Filipovski, Author at DWP-BALKAN

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Overcoming the prejudices of the past through TV, theatre and music

Different media for conveying messages, such as television, theatre and music play an important role in raising pluralism and tolerance, while also overcoming stereotypes and ethnocentric narratives in popular culture. The artistic and cultural offer can create connections between people, expose prejudices from the past, founding values that are then transferred from the local communities to the national level, as […]

Prejudices on the Balkans about sexual diversity in a wider context through examples (first and foremost) from Macedonian cinematography

Often times when you want to talk about something, and for some reason you are uncomfortable, it seems that the easiest thing to do is to distance yourself from the problem, to present it as someone else’s and to talk about it from a “safe” distance. In ordinary conversation with close people, it is most often represented by using experiences […]

Turn the lights on! – or, do we really understand gender mainstreaming?

Few months into 2023, we can safely conclude that 2022 was not the best year for any of us – still confused from the COVID 19 restrictions, witnessed the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine and heard possibilities of food, gas and electricity deficits, while prices skyrocketed everywhere around us. So, it was expected from the national and […]

The Perspective in The Past

If you live in the Balkans, on a few occasions if you are lucky, and on many, if you are not that much, you become aware that in this part of the world, people have very peculiar views on the concept of respect towards women. Where I pinpoint that peculiarity would be that concept seems to be moving backward, and […]

DwP Podcast: Ukraine – Peace work in times of war

Together with our partners from RadioMOF, we spoke with Dmytro Kovbasyuk, an activist from Odessa, Ukraine. On the podcast, you can hear more about the current political situation in Ukraine, the challenges for the common people during these difficult times and peace work during the times of armed conflict.

Institutions of cultural memory – practical problems

Ivana Hadzievska, MSc I vividly remember my visit to the Museum of Technology and Maritime Affairs in Malmö (Teknikens och Sjöfartens Hus) in 2017. Soon after the visit, sorting out the impressions, I realized that the authors of the setting had a great idea on how to deliver their concept, as well as the educational and didactic message at the […]