Tihana Pupovac, theoretician and cultural worker, has been working as the coordinator of Kooperativa since 2020. For the last ten years, she’s been active on the independent cultural scene in Croatia and the region, developing and implementing numerous projects, events and publications related to the cultural heritage of Yugoslavia, memory studies, urbanism etc. She was… Continue reading Tihana Pupovac
Month: July 2022
Katarina Pavić
Katarina Pavić is a cultural worker and activist. She has been active in the independent cultural scene in Croatia and the region of former Yugoslavia since 2005. She has an extensive experience in facilitation of networking and collaboration of cultural and activist collectives. Katarina worked as the overall coordinator of the Clubture Network – a… Continue reading Katarina Pavić
Arba Hatashi
Arba Hatashi is the director of Anibar International Animation Festival. For the last 8 years, she has been working actively with Anibar on organizing the only animation festival in Kosovo, managing and working on the transformation of the only active cinema in the city of Peja, Cinema Jusuf Gërvalla, into a multifunctional, social and cultural… Continue reading Arba Hatashi
Vullnet Sanaja
Vullnet Sanaja is a cultural worker and activist as well as the co-founder of Anibar. Throughout the past 14 years he has been engaged in advocacy, debate and civic initiatives related to the use and management of public infrastructure, development of cultural policies through civic-public partnership and creation of better conditions for the independent culture… Continue reading Vullnet Sanaja
Valeria Graziano
Valeria Graziano is a cultural theorist, educator and organiser with a background in performance studies and political theory. She is currently based at the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Rijeka. Over the years, she has been involved in numerous research initiatives across the cultural sector and social movements, focusing on popular pedagogy and politics… Continue reading Valeria Graziano
Nita Zeqiri
Nita Zeqiri is co-founder and executive director of Foundation Shtatëmbëdhjetë (17) that aims to foster positive change in society through empowering communities by means of cultural activism. Her academic background is in Business Management and Marketing. Nita is an artist – photographer, and she has extensive experience in managing cultural and art projects such as Documenting and Promoting Cultural Heritage… Continue reading Nita Zeqiri
Ajete Kërqeli
Ajete Kërqeli is co-founder and development manager at Foundation Shtatëmbëdhjetë. Her academic background is MSc in Psychology and Counselling. She has experience in research, LGBTI and gender issues, civic activism, volunteerism, youth empowerment as well as fundraising and program management. She has run and participated in research projects resulting with reports, manuals and other publications focusing on gender equality and human… Continue reading Ajete Kërqeli
Mirela Travar
Mirela Travar is an activist, advocator and facilitator in the civil society sector in Croatia. Her main focuses are participative governance, public policy, and independent culture. As an educator, she worked with over 100 civil society organizations active in different sectors in the Region and in Europe. She also has a rich experience working with… Continue reading Mirela Travar
Matija Mrakovčić
Matija Mrakovčić has been working in different media outlets from 1994 and since 2012 she has served as a journalist and editor at non-profit web portal Kulturpunkt.hr, published by NGO Kurziv – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society. Currently she works as president and coordinator of Kurziv. As an author she collaborates with… Continue reading Matija Mrakovčić
Željka Tonković
Željka Tonković is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Zadar, Croatia. She has researched widely in the field of cultural consumption, with a particular reference to the intergenerational transmission of cultural capital, social inequalities in access to culture and the role of culture for urban development. She has co-authored three books… Continue reading Željka Tonković