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Although words such as feminism, gender, women are not in-cluded in the title, and are hardly mentioned in the whole text — they are at the very heart of it. It is only through feminist theory that I have realized what it means to have a non-smug theory that is not all about self-satisfaction, self-promotion, and self-preservation as is the case with most Western theoretical projects; it is only through feminist politics that I have discov-ered what it means to have politics that is not translated into the preservation of the status quo and/or reduced to an instrument of power. Generations of feminists are showing us how being politi-cal always calls for one’s own undoing; it involves re-imagining and re-inventing our own positions, locations, and belongings. And finally, it is a life of experiencing the invisibility of women’s thinking and doing that teaches us — if we want to make a dif-ference, if we are looking for a change — not to rely on what is visible, thinkable, sayable, audible, or generally, on what is given or taken for granted.

Predmet ove doktorske disertacije je analiza uticaja političke volje kao preduslova za usvajanje i primenu medijskih zakona u Republici Srbiji. Tu temu čini aktuelnom često isticanje pojma i značaja političke volje, koja se povezuje sa postojećim pravnim okvirom značajnim za rad medija i medijskih radnika u Srbiji. U ovom radu se geneza te problematike sagledava na deskriptivan i analitičan način. Detaljna analiza i dekonstrukcija ključnih pojmova, poput političke volje i zakona, međunarodnog i domaćeg pravnog i ustavnog okvira, ključnih domaćih i inostranih institucija, pružaju neophodnu osnovu za dalju naučnu nadogradnju ove tematike u drugom delu doktorata. Sadržaj ovog rada temeljno se uobličava detaljnom hronološkom sistematizacijom zakonodavnog okvira u periodima nastanka višepartijskog sistema, međunarodne izolacije i rata, tranzicije i konsolidacije, na osnovu analize ključnih pravnih akata, aktera i uticaja političke volje. Takvim pristupom se primereno kontekstualizuju specifične društveno-političke okolnosti i ključni događaji, u periodu od 1990. do 2020. godine, koji su determinisali političku volju od značaja za oblast izučavanja. U tu svrhu korišćena je inostrana i domaća stručna literatura, analizirani su pravni akti i navođeni citati iz izjava i svedočenja relevantnih protagonista tog vremena. Svi ti izvori su prvi put na ovaj način sistematizovani u celinu koja bi trebala da posluži budućem boljem razumevanju ove problematike. Cilj doktorata je da, koristeći se naučnim diskursom, brojnim pouzdanim izvorima za teze i zaključke proistekle iz ovog rada, doprinese boljem razumevanju ove značajne teme. Izlaganje i zaključci su u značajnoj meri zasnovani i na ličnom iskustvu autora koji je, u različitim ulogama, bio akter i svedok iz pozicije medija, politike, akademske i konsultantske pozicije.

Nasuprot brojnim istraživačkim prilozima koji se bave ispitivanjem političkih aspekata proizvodnje i ispoljavanja gej i lezbejskih identiteta u javnoj sferi, ovaj rad će se uključiti u manje razvijenu, ali postojeću, liniju istraživanja odnosa gej/lezbejskog identiteta i domaćeg prostora unutar izučavanja svakodnevice. Kroz istraživanje konceptualizacije doma i domaćeg prostora, i praksi njihove proizvodnje, želim da ispitam u kojoj meri gej/lezbejske osobe/parovi sopstveni domaći prostor konceptualizuju/proizvode kao izazov heteronormativnim konceptualizacijama doma kao esencijalno porodičnog (heteronormativnog) prostora, ili pak na različite načine pregovaraju ili se konformiraju sa dominantnom normom, i kako je to povezano sa njihovim viđenjem sebe, svakodnevnim životnim strategijama, i socijalnim pozicioniranjem. Against the grain of dominant preoccupations related to gay identities, oriented towards examinations of political aspects of production and performing gay identities in public, this paper is dealing with articulations between gay identities and domestic space. Through exploration of the ways homosexual people think about their domestic spaces, how they reflect on the ideas of home and belonging, and the home making practices they use in their everyday lives, I tried to show whether these ideas and imaginations, and accompanying practices, challenge the dominant hetero-normative conceptualizations of home as essentially family (hetero-normative) space, or gay people rather engage in various negotiations with and even conform to the dominant norm from multitude of reasons. Starting from the multiple meanings of home, elaborated by Agnes Heller, the results of our research also present the variety of the notions of home that are differently constructed, and related to different aspects of social reality and everyday experience of our interlocutors. Notions of “home” and feelings of “being at home” are related to varying elements: particularities of places, familiar people and family (home in people), feelings (of being accepted and being uninhibited), and emotionally and symbolically charged objects. In general, the notion of home as an emotional center prevails, and the physical, symbolical and emotional labor of the people who contribute to its constitution as a place of safety, acceptance, and freedom is critical in its creation and maintenance. Therefore, when this “homily” atmosphere is disrupted, either by disappear ance of loved ones or by profound change of any of important principles that build the feeling of “being at home”, the home itself ceases to exist.

U radu će biti razmatrano uzajamno konstituisanje gej identiteta i potrošačkih praksi u kontekstu beogradske gej populacije. Osnovna istraživačka pitanja su kako unutar gej zajednice u Beogradu simultano funkcionišu identifikacijske prakse koje operišu sa idejama „istosti“ i „različitosti“, i kako se odvija unutrašnja hijerarhizacija gej populacije na osnovu parametra „ukusa“, opredmećenog u potrošačkim praksama i preferencijama. U radu je primenjen etnografski pristup. The essay focuses on bilateral construction of gay identity and consumer practices in the context of Belgrade gay community. Through ethnographic approach, the study analyzes the phenomenon of consumption, or more precisely, the relationship between construction of gay identity and its relation towards the objects of consumption. The fieldwork part of the research was conducted in one of the currently active gay clubs in Belgrade, “Apartman”. This was followed by in-debth interviews with nine respondents, and informal conversation with ten more of them. We were interested to find out how identification practices related to the ideas of “sameness” and “difference” simultaneously operate in the processes of identity construction of our gay respondents. We tried to explore how our respondent’s interest in questions of style, fashion, consumption and shopping has contributed to the creation of their gay identities, and how these identities were performed in the context of the gay club. We also present how the internal classification, according to the issues of style, fashion awareness, and shopping skills and practices, was performed within the Belgrade gay community. The results of the research show that simultaneous performativity of “sameness” and “difference” has an important role in the processes of creation and presentation of person’s gay and lesbian identities to others. Therefore, sharing common symbols that refer to belonging to the gay/lesbian community, and creating distinct and individualistic appearences and styles of clothing, are two parts of the same process of comming to terms with someone’s gay/lesbian identity. Our research also pinpointed the role of reknown fashion brands in the abovementioned processes, and suggested that the more developed gay/lesbian market niche has to be developed in order to enable and encourage more nuanced economic attitudes and shopping choices of gay/lesbian population in Serbia, including the more politicized relation towards consumption and economy in general.