Self-organised labour: reclaiming the commons in the post-socialist space of Southeast Europe
Self-organised labour: reclaiming the commons in the post-socialist space of Southeast Europe
Following an analysis of the transformation of the commons in Southeast Europe and its social and political particularities after the historic experience of the workers’ self-management in the former Yugoslavia, this chapter examines contemporary modes of self-organisation in the cultural sector in Southeast Europe. The chapter explores self-organised initiatives in the region through three case studies: (a) the Rojc Community Centre, initiated in 1998 in Pula, Croatia; (b) the Magacin Cultural Centre, operating since 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia; (c) Termokiss, a community-run centre, founded in 2016 in Pristina, Kosovo. In analysing the coworking practices and spaces created by the above case studies, the chapter explores the possibilities of working around the commons in the cultural sector in the post-socialist and post-transitional societies of Southeast Europe. The chapter argues that self-organised collective and collaborative labour brings an affective power that can produce infrastructures and networks of solidarity in the post-socialist space; a space which lingers between the memory of its lost socialist past and the failed promises of neoliberal democracy.
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Gkitsa, Dimitra
56cef9a1-10c4-4c8a-978b-51139c04fc74
Gkitsa, Dimitra
56cef9a1-10c4-4c8a-978b-51139c04fc74
Gkitsa, Dimitra
(2023)
Self-organised labour: reclaiming the commons in the post-socialist space of Southeast Europe.
In,
Merkel, Janet, Pettas, Dimitris and Avdikos, Vasilis
(eds.)
Coworking Spaces: Alternative Topologies and Transformative Potentials.
Swirzerland.
Springer Cham, .
(doi:10.1007/978-3-031-42268-3_3).
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Following an analysis of the transformation of the commons in Southeast Europe and its social and political particularities after the historic experience of the workers’ self-management in the former Yugoslavia, this chapter examines contemporary modes of self-organisation in the cultural sector in Southeast Europe. The chapter explores self-organised initiatives in the region through three case studies: (a) the Rojc Community Centre, initiated in 1998 in Pula, Croatia; (b) the Magacin Cultural Centre, operating since 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia; (c) Termokiss, a community-run centre, founded in 2016 in Pristina, Kosovo. In analysing the coworking practices and spaces created by the above case studies, the chapter explores the possibilities of working around the commons in the cultural sector in the post-socialist and post-transitional societies of Southeast Europe. The chapter argues that self-organised collective and collaborative labour brings an affective power that can produce infrastructures and networks of solidarity in the post-socialist space; a space which lingers between the memory of its lost socialist past and the failed promises of neoliberal democracy.
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Dimitra Gkitsa
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Janet Merkel
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Dimitris Pettas
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Vasilis Avdikos
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