This is my attempt at writing a travelogue from my current trip around Central America – hopefully it continues regularly, but no guarantees. I’ll do a few posts with just the ususa where to go what to do stuff later “Manny, we will suck your dick for a beer!” This cry of desperation came from one of the Canadian Bros on our truck, as it … Continue reading Leon/Las Penitas, Nicaragua
Gosti poslednje epizode prve sezone Pokretača, Aleksandra Cvetković (koju znate iz 12. epizode) i Nemanja Potrebić iz Via Serbia, prirodnjačkog kluba koji stremi povezivanju ljudi u Srbiji, i šire, sa prirodom. Naši gosti su takođe podelili i par saveta o tome kako uživati u prirodi zimi, kao i svoja omiljena mesta u Srbiji (moja su ovde, a i moja drugarica Jelena je napisala zašto treba da … Continue reading Pokretači 1.18 Via Serbia
The extended holiday season in Serbia finally ends with a bang and a hangover on Serbian New Year’s day, on January 14. Like our belated Christmas, it is a consequence of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s continued adherence to the old Julian calendar, which lags 13 days behind the predominantly used Gregorian calendar. Unlike Christmas, Serbian New Year’s eve is a very raucous affair and a … Continue reading Serbian New Year: the perfect time to start appreciating Turbofolk
“Ako uspete u Srbiji, možete uspeti bilo gde drugde” Braća Mirko i Stefan Lazar Larazervić su ljudi iza, po mom mišljenju, najbolje hamburgerdžinice u Beogradu: Burger House-a (FB, Instagram). Pričali su o tajnama iza njihovih preukusnih burgera, ne samo o sastojcima koje brižljivo biraju i često prave sami, već i kako su se od svojih početaka u 2013. marljivo i promišljeno bavili izazovima ugostiteljtva u … Continue reading Pokretači 1.17. Burger House Beograd
For a nation that takes immense pride in its famous sons and daughters, the Serbian public’s apparent disinterest in Marina Abramovic’s global success as an artist is an aberration. Despite the fact that Abramovic is by far the most acclaimed living artist from the former Yugoslavia, the average Serb would probably not know her name. She is mostly absent from the Serbian press, there are … Continue reading Understanding Marina Abramovic
ARTEZ iliti Andrej Žikić se bavi uličnom umetnošću od 2003. Sada njegovi nadrealni murali krase zidove širom sveta: od Urugvaja do Finske, i od Indije do Brazila. Andrej je podelio svoj fascinantan transkontinentalni put od 14. Beogradske gimnazije, preko Arhitektonskog Fakulteta do učešća na svetskim StreetArt festivalima. Beleške Behance profil Sanje Milanov StreetSmart Belgrade Andrejev profil o nomadskom životu Street art umetnici: ARYZ Vhils Theic … Continue reading Pokretači 1.16 ARTEZ
A century ago, twin revolutions enveloped Imperial Russia, already weakened by participation in World War I. The February Revolution dismantled the centuries-old autocratic system by ousting the Tsar, while the October Revolution marked the rise of the Bolsheviks who were to emerge victorious from a five-year civil war against the remaining royalists and other opponents, and ultimately proclaim the Soviet Union. This turmoil, which set … Continue reading The Refugees Who Built Modern Belgrade
Twenty years ago, while the embers of war in Bosnia and Croatia were still smouldering, Bulgarian historian Maria Todorova published “Imagining the Balkans”. In this seminal work, she detailed the ways in which the Balkans have been perceived and documented for centuries both home and aboard – most often as a somewhat brutal and uncivilised forecourt of Europe. Todorova called this discourse “Balkanism” as homage … Continue reading Westsplaining the Balkans
Želite da pokrenete nešto sledeće godine? Pre nego što to uradite poslušajte savete “serijskog” pokretača Nemanje Cerovca. Nemanja ima izuzteno iskustvo na domaćoj start-up sceni: od već izuzteno uspešnog Fishing Bookera, preko platforme za digitalne nomade Laptop Friendly, do Rafdasha, novog projekta za upošljavanje progamera u Silicijumskoj dolini. Iako je ova epizoda duža, ona zaista vredi – pretresli smo puno toga: od investiranja u … Continue reading Pokretači 1.15 Nemanja Cerovac
Probably the most confusing thing about Serbia to foreigners —after the fact that it is not Siberia— is that Christmas is celebrated on 7 January. Technically, however, it is not. It is celebrated on 25 December according to the Julian calendar, which is still in use by the Serbian Orthodox Church. However, this calendar is 13 days out of sync with the more commonly used … Continue reading Christmas in Serbia: A Beginner’s Guide
