Selena Rakočević
Biographic Data
| ID | 961777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Selena Rakočević |
| GIVEN NAMES | Selena |
| FAMILY NAME | Rakočević |
| SIGNATURE | RAKOČEVIĆ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arts in Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1021-418X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ethnochoreology at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade - from the folklore paradigm to the discourse of institutional and nationally specific disciplinary orientation in the time of (post)tradition
The founder of ethnochoreology as an academic scholarly discipline in Serbia is ethnologist and ethnochoreologist Dr. Olivera Vasic, whos research and educational approach continued the activities of the Ljubica and Danica Jankovic. The methodological basis of this scholarly paradigm is grounded on the folkloristically-based idea of collecting and preserving ethnically distinctive traditional dances marked with the expression ?narodna igra? (lite…
Igrà za Bog da prost’
The village of Svinica (Romanian: Sviniţa) is situated in the southern area of the Romanian Banat, which is known as Dunavska klisura (Romanian: Clisura Dunarii). According to historical sources the village of Svinica was founded immediately after 1738 and was inherited by the Serbs. The geopolitical possition of the village influenced that it was separated from the other villages in this area. The isolation of the villagers was enlarged by the e…
Political Complexities of Ethnochoreological Research
As independent scholarly discipline grounded in folkloristics, ethnochoreology was predominantly founded within the state institutions of the socialist regime of former Yugoslavia after World War II and was consequently molded theoretically and methodologically in accordance with the prevailing ideology of the ruling socialist political system. In post-socialist regimes established in former Yugoslavian republics after the 1990s, which led to eme…
Practicing Ethnomusicology/Ethnochoreology Within Post-Socialist Realities
Ethnochoreology as an Interdiscipline in a Postdisciplinary Era
Although (ethno)choreology within European scholarship maintains its continuity as a methodologically and theoretically grounded discipline, there is an ongoing need among scholars to re-evaluate its traits and achievements and (re)position it within both the social sciences and/or humanities. Sustained scholarly attention to basic questions about the nature of the field of study encourages discussion and debate about a number of issues, includin…
Ethnochoreological work of Olivera Mladenovic
Thanks to the zeal of the pioneers of the ethnochoreology in Serbia, Ljubica and Danica Janković, 2014 marks the eighty years since publishing of their first of totally eight books of the edition Narodne igre (Janković 1934), which is taken as the beginning of the development of ethnochoreology as an independent academic and scholarly discipline in the country. However, thanks to the dedicated work of their followers led by Olivera Mladenović, et…
Tracing the discipline
The interest for traditional dance research in Serbia is noted since the second part of the 19th century in various ethnographical sources. However, organized and scientifically grounded study was begun by the sisters Danica and Ljubica Janković marked by publishing of the first of totally eight volumes of the "Folk Dances" [Narodne igre] in 1934. All eight books of this edition published periodically until 1964 were highly acknowledged by the br…
Janković
Ethnochoreology as an Interdiscipline in a Postdisciplinary Era
Although (ethno)choreology within European scholarship maintains its continuity as a methodologically and theoretically grounded discipline, there is an ongoing need among scholars to re-evaluate its traits and achievements and (re)position it within both the social sciences and/or humanities. Sustained scholarly attention to basic questions about the nature of the field of study encourages discussion and debate about a number of issues, includin…
Tracing the discipline
The interest for traditional dance research in Serbia is noted since the second part of the 19th century in various ethnographical sources. However, organized and scientifically grounded study was begun by the sisters Danica and Ljubica Janković marked by publishing of the first of totally eight volumes of the "Folk Dances" [Narodne igre] in 1934. All eight books of this edition published periodically until 1964 were highly acknowledged by the br…
Political Complexities of Ethnochoreological Research
As independent scholarly discipline grounded in folkloristics, ethnochoreology was predominantly founded within the state institutions of the socialist regime of former Yugoslavia after World War II and was consequently molded theoretically and methodologically in accordance with the prevailing ideology of the ruling socialist political system. In post-socialist regimes established in former Yugoslavian republics after the 1990s, which led to eme…
Janković
Tracing the discipline
The interest for traditional dance research in Serbia is noted since the second part of the 19th century in various ethnographical sources. However, organized and scientifically grounded study was begun by the sisters Danica and Ljubica Janković marked by publishing of the first of totally eight volumes of the "Folk Dances" [Narodne igre] in 1934. All eight books of this edition published periodically until 1964 were highly acknowledged by the br…
Ethnochoreological work of Olivera Mladenovic
Thanks to the zeal of the pioneers of the ethnochoreology in Serbia, Ljubica and Danica Janković, 2014 marks the eighty years since publishing of their first of totally eight books of the edition Narodne igre (Janković 1934), which is taken as the beginning of the development of ethnochoreology as an independent academic and scholarly discipline in the country. However, thanks to the dedicated work of their followers led by Olivera Mladenović, et…
Ethnochoreology as an Interdiscipline in a Postdisciplinary Era
Although (ethno)choreology within European scholarship maintains its continuity as a methodologically and theoretically grounded discipline, there is an ongoing need among scholars to re-evaluate its traits and achievements and (re)position it within both the social sciences and/or humanities. Sustained scholarly attention to basic questions about the nature of the field of study encourages discussion and debate about a number of issues, includin…
Practicing Ethnomusicology/Ethnochoreology Within Post-Socialist Realities
Political Complexities of Ethnochoreological Research
As independent scholarly discipline grounded in folkloristics, ethnochoreology was predominantly founded within the state institutions of the socialist regime of former Yugoslavia after World War II and was consequently molded theoretically and methodologically in accordance with the prevailing ideology of the ruling socialist political system. In post-socialist regimes established in former Yugoslavian republics after the 1990s, which led to eme…
Igrà za Bog da prost’
The village of Svinica (Romanian: Sviniţa) is situated in the southern area of the Romanian Banat, which is known as Dunavska klisura (Romanian: Clisura Dunarii). According to historical sources the village of Svinica was founded immediately after 1738 and was inherited by the Serbs. The geopolitical possition of the village influenced that it was separated from the other villages in this area. The isolation of the villagers was enlarged by the e…
Ethnochoreology at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade - from the folklore paradigm to the discourse of institutional and nationally specific disciplinary orientation in the time of (post)tradition
The founder of ethnochoreology as an academic scholarly discipline in Serbia is ethnologist and ethnochoreologist Dr. Olivera Vasic, whos research and educational approach continued the activities of the Ljubica and Danica Jankovic. The methodological basis of this scholarly paradigm is grounded on the folkloristically-based idea of collecting and preserving ethnically distinctive traditional dances marked with the expression ?narodna igra? (lite…
Diverse Musicological Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Dance (2 works) · Discipline (2 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (2 works)