{"id":1334,"date":"2010-11-30T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/stealth\/updates\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2017-04-20T19:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:48:26","slug":"taking-common-matter-into-your-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"Taking Common Matter into Your Own Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Taking Common Matter into Your Own Hands<\/em> (Uzeti zajedni\u010dku stvar u svoje ruke) is a research archive and series of open talks made for <em>SPAPORT Biennial: Where Everything is Yet to Happen<\/em>, 2010, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On an invitation of curators Ivana Bago and Antonia Maja\u010da, STEALTH went on a journey along the life story and archives of Ana\u2019s grandparents &#8211; Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107, who in the times of socialist Yugoslavia started up a number of economically viable initiatives involving workers, peasants and women. <em>Taking Common Matter into Your Own Hands<\/em> is not so much about highlighting the personal achievements of these two people; in the spirit of that time, they were obviously not the only ones. It is more about reflecting on the different aspects that motivated their activities and a possibility to use them as an inspiration for today &#8211; in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1848.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1848.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 150px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1848\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:150,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:1,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_06.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Vitaminol, Ka\u010danik and Banja Luka, documentation\" data-caption-desc=\"Vitaminol, Ka\u010danik and Banja Luka, documentation\" data-attachment-id=\"1415\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vitaminol, Ka\u010danik and Banja Luka, documentation\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_06\/3974642291.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_06\/4066905950.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_06\/3392685643.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Vitaminol, Ka\u010danik and Banja Luka, documentation<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Vitaminol, Ka\u010danik and Banja Luka, documentation<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_14.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1392\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_14\/3275071793.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_14\/3719664668.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_14\/3857046793.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_13.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1391\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_13\/1687098618.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_13\/2047812055.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_13\/1113548994.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_12.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Open conversation sessions during SPAPORT Biennial\" data-caption-desc=\"Open conversation sessions during SPAPORT Biennial\" data-attachment-id=\"1390\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Open conversation sessions during SPAPORT Biennial\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_12\/2048950805.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_12\/1688254264.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_12\/1559297581.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Open conversation sessions during SPAPORT Biennial<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Open conversation sessions during SPAPORT Biennial<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_01.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Exhibition view - SPAPORT Biennial, in the Factory Rudi \u010cajavec, Banja Luka\" data-caption-desc=\"Exhibition view - SPAPORT Biennial, in the Factory Rudi \u010cajavec, Banja Luka\" data-attachment-id=\"1380\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Exhibition view - SPAPORT Biennial, in the Factory Rudi \u010cajavec, Banja Luka\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_01\/3288651145.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_01\/3666141348.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_01\/3805587889.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Exhibition view - SPAPORT Biennial, in the Factory Rudi \u010cajavec, Banja Luka<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Exhibition view - SPAPORT Biennial, in the Factory Rudi \u010cajavec, Banja Luka<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Rajka and Vuka\u0161in]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through their life, Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107 lived in Belgrade and many places in former Yugoslavia and actively contributed to these environments. Starting from scratch every time, like nothing was ever done before, they embarked on a number of endeavours in the zeal of building a new society after the WW2. Following their pre WW2 experiments in Ka\u010danik, Kosovo, in 1946 they established and built <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.vitaminka-kreis.com\/aboutus\/#!\" target=\"_blank\">Vitaminka<\/a><\/em>, a fruit processing factory in Banja Luka (the factory still exists today), and as its directors team accomplished the first five-year plan. In the early 1950\u2019s, in the far away mountainous village Donji Dubac, Serbia, they self-initiated the Orlujak, herbal production and processing cooperative (Orlujak, zadruga za proizvodnju i preradu lekovitog bilja) and the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snovalica.com\/sr\/dragacevska-zadruga-zena\" target=\"_blank\">Draga\u010devo women cooperative<\/a><\/em> (Draga\u010devska zadruga \u017eena) \u2013 the latter which grew to a couple of hundred female members who would through weaving make their own economy, and would travel the world. One of the remarkable documents from this time is a documentary film The Best Husband (1968), by Vera Joci\u0107.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1849.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1849.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 150px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1849\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:150,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:1,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_11.