There is no denying that Belgrade is a city best enjoyed from April to October. Apart from the cheer over the extended holiday season (lasting roughly from Gregorian Christmas on 25th December to Julian New Year on 14th January), between November and March, the city is quieter, people are more irritable, while grey dilapidated facades and rusty infrastructure show themselves more against the gloomy winter … Continue reading 10 ways to win at winter in Belgrade
Mindy je edukativna i kreativna igirica sa velikom idejom: ona želi da pomogne mališanima koji pate od poremećaja pažnje i hiperaktivnosti (takođe znani kao ADHD ili ADD). Stefan Branković, njen pokretač, nam je pričao o ideji iza njegove sjajne igrice, njenom razvoju i kako je Mindy bio deo Global Impact Acceleratora koji je deo SLUSHa, prestižnog okupljanja startoupva u Helsinkiju. Mindy je bio jedan od … Continue reading Pokretači 1.14 Mindy
“Immediately connected to Dorćol, which […] had a completely oriental look, there was a Jewish mahala [district], which was mostly inhabited by Jews from Spain (…). However, even though next to Solunska [Thessaloniki street], whose name reminds us Serbian pretensions, we find Jevrejska [Jewish], Mojsijeva [Moses] and other streets with names from the Old Testament, there is no ghetto in Belgrade. The Serb, who was … Continue reading Hidden Belgrade (23): Jalija, Belgrade’s lost Jewish neighbourhood
rva regionalna emisija sa Kukicom iz Podgorice! Beleške i linkovi Kukicu možete kontaktirati preko njihovog sajta, Facebooka i Instagrama. M:telova start-up akademija i novi hub “Digitalna Fabrika”, se nalaze ovde. Zanimljivu priču o The Badgeru, start-upu sa bedževima možete pročitati ovde. Priča o Beeand.me, startupu sa pametnim košnicama, je ovde Pinjate iz Kotora su ovde. Sviđa vam se šta ste čuli? Lista prethodnih epizoda Pokretača je ovde. … Continue reading Pokretači 1.13 Kukica
Rising majestically above the rolling hills of Eastern Serbia, Rtanj mountain has long captured the imagination because of the strange, pyramidal shape of its highest peak, Siljak (1560m). The mountain’s reputation for the otherworldly goes way back, as a local legend says the mountain was the site of a castle of a powerful (and bling-loving) wizard who decked it out with gold and diamonds, before … Continue reading Serbia’s Magic Mountain
Uprkos nagradi za najbolji dugometražni film na IDFA, dobrom prijemu na Filmskom Festivalu u Torontu i skoro jednoglasnom obožavanju u anti-nacionalističkom, pro-demokratskom delu srpske javnosti “Druga strana svega” Mile Turajlić, ne uspeva da stvori koherentnu priču, niti da dovoljno istražuje mnoga zanimljiva pitanja koja postavlja, pa na momente deluje kao vema dobro producirana montaža porodičnih videa i arhivskog materijala Razlog za to je najmanje što … Continue reading Druga strana svega (2017)
Zamišljate da ostavite sve i samo odete na dugu avanturu? Posle pobede na konkursu Ciklomotive, Ana (koju znate iz prve epizode) i Aleksandra su 21 dan vozile bicikl od Beograda do Manhajma u Nemačkoj. Pričali smo o pripremama, peripetijama, i, naravno, promenama koje su se desile tokom ove avanture. Ana i Aleksandra su takođe podelile i svoju top listu sa puta (veoma kosrisno ako idete … Continue reading Pokretači 1.12 Biciklom od Beograda do Manhajma – Ana Novaković i Aleksandra Cvetković
Marija je povezala svoju kreativnost, talenat za šivenje i mnoga poslovna iskustva kada je stvorila Maštalicu – proizvodnju “tihih knjiga”, koje pomažu najmlađima da razviju motoriku, pažnju i, naravno, maštu. Marijina divna ideja je naišla i na brzi uspeh jer je Maštalica, u saradanji sa projektom Artysh, jedan pobedinka na konkursu SUPERSTE koji je organizovala Erste banka u Srbiji. U ovoj epizodi pričamo o uživanju … Continue reading Pokretači 1.11 Marija Savić – Maštalica
“So, how is that different compared to any other country?” a Finnish visitor interrupted my wine-fuelled autopilot list of Serbia’s social ills: lack of strategic direction, ever-increasing inequality and cronyism. I paused. Weirdly, my list was not all too different from the headline issues in the Trump US , never mind the complaints you hear in any cab in the ex-Yugoslav states. My instinctual rant … Continue reading Why So Doomed? Serbia’s Depressing Exceptionalism
Od studentskog projekta do postavljanja mreže pametnih klupa po Londonu, i uskoro Detroitu, Strawberry Energy je primer uspeha u razvijajućem polju obnovljive energije. U jubilarnoj desetoj epizodi, gost je Miloš Milisavljević, osnivač Strawberry-a, koji deli priču o zaorketima, pokušajima i konačno istrajnosti koja je dovela Strawberry do Londona i prebacila ga preko Atlantika u partnerstvu sa Ford-om. Ukoliko želite da pratite nove uspehe Strawberry-a obavezno … Continue reading Pokretači 1.10 Miloš Milisavljević – Strawberry Energy
