Everyday Creativity in (Post)Socialism

The project intends to map current approaches to everyday creativity and its gendered aspects, with the specific regard to state-socialist and post-socialist East Central and Southeastern Europe. Each of the team of three senior and two junior fellows works on an individual research project. These include, among others, space and spatial creativity as a narrative medium of social critique and political action in the post-socialist landscapes, and the intersection of creativity in the fields of textile production and literary theory.

Project start: January 2022

Team members:

Prof. Libora Oates-Indruchová, Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Local Senior Fellow

Dr. Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová, Department of History, Charles University, Czech Republic, Incoming Senior Fellow

Assoc. Prof. Věra Sokolová, Department of History, Charles University, Czech Republic, Incoming Senior Fellow

Elisabeth Pedersen, BA MA, Incoming Junior Fellow

Aleksandra Fila, MA, Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Local Junior Fellow

Public Lecture Series (Info)

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gender and Creativity Research (June 2nd-3rd, 2022) (PDF)