Much emphasis has been placed in recent years on questions of conformity and everyday ordinariness in socialist societies. This project aims to look at increasingly forgotten elements in these societies: those who did not conform, did not live an ordinary life, yet were also part of the late socialist everyday. We intend to write these individuals and groups into the newly emerging history of late socialism and examine both their internal functioning as well as their complex relationship with mainstream society and socialist authorities.
Was it possible to drop out from socialist society? How far could one distance oneself from the realties of late socialist life? What does the existence of alternative cultures and their daily practices say about the last three decades of socialism in Europe?
Did they hasten its decline — or were they indeed a factor in its longevity? Gabriel Jderu Bucharest : Agency and Liberty. Motorcycle Riding and Freedom Figuration in Romania between and Madigan Fichter NYU , Islamic identity and practice in Bosnia and Bulgarian student politics and counterculture, Ewgeniy Kasakow Bremen , The History of Siberian Punk Underground -- from Antisovietism to Nationalbolshevism. Jeff Hayton Illinois , Ignoring Dictatorship?
Punk Rock, Alternative Subculture, and Political Challenge in the German Democratic Republic. Vlad Strukov Leeds and Daria Kostina Yekaterinburg , The Failed Engineer? Alternative Artistic Practices in Late-Socialist Yekaterinburg, USSR. Patryk Wasiak Wroclaw , Polish youth, home computers and social identities during the system transition of Sara Kurpiers Blaylock UC Santa Cruz , The body as machine: System contact in the art of the Auto-Perforation Artists, Dresden Irina Costache Central European University , The Biography of a Scandal: yoga experiments during late state socialism in Romania.
Dariusz Stola Polish Academy of Sciences , Opting out of the socialist economy: Polish migrants and the second economy in s. Alle Rechte an Texten, Bildern und sonstigen Inhalten liegen bei Clio-online, H-NET und H-Soz-Kult Redaktion: hsk. ISSN: H-Soz-Kult Connections Zeitgeschichte Digital docupedia zeitgeschichte Zeitgeschichte-online Zeithistorische Forschungen Projekte Visual History Europäische Geschichte Erster Weltkrieg arthist. DE EN. Q Clio-online Rubriken Mediadaten AGB Datenschutz Impressum Abonnement Spenden VG Wort Chancen Stipendien Stellen Wohnungen Studiengänge Forum Diskussionen Forschungsberichte Miszellen Nachrichten Projekte Web News Rezensionen Digital Media Ausstellungsrezensionen Buchrezensionen Webrezensionen Review-Symposia Termine Tagungsberichte Zeitschriften Suchen.
