25 research outputs found
Utjecaj digitalnih tehnologija na iskustvo avanture meÄu zaljubljenicima u outdoor aktivnosti u Hrvatskoj
This article investigates the influence of digital technologies on the experience of adventure in outdoor activities at a time when outdoor activities are becoming increasingly popular in Croatia. Based on ethnographic research conducted among outdoor enthusiasts and new adventurers, adventure tour guides, and adventure sports practitioners in Croatia, this paper aims to show some of the ways in which the widespread use of digital media and technologies, from social networks to smart watches, affects us and the perception, concepts, and practices of adventure in Croatia.Ovaj Älanak istražuje utjecaj digitalnih tehnologija na iskustvo avanture u aktivnostima na otvorenom u vrijeme porasta popularizacije outdoor aktivnosti u Hrvatskoj. Na temelju etnografskog istraživanja provedenog meÄu ljubiteljima outdoora i novopeÄenim avanturistima, pustolovnim turistiÄkim vodiÄima i praktiÄarima avanturistiÄkih sportova u Hrvatskoj, ovaj rad ima za cilj prikazati neke od naÄina na koje raÅ”irena uporaba digitalnih medija i tehnologija, od druÅ”tvenih mreža do pametnih satova, utjeÄe na nas i na percepciju, koncepcije i prakse avanture u Hrvatskoj
Poststructuralist discourse theory through discussion on the introduction of the concept of āmarriageā in the Croatian Constitution
PoststrukturalistiÄka teorija diskursa kao koncept i metodologija, na mala vrata, sramežljivo i joÅ” uvijek nailazeÄi na odbijanje, ulazi u humanistiÄke i druÅ”tvene znanstvenoistraživaÄke krugove u Hrvatskoj. Nakon pregleda razvoja teorije diskursa, ovim Äe se radom kroz opis primjera diskurzivne borbe oko uvoÄenja definicije braka u hrvatski Ustav 2013. godine Äitatelju nastojati približiti osnovne ideje poststrukturalistiÄke teorije diskursa te njezine slabe toÄke. U Älanku Äemo uputiti i na to da je uz diskurzivnu borbu u sluÄaju uvoÄenja definicije braka u Ustav rijeÄ i o pokuÅ”aju pritiska na biopolitiku države i o opasnoj biopolitiÄkoj borbi usmjerenoj protiv gay osoba.The discourse theory still occupies a rather marginal position and faces considerable scepticism in the Croatian academic community. By examining the core arguments of the discourse theory, this paper aims to transform the present attitude. The discourse theory assumes that every linguistic and non-linguistic production (including speeches, reports, manifestos, historical events, ideas, interviews, archives, policies, documents, organizations and institutions, narratives in museums, motion pictures, etc.) represents discursive forms which constitute a ādiscourseā and its ārealityā. Based on Foucaultās theoretical legacy, and by elaborating the concept of discourse as defined in Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffeās Hegemony and social strategy, the discourse theory uses discursive forms to ādescribe, understand, and explain how and why particular discursive formations were constructed, stabilized and transformedā (Torfing 2005:19). Recent discussion on the definition of marriage in Croatia and its introduction in the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia serves as a particular and specific example which has allowed the examination of the main aspects of the concept in this paper
Politics of sexuality: response to phantasm of endangered nation or something more? (Summary)
Analizom dominantnog diskursa o seksualnosti u radu se opisuje politika seksualnosti u Hrvatskoj od 1990. godine do danas uobliÄena u natalitetnu politiku države i Crkve. Tom se politikom nastoji upravljati populacijom i upuÄuje se na ambivalentnost tog procesa.The principal aim of the article is to examine politics of the body and sexuality in contemporary Croatia. Croatia, like many other East European countries, is often described as a country in transition, undergoing many changes. Ā Among these changes, I would like to examine the changes of the politics of sexuality in dominant discourses after the foundation of the new Croatian state and to show how these discourses form a new social reality using demographic politics or, in Foucaultās words, bio-power to save the nation from extinction
Public Politics as Commons. Investigating the Possibilities of Political Emancipation in the Conditions of Narrowed Civil Liberties in Croatia
U suvremenim teorijama druÅ”tva sve se ÄeÅ”Äe može naiÄi na tvrdnje da u neoliberalnim ureÄenjima javni politiÄki prostor nestaje ili se sve viÅ”e sužava te da se nastoji izgraditi politiÄnost graÄana utemeljena na patriotizmu i nekritiÄkom stavu prema radu vlasti. BiopolitiÄke strukture neoliberalnih režima stvaraju i koriste se nepovoljnim druÅ”tveno-ekonomskim uvjetima, opÄom prekarnoÅ”Äu, nestabilnim uvjetima rada i života te komodifikacijom roba i usluga kako bi disciplinirale graÄane, uÄinile ih posluÅ”nima i nekritiÄnima, kako bi upravljale njima. Procesi sužavanja politiÄkih sloboda vidljivi su u brojnim zemljama danas, pa tako i u Hrvatskoj, i to posebno na podruÄju reproduktivnih prava i sloboda seksualnih i rodnih manjina. S druge strane, javljaju se novi oblici organiziranja graÄanstva kojima se pokuÅ”ava sprijeÄiti sužavanje steÄenih graÄanskih sloboda. U ovom radu autorica se pita može li se nacionalnim politikama seksualnosti pristupiti kao zajedniÄkom dobru (commons) kojim upravljaju graÄani. Može li se time postiÄi ono Äemu teže queer politike, a to je da se sferu intimnog i seksualnog života graÄana uÄini slobodnom od državne i institucionalne kontrole, a da se istovremeno graÄanstvu vrati politiÄnost?In contemporary social theory, there are often claims that in neoliberal