Marija Ajduk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5153204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marija Ajduk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marija |
| FAMILY NAME | Ajduk |
| SIGNATURE | AJDUK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4443-6562 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Elitno pastorče – Beogradski džez festival u svetlu antropološke analize
This paper examines the specific processes through which the Belgrade Jazz Festival was established as an international cultural event of primary artistic significance for the capital of the SFRY and the rest of the country during the 1970s. The shift from the popular to the elite is analysed through an ethnography based mainly on contemporary newspaper sources, which enable an examination of the social, economic, political and cultural circumsta…
Constructing the Local Identity of the Belgrade Jazz Festival during the 1970s era of the 20th Century
The aim of this paper was to examine the process of constructing the local identity of the Belgrade Jazz Festival during the 1970s era of the twentieth century. Based on the example of the Newport Jazz Festival, organized in Belgrade as a partial revival of the original event from 1971 to 1973, and drawing on a variety of printed sources, the paper traces the subsequent development of the Belgrade Jazz Festival from 1974 onwards. The theoretical …
(Re)Presentation of Belgrade’s New Wave Movement in the Novel When You Say That I Am Yours
The New Wave movement in rock and roll music represents a significant phenomenon within the local (Yugoslav) context. Its impact on the perception of both the past and the present is reflected in the continuous and increasingly pronounced need to organize tributes in the form of concerts, exhibitions, panel discussions, documentary films, and novels. This paper presents an anthropological analysis of the novel When You Say That I Am Yours (Kada k…
(Post)Yugoslavian Music Press in Transition
The development of the Internet and digital technologies has influenced the ever- greater migrations of printed content to the digital sphere (blogs, online media, Internet portals, social networks), which has also brought with itself changes in readers’ habits and in the concept and format of texts as wells. Music press is no exception in that respect. In the context of South European states, these processes coincide with the period of political…
Cultural Representations of the New Wave in Yugoslavia 40 Years Later
This study is dedicated to the analysis of cultural perceptions of the New Wave (musical movement) within the Yugoslav context in the past decade (up to the 2020s). The observance of a particular anniversary brings forth a multitude of meanings ascribed to the event through recollections and nostalgic narratives. Inspired by Bennett and Rogers' theoretical insights in "Popular Music Scenes and Culture of Memory" (2016) regarding "memory bursts" i…
Funny” Edge of Ageism – Representations of Old People in Domestic Humour
The central topic of the paper is the humoristic production during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chief focus is on the main representations of the eldest members of the society during this dramatic period, when they were declared to be the most endangered, but also the ones who endanger others by their vulnerability. The research was limited to the first year of the critical period, when the state of emergency was declared, from March 15th to May 6t…
Music festivals as a space for construction of local identities on the example of the manifestation jazz in the garden
Based on the several decades-old tradition of presenting jazz through festivals firstly in Yugoslavia, and consequently in Serbia, the Jazz in the Garden manifestation was founded in Belgrade in 2021. The name of the new festival apostrophises the location of the event - ?Jevremovac? Botanical Garden. With the anthropological analysis of this manifestation, we will strive to demonstrate how the manifestation in development like this one influence…
Representing the Yugoslav New Wave in the Documentary Film “The New Wave in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a Social Movement”
This work explores the representation of the Yugoslav New Wave through the analysis of the documentary film “The New Wave in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a Social Movement”. Although the New Wave covers many spheres of art, in this analysis we will investigate it as the musical and cultural phenomena. The theoretical frame within the analysis is based on the idea that a documentary film can help us understand a particular period as…
Understanding, Creation and Listening to the Music on YouTube Website: The Case of Viva Vox Choir
Listening to music nowadays is unthinkable without the YouTube Channel through which not only we can get to the desired sound, but also extend our music knowledge to virtual travels through space and time. Due to new technologies, it is possible to get into the music worlds of the sixties, eighties, nineties, and through the music from that period to revive the elapsed epoch, at least briefly. It is also possible to listen to Rock and Roll, class…
The anthropology of music: Contemporary theoretical perspectives
The anthropological study of music focuses on meanings which music hah and produces in a specific sociocultural context. Preferences toward a certain genre of music are tightly linked to the preference of certain cultural values, so music represents an important factor of identification in everyday life. In Serbian ethnology and anthropology music was long viewed as part of Serbian traditional culture, so the interests of researchers focused on “…
(Re)defining tradition: The example of the world music phenomenon
The paper problematizes the understanding of the concept of tradition in the context of the world music phenomenon. Marketed as a hybrid music genre, from the perspective of anthropological theory, the world music genre is a complex cultural phenomenon, the result of mixing global and local influences which are reflected not only in the creation of a specific sound, but through different perceptions of music itself (the audience, musicians, produ…