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Best Husband election, Donji Dubac, Serbia (1967) - base for the documentary film by Vera Joci\u0107\" data-caption-desc=\"The Best Husband election, Donji Dubac, Serbia (1967) - base for the documentary film by Vera Joci\u0107\" data-attachment-id=\"1389\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Best Husband election, Donji Dubac, Serbia (1967) - base for the documentary film by Vera Joci\u0107\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_11\/1937977582.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_11\/36484214.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_11\/186847309.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The Best Husband election, Donji Dubac, Serbia (1967) - base for the documentary film by Vera Joci\u0107<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The Best Husband election, Donji Dubac, Serbia (1967) - base for the documentary film by Vera Joci\u0107<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_010.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" data-caption-desc=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" data-attachment-id=\"1388\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" height=\"300\" width=\"328\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_010\/377511656.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_010\/2243993190.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_010\/2294188341.jpg 3x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_010\/1624094425.jpg 4x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22328%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20328%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Draga\u010devo Women's Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Draga\u010devo Women's Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_09.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" data-caption-desc=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" data-attachment-id=\"1387\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" height=\"300\" width=\"272\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_09\/269151280.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_09\/4050107860.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_09\/4164460141.jpg 3x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_09\/2347149774.jpg 4x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22272%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20272%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Draga\u010devo Women's Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Draga\u010devo Women's Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_08.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" data-caption-desc=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" data-attachment-id=\"1386\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_08\/245725919.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_08\/375524227.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_08\/1120663854.jpg 3x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_08\/2698458461.jpg 4x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Draga\u010devo Women's Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Draga\u010devo Women's Coopeative keywords: self-empowerment, emancipation, (on the) road<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_07.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Over 50 years of the &quot;Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Cooperative&quot; in Donji Dubac, Serbia\" data-caption-desc=\"Over 50 years of the &quot;Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Cooperative&quot; in Donji Dubac, Serbia\" data-attachment-id=\"1385\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Over 50 years of the &quot;Draga\u010devo Women&#039;s Cooperative&quot; in Donji Dubac, Serbia\" height=\"300\" width=\"564\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_07\/2063258785.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_07\/896877538.jpg 2x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22564%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20564%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Over 50 years of the \"Draga\u010devo Women's Cooperative\" in Donji Dubac, Serbia<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Over 50 years of the \"Draga\u010devo Women's Cooperative\" in Donji Dubac, Serbia<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_05.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition\" data-caption-desc=\"Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition\" data-attachment-id=\"1384\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_05\/3940173229.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_05\/4099567744.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_05\/3423222165.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_04.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition\" data-caption-desc=\"Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition\" data-attachment-id=\"1383\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_04\/1979428007.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_04\/1803262346.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_04\/1395380383.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Vitaminka keywords: work collective, education through work, competition<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_03.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The beginnings of the &quot;Vitaminka&quot; factory, set in Banja Luka (1946-1950), started out as a small private production of squeezed juices\" data-caption-desc=\"The beginnings of the &quot;Vitaminka&quot; factory, set in Banja Luka (1946-1950), started out as a small private production of squeezed juices\" data-attachment-id=\"1382\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The beginnings of the &quot;Vitaminka&quot; factory, set in Banja Luka (1946-1950), started out as a small private production of squeezed juices\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_03\/2906338255.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_03\/3015378658.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_03\/2347454455.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The beginnings of the \"Vitaminka\" factory, set in Banja Luka (1946-1950), started out as a small private production of squeezed juices<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The beginnings of the \"Vitaminka\" factory, set in Banja Luka (1946-1950), started out as a small private production of squeezed juices<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_02.