Some Call Us Balkans is a digital platform dedicated to exploring the cultural, historical, and social complexities of the Balkans region through various media forms including storytelling, essays, photography, and interviews. The website addresses themes such as identity, migration, memory, and the post-conflict realities that shape contemporary life in the region. It situates the Balkans within broader geopolitical and cultural frameworks while foregrounding local voices and experiences that challenge monolithic or stereotypical narratives about the area.
The content on the site reflects a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from history, anthropology, literature, and art to provide nuanced perspectives on the Balkans. Frequent contributions come from academics, artists, journalists, and local inhabitants, highlighting the diversity of thought and lived realities within the region. This approach encourages critical engagement with the Balkans, emphasizing both its contested legacies and ongoing transformations in a globalized context.
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Collective Terms of Action Open Call
Collective Terms of Action Open Call, 2021 North Grid, Some Call Us Balkans, 2021, graphic by Milly Reid, CC BY-SA 4.0 “Collective Terms of Action” (29/11/2021 – 15/01/2022) is the open call of the Some Call Us Balkans project, aimed at artists. Based on the artistic research built throughout the project, the SCUB community is […]
Voice to Maps
Giving voice to Maps Collective drawing, 2021 Collective drawing workshop, Some Call Us Balkans, 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 “Voice to maps” is a workshop taking place online among all partners of the Some Call Us Balkans (SCUB) project, on January 15, 2021, (during the COVID-19 pandemic). The workshop introduces the Ground Tour Project research methodology, […]
Foundation of a Traveling Imagination
BL(K)N RES(T) BL(K)N RES(T) - Partners’ Residency Organising Partner: ZKU - Zentrum fur Kunst und UrbanistikActivity: Kick-off meeting Date: 4-29/10/2022 Place: BerlinCategory: SCUB Activities Programme Curator Miodrag Kuc Preparation Support Peter Lorenz and Enrico TomassiniCreative Documenter Milly Reid Resting from Balkan, rest in Berlin. Rest from, by, just rest, regain some energies In order to decelerate, gain […]
Foundation of a Traveling Imagination
Foundation of a Travelling Imagination Activity: Kick-off meeting Date: 22-24/07/2021 Place: Florence Category: SCUB Activities A group of local artists, cultural operators and activists living in Florence, with a bond to the Balkans co-design and conceptualize the artistic performative intervention “Morphing Realities – A performative walk of Balkans through Florence” through discussion, common reflection and […]
Melting Imagination
BLKN Mobile – Melting Imagination Cover / Saša Đorđević (Some Call Us Balkans – CC BY-SA 4.0) Melting Imagination The exhibtion BLKN Mobile – Melting Imagination is the result of a month-long Artist Residency in Banja Luka, ASSEMBLING BL(KN). With the scope of creating a collective of Artist-Travellers, through a process of mutual learning and […]
The Great B [Audio walk]
The Great B2022 Distance: 3,5 kmTime: 45min The Great B2022 Medium:Audio walk with theatrical elements Duration:45 minutes Maria Marinopoulou The Great “B” is an audio walk along the most notable points in any Balkan city: the mosque, the river bridge, the outdoor market and the orthodox church. During the walk, the listener becomes witness to […]
Arts on the Move
Arts on the Move Cover / Saša Đorđević (Some Call Us Balkans – CC BY-SA 4.0) Arts on the Move SCUB is delighted to invite you to Arts on the Move online event! Arts on the Move is Walk Listen Create Cafe with Artist and Professor Karen O’Rourke and Artist and Professor Francesco Careri, promoted […]
How do we speak of the Balkans? Exhibition
ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik Open Haus 25/11/2021 Curated by Enrico Tomassini, Milly Reid, Miodrag Kuc In a living and interactive format, we shared some of the outcomes of the conducted Practice Based Artistic Research “Myths and Misconceptions” by inviting the audience to bring about new nuances, impressions and understandings while pondering and acquiring […]
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