New Wave in the Perception of New Generations
The paper represents an analysis of contemporary ideas about new wave music formed by generations born after 1980, in the “post-new wave” period. The ever more evident tendency to revitalize and re-actualize the new wave phenomenon at the local level, as well as the identities which stem from it, is indicative not only of the importance of this musical concept but its interdependence with the local community. The echoes of different contemporary …
Music as a Cultural Phenomenon
From an anthropological perspective music is a cultural phenomenon. This means that in order to understand it, one must understand the meanings which are attributed to it through the interaction with the environment wherein it is practiced and produced. In this paper, the concept of music is interpreted through the double role it takes on as a result of that interplay. The first part of the analysis considers music as a cultural “product”, while …
Rock’n’Roll as a Local Musical Phenomenon
The paper considers the process of localization of a pop cultural and musical phenomenon – rock ’n’ roll. My basic premise is that rock ’n’ roll as a global music genre can be perceived as local, and hence represents a recognizable identification element for the local population. In this case the label r ’n’ r pertain to the phenomenon of Belgrade “new wave” music, which was popular during the 1980’s. Based on the analysis of narratives from rele…
The Study of Music in Anthropology
Contemporary anthropology is characterized by a wide array of research topics, with music becoming an increasingly important field of study, which still remains unexplored, at least as far as the interrelationship of music and culture is concerned. However, it should be emphasized that music has been studied within the discipline in different ways. In that sense, the aim of this paper is to point out some of these differences, through taking the …
A Consideration of the Relationship Between Music and Place Through the Example of Belgrade “New Wave” Rock ‘n’ Roll Music
This paper represents an attempt to shed light on the connection between “music” and “place”. As both of these concepts are socio-cultural categories, the relationship between the two represents a kind of cultural construction, rendering it a viable anthropological topic. I will consider this issue using the example of the influence of “new wave” rock music in the 80’s on the formation of a specific Belgrade identity, which will, for the purpose …
Mihail Bahtin on the Carnival
The paper offers an analysis of Bahtin's concept of the carnival, which in his view has its own logic, philosophy, and laws. Bahtin gives his own interpretation of the carnival in several works, but particularly in Rabelais and Folk Culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. By looking at this work and the work of other authors on this subject, the paper seeks to present systematically the concept of the carnival, and to provide understanding of…
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Mihail Bahtin on the Carnival
The paper offers an analysis of Bahtin's concept of the carnival, which in his view has its own logic, philosophy, and laws. Bahtin gives his own interpretation of the carnival in several works, but particularly in Rabelais and Folk Culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. By looking at this work and the work of other authors on this subject, the paper seeks to present systematically the concept of the carnival, and to provide understanding of…
A Consideration of the Relationship Between Music and Place Through the Example of Belgrade “New Wave” Rock ‘n’ Roll Music
This paper represents an attempt to shed light on the connection between “music” and “place”. As both of these concepts are socio-cultural categories, the relationship between the two represents a kind of cultural construction, rendering it a viable anthropological topic. I will consider this issue using the example of the influence of “new wave” rock music in the 80’s on the formation of a specific Belgrade identity, which will, for the purpose …
Rock’n’Roll as a Local Musical Phenomenon
The paper considers the process of localization of a pop cultural and musical phenomenon – rock ’n’ roll. My basic premise is that rock ’n’ roll as a global music genre can be perceived as local, and hence represents a recognizable identification element for the local population. In this case the label r ’n’ r pertain to the phenomenon of Belgrade “new wave” music, which was popular during the 1980’s. Based on the analysis of narratives from rele…
The Study of Music in Anthropology
Contemporary anthropology is characterized by a wide array of research topics, with music becoming an increasingly important field of study, which still remains unexplored, at least as far as the interrelationship of music and culture is concerned. However, it should be emphasized that music has been studied within the discipline in different ways. In that sense, the aim of this paper is to point out some of these differences, through taking the …
New Wave in the Perception of New Generations
The paper represents an analysis of contemporary ideas about new wave music formed by generations born after 1980, in the “post-new wave” period. The ever more evident tendency to revitalize and re-actualize the new wave phenomenon at the local level, as well as the identities which stem from it, is indicative not only of the importance of this musical concept but its interdependence with the local community. The echoes of different contemporary …
Music as a Cultural Phenomenon
From an anthropological perspective music is a cultural phenomenon. This means that in order to understand it, one must understand the meanings which are attributed to it through the interaction with the environment wherein it is practiced and produced. In this paper, the concept of music is interpreted through the double role it takes on as a result of that interplay. The first part of the analysis considers music as a cultural “product”, while …