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107, in Ka\u010danik, Kosovo, 1935\" data-caption-desc=\"Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107, in Ka\u010danik, Kosovo, 1935\" data-attachment-id=\"1381\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107, in Ka\u010danik, Kosovo, 1935\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_02\/3438186371.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_02\/3530472110.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Taking_Common_Matter_into_Your_Own_Hands_img_02\/3929994171.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107, in Ka\u010danik, Kosovo, 1935<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Rajka and Vuka\u0161in Borojevi\u0107, in Ka\u010danik, Kosovo, 1935<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[resonance]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Ana:) &#8220;I knew these stories since my childhood, but now looking back we detected that they resonate quite well with current, even &#8216;fashionable&#8217; strands present in the contemporary art world like self-organisation, collectivism, radical education, the socialist project as an emancipatory opportunity, or the empowerment of women. However, these concepts do not easily connect to concepts like competition and profit making.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is this ability to connect all of them, and <em>entrepreneurship<\/em> (the act of organizing and managing an enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk &#8211; to undertake, attempt, begin up on, fall, initiate, set about, set to, take on, take over, to take upon one\u2026), something that made Rajka&#8217;s and Vuka\u0161in&#8217;s life story exiting and worth telling to the others? Entrepreneurship is usually related to a certain economy and can be even translated as &#8216;capitalist&#8217;. But how does it work when entrepreneurship has a social relevance or is even primarily based on it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[social entrepreneurship today]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In last two decades in Bosnia and Herzegovina (or Serbia or Croatia for that matter) little has been left of any social trace in entrepreneurship. However, since the start of the economic crisis in 2008, the socially relevant side of business has become more and more important and present in the global discussion. What would socially engaged business and economy be in Bosnia and Herzegovina today, beyond humanitarian crisis, foreign support and external funding?<\/p>\n<p>Starting from fragments originating from Rajka&#8217;s and Vuka\u0161in&#8217;s rich private archive, <em>Taking Common Matter into Your Own Hands<\/em> constructs a personal and subjective interpretation of the possibilities and motives of entrepreneurship from the life of these two people \u2013 and bridges it through a set of &#8216;open talks&#8217; to the current context of Banja Luka and Bosnia and Herzegovina. \u201cArchival materials that document these initiatives are not just notes from the past but a proposal for the future, examples of a committed and emancipatory entrepreneurial activity as a possible signpost for being able to come to grips with the present social and economic situation of the region, which has been violated by the aggressive and frequently rapinous privatisation and transition to a neoliberal model. With a series of open conversations, the archive, through the interventions of the participants, is activated and transformed, opening up a potential for the imagination of a self-organised and emancipatory activity now and in the future\u201d (Ivana Bago and Antonia Majaca in the exhibition catalogue).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>[download ] Taking Common Matter into Your Own Hands &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WEIYTH_EXPOSURES_STEALTH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">26 pages extensive research archive from the SPAPORT catalogue<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[team ] Ana D\u017eoki\u0107 and Marc Neelen<\/li>\n<li>[thanks to] Branka Borojevi\u0107-D\u017eoki\u0107 and Zvijezdana Veselinovi\u0107<\/li>\n<li>[curators ] Ivana Bago and Antonia Maja\u010da (DeLVe)<\/li>\n<li>[organisers ] Protok Association, Banja Luka<\/li>\n<li>[background ] Made in and for the context of SPAPORT Biennial: Where Everything Is Yet To Happen, 2nd chapter: Exposures, in Rudi \u010cajavec factory, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within the project three &#8216;open conversations&#8217; sessions were organised with participants from different backgrounds (economy, art, history, tourism, architecture, cultural management). The installation included the documentary film Najbolji mu\u017e (Dunav film, 1968), by Vera Joci\u0107.<br \/>\nFollowing SPAPORT, Taking common matter into your own hands was exhibited at the Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development at the University of Banja Luka, 13 December 2010 \u2013 28 February 2011.<\/li>\n<li>[timeline ] exhibition: 30 october \u2013 30 november, 2010, open talks: 2 \u2013 6 november 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[publicity ] SEEcult, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecult.org\/vest\/uzeti-zajednicku-stvar-u-ruke\" target=\"_blank\">article &#8216;Uzeti zajedni\u010dku stvar u svoje ruke&#8217;<\/a> (01\/11\/2010, in Serbian), Kulturpunkt, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulturpunkt.hr\/content\/ovo-je-zemlja-za-nas\" target=\"_blank\">article &#8216;Ovo je zemlja za nas&#8217;<\/a> about SPAPORT Biennial (02\/01\/2011, in Croatian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking Common Matter into Your Own Hands (Uzeti zajedni\u010dku stvar u svoje ruke) is a research archive and series of open talks made for SPAPORT Biennial: Where Everything is Yet to Happen, 2010, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On an invitation of curators Ivana Bago and Antonia Maja\u010da, STEALTH went on a journey along the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1334\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/taking_common_matter-featured.jpg?fit=1200%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wVbE-lw","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1850,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}