Liminal Thoughts on Balkanism, Gentrification, and Nostalgia
Barbora Ilič (ed.)
The book Where Them Stray Dogs At presents the work of a collective of authors who use Belgrade as a conceptual starting point. Although the theme of the book is rooted in one specific location,… Read more
The book Where Them Stray Dogs At presents the work of a collective of authors who use Belgrade as a conceptual starting point. Although the theme of the book is rooted in one specific location, it explores broader meanings and identities that have long been attributed to the so-called Balkans as a cultural region. Through various approaches, the contributors create a series of fragmentary yet inevitably interconnected commentaries on topics such as authenticity, migration, urban transformation, and Balkanism.
The book’s subtitle, Liminal Thoughts on Balkanism, Gentrification, and Nostalgia, signals the transitional nature of unanchored—sometimes even stray—perspectives of authorship. By reflecting on their own positions and the tensions between personal and collective narratives, the individual approaches in the book interweave into a layered exploration of liminal spaces between development and decay, past and present, belonging and alienation.