The anthropology of music: Contemporary theoretical perspectives
The anthropological study of music focuses on meanings which music hah and produces in a specific sociocultural context. Preferences toward a certain genre of music are tightly linked to the preference of certain cultural values, so music represents an important factor of identification in everyday life. In Serbian ethnology and anthropology music was long viewed as part of Serbian traditional culture, so the interests of researchers focused on “…
(Re)defining tradition: The example of the world music phenomenon
The paper problematizes the understanding of the concept of tradition in the context of the world music phenomenon. Marketed as a hybrid music genre, from the perspective of anthropological theory, the world music genre is a complex cultural phenomenon, the result of mixing global and local influences which are reflected not only in the creation of a specific sound, but through different perceptions of music itself (the audience, musicians, produ…
Understanding, Creation and Listening to the Music on YouTube Website: The Case of Viva Vox Choir
Listening to music nowadays is unthinkable without the YouTube Channel through which not only we can get to the desired sound, but also extend our music knowledge to virtual travels through space and time. Due to new technologies, it is possible to get into the music worlds of the sixties, eighties, nineties, and through the music from that period to revive the elapsed epoch, at least briefly. It is also possible to listen to Rock and Roll, class…
Representing the Yugoslav New Wave in the Documentary Film “The New Wave in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a Social Movement”
This work explores the representation of the Yugoslav New Wave through the analysis of the documentary film “The New Wave in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a Social Movement”. Although the New Wave covers many spheres of art, in this analysis we will investigate it as the musical and cultural phenomena. The theoretical frame within the analysis is based on the idea that a documentary film can help us understand a particular period as…
Music festivals as a space for construction of local identities on the example of the manifestation jazz in the garden
Based on the several decades-old tradition of presenting jazz through festivals firstly in Yugoslavia, and consequently in Serbia, the Jazz in the Garden manifestation was founded in Belgrade in 2021. The name of the new festival apostrophises the location of the event - ?Jevremovac? Botanical Garden. With the anthropological analysis of this manifestation, we will strive to demonstrate how the manifestation in development like this one influence…
(Post)Yugoslavian Music Press in Transition
The development of the Internet and digital technologies has influenced the ever- greater migrations of printed content to the digital sphere (blogs, online media, Internet portals, social networks), which has also brought with itself changes in readers’ habits and in the concept and format of texts as wells. Music press is no exception in that respect. In the context of South European states, these processes coincide with the period of political…
Cultural Representations of the New Wave in Yugoslavia 40 Years Later
This study is dedicated to the analysis of cultural perceptions of the New Wave (musical movement) within the Yugoslav context in the past decade (up to the 2020s). The observance of a particular anniversary brings forth a multitude of meanings ascribed to the event through recollections and nostalgic narratives. Inspired by Bennett and Rogers' theoretical insights in "Popular Music Scenes and Culture of Memory" (2016) regarding "memory bursts" i…
Funny” Edge of Ageism – Representations of Old People in Domestic Humour
The central topic of the paper is the humoristic production during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chief focus is on the main representations of the eldest members of the society during this dramatic period, when they were declared to be the most endangered, but also the ones who endanger others by their vulnerability. The research was limited to the first year of the critical period, when the state of emergency was declared, from March 15th to May 6t…
(Re)Presentation of Belgrade’s New Wave Movement in the Novel When You Say That I Am Yours
The New Wave movement in rock and roll music represents a significant phenomenon within the local (Yugoslav) context. Its impact on the perception of both the past and the present is reflected in the continuous and increasingly pronounced need to organize tributes in the form of concerts, exhibitions, panel discussions, documentary films, and novels. This paper presents an anthropological analysis of the novel When You Say That I Am Yours (Kada k…
Elitno pastorče – Beogradski džez festival u svetlu antropološke analize
This paper examines the specific processes through which the Belgrade Jazz Festival was established as an international cultural event of primary artistic significance for the capital of the SFRY and the rest of the country during the 1970s. The shift from the popular to the elite is analysed through an ethnography based mainly on contemporary newspaper sources, which enable an examination of the social, economic, political and cultural circumsta…
Constructing the Local Identity of the Belgrade Jazz Festival during the 1970s era of the 20th Century
The aim of this paper was to examine the process of constructing the local identity of the Belgrade Jazz Festival during the 1970s era of the twentieth century. Based on the example of the Newport Jazz Festival, organized in Belgrade as a partial revival of the original event from 1971 to 1973, and drawing on a variety of printed sources, the paper traces the subsequent development of the Belgrade Jazz Festival from 1974 onwards. The theoretical …
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