1st Edition
After Utopia Leftist Imaginaries and Activist Politics in the Postsocialist World
Introduction- After Utopia: Leftist imaginaries and activist politics in the postsocialist world
Larisa Kurtović and Nelli Sargsyan
1. An archive to build a future: The recovery and rediscovery of the history of socialist associations in contemporary Bosnia- Herzegovina
Larisa Kurtović
2. Thinking through positionality in post- socialist politics: Researching contemporary social movements in Ukraine
Emily S. Channell-Justice
3. Experience- sharing as feminist praxis: Imagining a future of collective care in Armenia
Nelli Sargsyan
4. Movements upon movements: Refugee and activist struggles to open the Balkan route to Europe
Nadia El- Shaarawi and Maple Razsa
Biography
Larisa Kurtović is a political anthropologist who conducts research on activist politics, postsocialist transformation and the aftermath of international intervention in postwar Bosnia. She is currently Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Nelli Sargsyan, as a feminist, situates herself at the disciplinary intersections of political anthropology, queer studies, and critical race studies, among others. Most recently she has been interested in political work that cultivates feminist consciousness and collective care, whether it be through direct street action, public performance, or feminist fabulation.
