Commons

Whom is the Monument to Stefan Nemanja dedicated to?

This dossier was created in cooperation with the project "Kulture sećanja u dijalogu" (Memory culture in dialogue), in order to contribute to a more meaningful public debate on the topic of managing public goods in the context of memorialization and memory culture.

Spaces of Commoning

Taking up the challenge of understanding the urban commons in the context of the unique collective experience of Yugoslav real socialism, which attempted to implement an experimental system of self-management on the level of the entire society, represents an attempt to also recognize how this specific context reflects the concept of the new commons: what are the practices and forms of commons that have emerged in resistance to neoliberal capitalism on the periphery, but also - how do these commons communicate with the Yugoslav heritage.

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Common(ing Space): Fragments of Reflection on Urban Spatial Commons

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New ways of space management and use are continually emerging worldwide. They are, on one side, criticizing the mechanisms of neoliberal urbanization and their consequences, while on the other opening the wider social discussion about possible alternatives including participative approaches, social infrastructures, self-managed spaces and grassroots practices.

By Jovana Timotijević

A novel model for affordable, cooperative housing in Serbia

This brochure introduces a resident-driven approach that can help a substantial segment of the population to address these housing needs. Based on the “smarter building” approach developed by Ko Gradi Grad (Who Builds the City), a flagship building is being prepared to prove the concept.

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Modernist, utopist, yugoslav Television (TV) tower

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Commons

Whom is the Monument to Stefan Nemanja dedicated to?

Spaces of Commoning

Common(ing Space): Fragments of Reflection on Urban Spatial Commons

A novel model for affordable, cooperative housing in Serbia

Architecture in Yugoslavia - Creating a Concrete Utopia

Retrofitting and Reusing: From a Military Barrack to Community Centre

Capetown: Politics of Crisis, Crisis of Politics

The Wealth of the Commons- A World Beyond the Market & State

Smarter Building