is found among comments made by visitors of relevant Internet …
The Weltschmertz of transition
The paper focuses on a well-defined social group which emerges as an important factor in social development and progress, one which is also, undoubtedly threatened in the context of postsocialist transformation. The group in question consists of young, university-educated people, of different professions and genders. The defining feature of this group as informants is their aspiration toward individualization, or rather - employment, emancipation…
Mile versus transition”
The basis of this paper is the idea that post-socialist transformation doesn’t only entail political and economic changes which affect a society going through this process, but also carries with it a slew of new social phenomena which the given society interprets in a suitable way. Such new phenomena are often recognized in bits of popular culture which speak to the populace at large. Keeping this in mind, we decided to test the ways in which new…
Entrepreneurs in the eyes of society – on the causes of negative perception of entrepreneurs in transitional Serbia
The paper deals with the negative social perceptions of entrepreneurs often encountered during the second phase of post-socialist transformation in Serbia. The causes of these widespread social perceptions are investigated by contrasting the previous, decades long socialist system, which was hostile toward entrepreneurship as well as egalitarian ideology with the context of the occurrence and development of private enterprise and the relationship…
Entrepreneurs in transitional Serbia - the context of management and socially accepted type of private enterprise
The process of post-socialist transformation in Serbia included, among other things, a boost of selfemployed entrepreneurship looking to place themselves within a society. This phenomenon occurred within the complex conditions that included the past socialist heritage and egalitarian ideology, representing thus a potential a priori negative social attitudes towards private enterprise and entrepreneurs, as well as specific overall transition path …
Entrepreneurs in the eyes of society – on the causes of negative perception of entrepreneurs in transitional Serbia
The paper deals with the negative social perceptions of entrepreneurs often encountered during the second phase of post-socialist transformation in Serbia. The causes of these widespread social perceptions are investigated by contrasting the previous, decades long socialist system, which was hostile toward entrepreneurship as well as egalitarian ideology with the context of the occurrence and development of private enterprise and the relationship…
Blind spot
Temporality and discontinuity as aspects of smallpox outbreak in Yugoslavia
The paper demonstrates interconnection and role of certain social, political and cultural factors in 1972 Yugoslavian smallpox outbreak. It focuses on a cultural concept of time, denoted as temporal distance, and discontinuity between pre-socialist and socialist period in Yugoslavian history, as determinants that shaped the understanding of smallpox, risk perception and behavior with regard to the disease. The argument is that those two factors c…
Interdisciplinarna istrazivanja - antropologija u saradnji sa drugim naukama
nema
Framing Vaccination in Post-Socialist Serbia
In recent years, Southeastern European region (the Balkans) has seen a rise in vaccine skepticism due to increasing conflicts between the pro- and anti-vaccination stances, primarily with respect to childhood vaccines. Although vaccination controversies are generally perceived as a global trend, their framings are predominantly grounded in particular social, cultural, political and economic contexts. This paper will focus on the immunization issu…
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…
Vaccine hesitancy in Western and Eastern Europe
Using the example of Eastern and Western Europe, the paper points out the importance of contextual influences on decisions and behaviour regarding vaccines and vaccination. Contextual determinants have been identified as important in theorizing the concept of vaccine hesitancy that allows for a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why the public questions vaccines. Therefore, the paper first presents the theoretical elaboration of the afore…
Which vaccine? Between evidence-based policy and symbolic politics
The last of the living
This paper analyzes two popular culture narratives created in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic: the movie Songbird, made in 2020, and the TV show The Last of Us, from 2023. The main idea of this paper is to analyze the ways in which popular culture, through different pandemic narratives, perceives the future of social systems after the appearance of the deadly disease, as experienced in current reality as well as in pop-cultural narratives. Th…
Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact
The paper argues that vaccines could be viewed as artifacts which communicate various social messages and are used as instruments for fulfilling different sociopolitical goals besides meeting public health needs. It further suggests that such social, cultural and political influences may have real effects on the choices of vaccine technologies or vaccine production, and aims to demonstrate their importance in the area which is normally seen as th…
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