This Publication brings together exhibitions made in Kassel, in the Kunsthalle Fridericanum and in several Balkan cities between 2003-2005. The Balkans is presented and analyzed as a model case for transculturality that spans political and ethnic divisions.  writes René Block and Markus Babies in their Preface

The essays are introduced by the Visual Essay of René Block, which documents the exhibition “In the Gorges of Balkan”. The photo-essay is titled

My Balkans. A visual Essay.

Contents:

Preface//Vorwort: René Block, Marius Babias

Reinventin the Balkans. The New War Economy and the Politics of Representation in Souztheastern Europe // Die Neuerfindung des Balkans. Die Neue Kriegsökonomie und die Politik der Repräsentation in Süderuropa ( Marius Babias)

The Center-Periphery Paradigm Once Again // Einmal Mehr: Das Zentrum-Peripherie-Paradigma (Bojana Pejić)

What is new in the reinvention of the Balkans”? // Was ist neu an der “Neuerfindung des Balkans”? (Rastko Močnik)

Imagining Balkan Art /Inventing Balkan Art. Western hegemony and Cultural Identity Change in the Balkans. // Die Erfindung der Balkan-Kunst. Westliche Hegemonie und Kulturelle Identitätsumwandlung in der Balkan-Regionen (Boris Burden)

IN thze citie of the Balkans // In Den Städten des Balkans ( Nataša Ilić)

Beyond the Balkns // Jenseits des Balkans (Barbara Heinrich)