What makes a house my home? Faced with an empty house, one often feels lost. It’s a feeling experienced by many who have had to flick after a significant change in their lives. For those who have lived through war, an empty house can represent a suspended life, a time frozen, waiting for a new […]

«There is a word that I have not yet found in Italian and wish existed: Tuđina. […] It means everything you go through in the integration process: hostility, not being understood, not being considered, being mistreated… this word means ‘tear that never falls’. It is a sad word that never leaves you. It means not […]

At the beginning of the 1990s, Split was a gloomy place. The military front line was about 30 kilometres away as the crow flies. The city was more or less cut off from northern Croatia, and the journey to the capital often took 12 hours. In Croatia, Split carried the flattering title of the grad […]

This story about civil society in Split is based on interviews conducted in 2023 and 2024 with some of the actors on the Split civil scene. It is primarily based on the information obtained through these interviews. The text demonstrates the formative nature of working with refugees in the 1990s for the Split NGO scene. […]

Home is where the heart is. Home is where you feel safe, where your family and your kids and partner are. Home is where you feel accepted, acknowledged, and established. Recognized, respected, relaxed. Home is where I am. Wherever I live, I feel at home. I can establish a home wherever I go. Home is […]

«Even though we had moved into a house that was too small, I felt like I was in an environment that reminded me of my home in Serbia. There was a courtyard shared with other families. They were farmers. We often met, and we talked. Those people were very welcoming to us. But to have […]

Collection day refers to a public event where individuals are invited to share objects with personal and symbolic significance. These can provide a unique perspective that is often lacking in official documents. The concept initially developed in the U.S. as “History Harvest” has evolved with the growth of interest in oral history and the documentation […]

Youth’s perspectives on the concept of home «No matter what kind of home I have got, I cherish it and love it a lot.It is simple and modest, but it’s mine, Here I am free, and I like it just fine.»Branko Ćopić, The Hedgehog’s Home Just like previous generations, the children’s story called Ježeva kućica (The Hedgehog’s […]

My students at the University of Regensburg and the University of Graz are predominantly located at home in the present. This is not surprising, as these 20-30-year-olds are building a home that is characterized by the completed separation from the parental home, stable friendships or partnerships, and the first children, thus the establishment of their […]

Laboratorio Lapsus has developed its approach from extensive experience in educational settings, working closely with middle and high school students through hands-on activities. The core of its work involves creating historical learning pathways that address contemporary issues, which has helped to understand the interests and concerns of young people and their teachers. One of the […]

Stitches consists of a series of short stories that originate from the same triggering moment – war – but are very different in format and content. It is diverse in terms of time, generation, and genre. How did the selection of the stories actually take place? What was important to you in the final selection, […]

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the abandonment of the communist project in Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century, it seemed that the political-economic regime of liberal democracy, specifically in its neoliberal variant as envisioned and championed especially by Ronald Reagan in the United States and Margaret Thatcher in the […]