Youth Center CK13 and Alternative cultural organization AKO
With support of British Embassy Belgrade
organizing
ENTER UK 2008:
Influences of British culture & subculture on Serbian culture scene & social life
8th, 9th and 10th july 2008.
Space of Youth Center CK13 / free entrance for all events
Today, contemporary multicultural societies, such is most of the European societies, are not based exclusively on traditionalism and nationalism, but rather on the values of multiculturalism, diversities and respect for the otherness. It would be very difficult to distinguish British culture, for example, from diverse influences of West Indies, India, Pakistan and African culture, making it even richer. This diverse and even opposite identities are connected into one in mostly successful way.
But British society didn’t adopt new identity without problems and conflicts: society who’s identity was based on colonial experience and idea of Empire and civilizing mission in the World was forced to deal with itself and to search for new identity/identities in the post-colonial time. This process was marked with different problems, but Britain managed to overcome it: example which can be useful for other countries and societies in similar position, on West Balkan especially.
Important part of social identity and one of the most important cultural categories is pop-culture, and specific humor and humorous series as relevant part of it, as major British cultural “product” in the last half of the century exported to the rest of the world and also to Western Balkan.
The pop-culture is maybe the biggest British “gift” to Civilization. History of 20th century and modern free-time culture can’t be imagined without cultural influences, which were coming from “the islands”. British society was pioneer of pop-culture in the last 50 years: all important and influential cultural movements were coming from Liverpool, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Brighton… Teddy boys in the late 50’s, mod and rock culture in the 60’s, “rock revolution” from Liverpool, “electro revolution” from Manchester, London as capitol city of the modern World. Specific dress codes of subcultures, from “London-shoes” and Dr Marten boots to black and white dress combination of SKA and “Union Jack” as world-wide known brand, who had impact in almost every corner of the Planet.
British humor is a one very specific and very recognizable category of popular culture. It is one of the “typically British things”, almost a stereotype like “five o’ clock tea”, wearing umbrella or black cab on the streets of London. Without any doubt its one of the best export products of British culture. But what is so specific in it and why the humorous series from Great Britain are having so much success in other societies? Questioning yourself is most important task for every individual, and the British humor show us that in very specific way.
Day 1, Tuesday, July 8th
17h: Public Debate: Identity of Contemporary Britain
Speakers: Marko Macura, Dušan Ristić, Petar Atanacković
19h: Screening of the movie: East is east (1999, UK, director Damien O’ Donnell)
After: Music part
British alternative music sceen (Asian Dub Foundation, Punjaby MC, FUNdaMental etc.)
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Day 2, Wednesday, July 9th
17h: Public Debate: British pop culture and its influences
Speakers: Teofil Pančić, Igor Todorović Zgro, Stevan Gojkov Goja
19h: Screening of the movie: Two Tone Britain (TV documentary, 2004, director: Jason Collier)
After: Music party
OLD YOUTH (Ska, Reggae, Brit-pop)
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Day 3, Thursday, July 10th
16h: Screening interupted with short Debate: British Humor as brand
Speakers: Aleksej Kišjuhas, David Myers
Only fools and horses (one episode)
Fawlty Towers (one episode)
Monthy Python Flying Circus (one episode)
Black Adder (one episode)
After: Music part British music (rock, mod, punk, etc.)
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Production:
Alternative Cultural Organization - AKO
Vojvode Bojovića 13, Novi Sad
mail: altkult@gmail.com
Tel/fax: +381 (0)21 4737 601
Youth Center CK13
Vojvode Bojovića 13, Novi Sad
mail: office@ck13.org
url: www.ck13.org
www.myspace.com/crnakuca
Tel/fax: +381 (0)21 4737 601
In cooperation with:
The British Embassy, Belgrade
Resavska 46
11000 Belgrade
Tel: +381 (11) 2645 055
www.britishembassy.gov.uk/serbia
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