(Why) collecting the history of queer movements in Serbia and beyond? An interview with Vasa from Arkadija

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(Why) collecting the history of queer movements in Serbia and beyond? An interview with Vasa from Arkadija

Vasa shares the story of Arkadija archive in Belgrade, Serbia. The archive is a collaboratively growing collection of struggles, fights, documents, pictures and much more about queer activism in Serbia.

The archive that by now contains more than 40.000 documents started as a memory archive - to share knowledge across generations, for example about Dejan Nebrigić and Lepa Mlađenović, two activists who are seen as the ones who started queeer activism in Serbia in the 90s. Besides talking about milestones, collective efforts, challenges and ethics of the archive project, Vasa mentions that throughout the last years, queer archives popped up in several places on the Balkan Peninsula. More infos: @arkadija_arhiv and @rainbow_ignite