regimes, the public political space is disappearing or is becoming increasingly narrow, and a politically engaged citizenry is being replaced by patriotism and an uncritical stance regarding how governments operate. The biopolitical structures of neoliberal regimes are creating and using unfavourable socio-economic conditions, general precariousness, unstable working and living conditions, and the commodification of goods and services to discipline citizens and make them obedient and uncritical. These processes are visible in many countries today, including Croatia, and particularly in the areas of reproductive rights and freedoms for sexual and gender minorities. However, there are new forms of civic organization that have become a barrier to this narrowing of civil liberties. This paper poses the question of whether we can approach national politics of sexuality as a form of commons that are created and managed by citizens. Can this approach contribute to what queer politics entail? Specifically, can it widen a sphere of sexual and intimate life that is freed from state and institutional control and return political engagement to the citizenry
Queer Activism and the Transformation of the City: How the LGBTIQ Community is Fighting for Its Space in the City of Zagreb
U knjizi Arhitektura i disjunkcija Bernard Tschumi (2004) upozorio je na važnu ulogu koju arhitektura i organizacija prostora imaju u stvaranju i ograniÄavanju osobne i politiÄke slobode graÄana, a koju on nazva nasiljem arhitekture. Naime, prostor i dogaÄaji koji se zbivaju u nekom prostoru meÄusobno utjeÄu jedni na druge. OpisujuÄi javni prostor kao produkt druÅ”tvenih sila i kao mjesto koje ima āaktivnu ulogu u stvaranju i reproduciranju druÅ”tvenih identiteta, kao Å”to i druÅ”tveni identiteti, znaÄenja i odnosi stvaraju materijalna i simboliÄka mjestaā, Gill Valentine (2002) razlikuje tri razine prostora: materijalnu, regulatornu i performativnu. U ovom radu propitivat Äemo kako te tri razine prostora korespondiraju s queer zajednicom u gradu Zagrebu. Propitivat Äemo kako se LGBTIQ udruge organiziraju u materijalnom prostoru i koliko ih Grad Zagreb u tome podržava, a kako se bore za svoja prava i slobode u areni regulativnog prostora odnosno javnih politika. Istražit Äemo i kako queer aktivizam mobilizira performativni potencijal prostora kako bi transformirao grad Zagreb iz heteroseksualnog prostora u prostor kulturne razliÄitosti, odnosno prostor koji ukljuÄuje nehetero ili queer seksualne identitete.According to architect Bernand Tschumi, architecture and the organization of space play a significant role in the creation and limitation of personal and political freedom. Tschumi refers to this power of architecture over citizens as āviolence of architectureā. Space and events which happen in a particular space influence each other. Gill Valentine describes public spaces as the product of social forces. Just like place has an active role in the creation and reproduction of social identities, social identities, meanings and relations create material and symbolic spaces, notices Valentine. Further, Gill Valentine distinguishes three levels of space: material, regulatory and performative. In this paper I will try to demonstrate how these three levels of space correspond to the queer community in the city of Zagreb. First, I describe how queer groups organize in material spaces of the city and how the city authorities support their organization on the material space level. Then, I present how queer groups use regulatory space, i.e. public policies, to accomplish rights and freedoms that straight citizens already have and take for granted. And finally, I describe how queer activism is mobilizing the performative level of space in order to transform the city of Zagreb from a straight heterosexual space to a space of cultural differences, i.e. a space which includes non-hetero or queer sexual identities
āHighlander Adventure of a Lifetimeā. Adventure in a Time of Commodification of Outdoor Activities
Planinarenje i alpinizam su aktivnosti odavno prisutne u Hrvatskoj. Prije desetak godina
pojavio se novi trend koji na temelju neoliberalne ekonomske politike popularizira planinarske
aktivnosti izvan postojeÄih planinarskih klubova, Hrvatskog planinarskog saveza i
Äasopisa Hrvatski planinar, Å”to se pokazalo korisnim za turizam i cjelokupni poslovni sektor.
Na temelju etnografskog istraživanja provedenog meÄu entuzijastima outdoora, pustolovnim
turistiÄkim vodiÄima i praktiÄarima pustolovnih sportova u Hrvatskoj, te analize online
sadržaja vezanih uz outdoor aktivnosti i planine, ovaj rad ispituje kakav avanturistiÄki narativ
stvaraju komercijalni pustolovni programi u Hrvatskoj te kako ti programi utjeÄu na
redefiniranje znaÄenja avanture u vremenu komodifikacije aktivnosti na otvorenom.Hiking and mountaineering have long been present in Croatia. However, a decade ago, a
new trend emerged. Based on a business mindset and neoliberal economy, this trend popularizes
mountaineering activities outside and beyond long-existing mountaineering clubs,
the Croatian Mountaineering Association, and the magazine Hrvatski planinar and has
proved beneficial to the tourism sector and the business sector as a whole. Based on ethnographic
research conducted among outdoor enthusiasts, adventure tour guides, and practitioners
of adventure sports in Croatia and analysis of online content related to the outdoors
and mountains, this paper examines what kind of adventure narrative is created by the commercial
adventure programs in Croatia, and how these programs affect the redefinition of
adventure in a time of commodification of outdoor activities