{"id":1960,"date":"2013-05-23T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2016-10-12T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T11:56:38","slug":"very-normal-very-normal-on-a-utopia-of-urban-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1960","title":{"rendered":"Very Normal, Very Normal \u2013 On a Utopia of Urban Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Very Normal, Very Normal \u2013 On a Utopia of Urban Rights<\/em><\/strong><strong> explores the potential for utopian visions of the future for Sarajevo. What Sarajevo could become in the future and how it might look, we asked 13 individuals, from whom we expected strong indications, or challenging suggestions if nothing else. Instead, after many hours of lively discussions, we came to realise that the scope of a \u201cutopian\u201d projection today resembles that what was once considered normal. Normality itself has become a utopia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1971.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1971.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-1971\" 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\/09\/IMG_2975.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-caption-desc=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-attachment-id=\"1970\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2975\/682776011.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2975\/2030071007.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2975\/4087518688.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\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/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\/09\/IMG_2977.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-caption-desc=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-attachment-id=\"1969\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2977\/1485335920.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2977\/154817636.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2977\/2207821147.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\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/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\/09\/IMG_2980.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-caption-desc=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-attachment-id=\"1967\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2980\/1181963138.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2980\/398551702.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2980\/2640548777.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\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/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 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class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/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\/09\/IMG_2983.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-caption-desc=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-attachment-id=\"1965\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2983\/1820771817.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2983\/1026882813.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2983\/3080062402.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\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/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\/09\/IMG_2985.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-caption-desc=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" data-attachment-id=\"1964\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Very Normal, Very Normal\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2985\/4174677162.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2985\/2842082750.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/09\/IMG_2985\/600065153.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\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Very Normal, Very Normal<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<br \/>\nUnderstanding what normality in a city like Sarajevo might entail, we compared the European Urban Charter 1 &amp; 2, based on a hard-to-object and wonderful idea of a city for everyone and everyday, with the reality of the city. According to the Council of Europe, these documents, the first one drafted in 1992 and its important revision from 2008, detail what the urban environment should provide for the European citizen. Nothing utopian \u2013 but, at first glance, rather an attainable state of utter normality.<\/p>\n<p>Confronting the points outlined in the Charter with the viewpoints and opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro.ba\/utopia\/case-studies\/cities-log-joint-case-study\/sarajevo-cities-log\/very-normal-very-normal-or-on-utopia-of-urban-rights\/video-documentation\/\" target=\"_blank\">13 thinkers, writers, designers, cultural producers and critics<\/a>\u00a0we spoke with in Sarajevo &#8211; about what the ideal city of the future should be &#8211; the normative character of this document quickly becomes subverted. Fragments of the conversations about Sarajevo, a city so burdened by the past that it barely consciously lives in the present moment, arranged by the points of the Charter, indicate elusive and utopian character of its, actually, very normal standards. The absurdity of the expected rights to the city in the context of Sarajevo, combined with the aspirations of our interviewees towards devising normalcy, have provided a framework for a search of utopia today.<\/p>\n<p>The publication <em>Very Normal, Very Normal<\/em> leads us through doubts, dilemmas, flashes of utopia, pessimism, occasional optimism, motivations, and a couple of brilliant ideas about today\u2019s Sarajevo and its possible future. The accompanying Pickpad poster takes us to the year 2023. The time in which there is no more transition, a time of retro-utopia and black humour, a time in which this city has finally landed in the hands of its citizens.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>[download ] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/very.normal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Very Normal, Very, Normal or On a\u00a0Utopia Of Urban Rights<\/a><\/strong> (pdf, English and BSH)<\/li>\n<li>[hardcopy ] ISBN 978-9958-9510-8-4 \/ CIP 821.163.4.(497.6)-83(082)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[research and text ] STEALTH.unlimited (Ana D\u017eoki\u0107, Marc Neelen), Asja Hafner and Anja Bogojevi\u0107<\/li>\n<li>[conversation partners ] Stjepan Ro\u0161, Neboj\u0161a Jovanovi\u0107, Faruk \u0160ehi\u0107, Sabina \u0106udi\u0107, Nejra Nuna \u010cengi\u0107, Amer Tikve\u0161a, Namik Kabil, Slobodan An\u0111eli\u0107, Sa\u0161a Madacki, Suada Kapi\u0107, Adnan Haramba\u0161i\u0107, Zoran \u0106ati\u0107, Nihad \u010cengi\u0107. We wish to thank them for thirteen insightful conversations and deliberations in and on Sarajevo \u2013 that form the base for this publication.<\/li>\n<li>[\u201cpickpad\u201d addition, special contribution ] Nenad Veli\u010dkovi\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[videos ] Ervin Pra\u0161ljivi\u0107 and Asja Hafner<\/li>\n<li>[design and illustrations ] Enes Husein\u010dehaji\u0107<\/li>\n<li>[photography ] Feka Jusovi\u0107, February 2012<\/li>\n<li>[transcript ] Ana Hafner<\/li>\n<li>[proof reading ] Kenan Efendi\u0107<\/li>\n<li>[translation ] Enes Zlatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[publisher ] SCCA\/pro.ba<\/li>\n<li>[print ] Amos Graf, Sarajevo \u2013 May 2013, 500 copies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[special thanks to ] Ervin Pra\u0161ljivi\u0107, Aida Hajro Ines Lati\u0107 and Dunja Bla\u017eevi\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[background ] <em>Very normal, very normal<\/em> is the fourth part of the <em>Cities Log<\/em> research series, initiated by STEALTH.inlimited and investigating the contemporary development of cities in the region of post-Yugoslavia and Albania. It takes place the project <em>Individual Utopia Now and Then \u2013 Discontinuity of Generation Dialogue or What Do We Have in Common?<\/em> The project\u00a0<em>Individual Utopia Now and Then\u00a0has\u00a0<\/em>been\u00a0supported by the Swiss Cultural Program in the Western Balkans, the Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Cultural Foundation and the ERSTE Stiftung.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>[timeline ]\u00a0February 2012 \u2013 May 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very Normal, Very Normal \u2013 On a Utopia of Urban Rights explores the potential for utopian visions of the future for Sarajevo. What Sarajevo could become in the future and how it might look, we asked 13 individuals, from whom we expected strong indications, or challenging suggestions if nothing else. 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