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Resistance features a selection of overtly non-conformist positions in the contemporary visual art scene of Albania vis-à-vis the most recent social, political, and economic turmoils in the Western Balkans – a region marked by the dark side of political governances that have remained “democratic” in their outward appearance (especially toward the European Union), while dramatically leaning toward autocratic regimes in the eyes of their own citizens.Regardless of their citizens’ primary interests, and despite some positive signals surfacing in the international media, almost every attempt to establish lasting conditions for democratic governance in the Western Balkans has been shrouded in the veil of profit-driven political scandals, personal greed for more and more power over the people’s rights, and the extinction of public property in pursuit of social elite’s corporate and private interests. Additionally, and more specifically related to Tirana, artists and citizens have, over the years, been involved in various types of revolt, expressing their disagreements with the ongoing destruction of public property in the name of “modernization and development”: a movement led by local political powers through financially and strategically motivated processes of architectural cannibalism – not only at the expense of erasing Albanian cultural heritage or long-term residents’ habitats, but also at the expense of taking human lives under the pretext of “urbanization.” The most obvious instance of this economy of destruction was the complex of buildings linked to the National Theater of Albania in downtown Tirana that has served as a symbolic and material place of citizens’ resistance: for more than two years, together with local artists, they have been opposing the government’s plans to demolish the old complex in order to build a new one – until this finally happened in Spring 2020, in the midst of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic.Rooted in the atmosphere of the National Theater Protests in Tirana, RESISTANCE was conceived in Summer 2019 by ZETA Center for Contemporary Art as the International Artists-in-Residence Program, in cooperation with three partner organizations from Kosovo, Serbia and North Macedonia (Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art in Prishtina; Ilija & Mangelos Foundation in Novi Sad; and Faculty of Things That Can’t Be Learned in Bitola) and supported by Swiss Cultural Fund in Albania, a project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Gradually, the project expanded into an exhibition (Heterotopias of Resistance, curated by Blerta Hoçia and featuring works by Lori Lako, Fatlum Doçi, Edona Kryeziu, Nina Galiç, Darko Vukiç, Nikola Slavevski, and Natasha Nedelkova) and a series of interviews and panel discussions (with contributions by Lindita Komani, Edmond Budina, Ervin Goci, Ergin Zaloshnja, Pleurad Xhafa, Gentian Shkurti, Stefano Romano, Luçjan Bedeni, HAVEIT, Leonard Qylafi, Jonida Gashi, and Fatmira Nikolli). The results of both have been collected and presented in the format of a publication that, besides serving as an indispensable reading material concerning visual arts and politics in contemporary Albania, especially to those abroad, functions by itself as a form of resistance against contagious cultural policies in weak post-socialist “democracies” in Southeastern Europe.

Albania;art residency;political activism;political art;protest;resistance;Western Balkans

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Les Cahiers balkaniques sont nés en 1981 à l’INALCO. Cette revue est destinée à publier des travaux de recherche effectués par les membres des différents groupes constitués à l’intérieur du Centre d'études balkaniques.

Balkan Peninsula --- Balkans --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Cultuur. --- Balkan Peninsula. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- area studies --- lingustics --- literature --- history --- geography --- Balkan States --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Europe, Eastern --- Eastern Europe

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Études Balkaniques est consacrée aux recherches interdisciplinaires sur les mondes hellénique et balkanique dans une perspective diachronique. La revue publie un numéro thématique annuel regroupant des contributions de spécialistes internationaux. Elle comprend également une section destinée à des travaux proposés par de jeunes chercheurs. La revue a été fondée en 1994 par l’Association Pierre Belon, qui regroupe des historiens, pour beaucoup, à l'époque, membres du Centre d'Etudes byzantines, post-byzantines et sud-est européennes de l’EHESS. La revue reçoit le soutien de l'École française d'Athènes. La dernière publication sur ce site est le numéro 14 de 2007.

Balkan Peninsula --- Balkans --- History --- Periodicals. --- Histoire --- Périodiques --- Arts and Humanities --- Périodiques --- EJETUDE EJHISTO EJPOLIT EJRELAT EJSOCIA EPUB-ALPHA-E EPUB-PER-FT REVORG-E --- Balkan States --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Balkan Peninsula.

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Social conditions. --- Europe, Eastern --- Europe, Southern --- Balkan Peninsula --- Europe de l'Est --- Europe méridionale --- Balkans --- Balkan Peninsula. --- Eastern Europe. --- Southern Europe. --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Comparative studies --- Periodicals. --- Southern Europe --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Balkan States --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe

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This study provides new horizons on how Kosovo has shaped the new Europe - breaking down traditional assumptions in the field of security studies by sidelining the theoretical worldview that underlies mainstream strategic thinking on recent events in Kosovo.

National security. --- National security - Europe. --- Nationalism. --- National security --- Kosovo War, 1998-1999 --- Nationalism --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Kosovo War, 1998-1999. --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. --- Kosovo (Republic) --- Ethnic relations. --- Kosovo Conflict, 1998-1999 --- Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999 --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- NAVO --- OTAN --- nato --- security --- kosovo --- balkans --- Europe --- Russia --- Serbia --- Serbs --- United Nations --- Western world