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GCSC KNL l Prof. Dr. Ger Duijzings(University of Regensburg) and Miloš Đurović (University of Regensburg)"Spaces of Peripheralization: Extractivism, Pollution and Environmental Future in Southeastern Europe"

Wann

22.05.2025 von 18:00 bis 20:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)

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MFR GCSC Otto-Behaghel Str. 12 / Online (BBB)

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The event Spaces of Peripheralization tackles the pressing ecological issues in the region of Southeastern Europe that despite often remaining “under radar” of the international public mobilized various local efforts to counter both environmental degradation and the re-production of the region’s image as a European (semi)periphery.

While the keynote by Prof. Dr. Ger Duijzings (Regensburg) will employ a comparative approach and showcase some examples of ecological/waste colonialism throughout the region, the photography exhibition by Miloš Đurović (Regensburg) will zoom into the context of the north Montenegrin mining border town of Pljevlja, illuminating the exctractivist practices and the issue of air pollution. These aspects marked both the socialist past and the capitalist present of the town, producing often visible marks on Pljevlja’s environmental “palm print” - marks that stand in contrast to Montenegro’s status as the first legally ecological country (Turnock 2001).[1] The event thus encourages approaching Southeastern Europe through ecological justice and artistic lenses, rarely considered in academia to date. Such an approach contributes to positioning concerns of local populations at the heart of the discussion, directly addressing the call from heritage scholars to shift focus in an effort to decolonize knowledge production about the region (Horvat and Ranković 2022)[2].

 

The event is preceded by a doctoral workshop, targeting the GCSC and JLU community of young scholars, with a focus on visual methods (in particular photography) in critical sustainability studies. The workshop is given by Miloš Đurović, and takes place 14h-16h in the GCSC premises in Otto-Behaghel-Str. 12, in the seminar room 126, on the first floor.

 

RA7 Global Studies and Politics of Space in Cooperation with RA9 Ecology and the Study of Culture and WG Europe's East.