There is no culture of memory without confronting the culture of oblivion. According to Prof. Dr. Đokica Jovanović, the culture of memory is only as possible as the ideologized culture of oblivion allows it to be. However, the culture of neglect is neither faced with memory nor oblivion. Its permanent existence does not depend on...

Numerous first-aid guides about the process of facing the past agree on the first step, without which the process itself is meaningless: exercising self-understanding. Irrespective of the fact whether the purpose of the process of facing the past is to make future plans (as the last step of facing the past) or the purpose of...

BUBULINA PENI: In a museum dedicated to the past, to the violence and the loss, the Hope Corner carves a space for the future, for the history that continues beyond.

The Hague Tribunal, a name well-known to everyone living in this region, evokes strong opinions—whether collective or individual. Unfortunately, it has become evident that while the majority hold an opinion about it, very few people possess the knowledge necessary to substantiate their views with facts. On the seventh anniversary of the tribunal’s closure, I decided...

Each year when the day marking the liberation of Belgrade from fascism arrives, especially when it's a significant round-number anniversary, there is a sense of anxiety about how it will be officially commemorated. Then a person such as myself for example might feel somewhat uncomfortable even writing about it because they neither live in Belgrade...