As part of the 41st Split Salon Don't lose each other completely historian's lecture
Duje Jakovčević on the beginnings of feminism in Dalmatia
Kvart Association, Put Trstenika 1
Thursday 12/2/2021 at 8 PM
The first ideas about the political emancipation of women in Dalmatia emerged at the turn of the century, on the eve of World War I. This is connected with the rise of Croatian modernism and the influx of contemporary European ideas and movements, the then current political struggle for the independence of the South Slavs, but also with general European and world trends in the form of the contemporary suffragette movement. Using the example of the Croatian People's Progressive Party, founded by Josip Smodlaka and members of the so-called progressive youth, we observe the arrival and spread of the first demands for the active inclusion of Dalmatian women in social and political life, opposing traditional gender roles, with the example of Maja Nižetić Čulić as one of the first examples of a self-aware and active Dalmatian woman according to the standards of the women's movement of her time, with a review of the successes and failures of their actions.
Duje Jakovčević (b. 1988 in Split) He pursued a double major in History and Art History in Split and Ljubljana, successfully graduating in his hometown in 2013. His main research interests include topics from the past of Dalmatia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the history of Eastern Europe. He currently engages with his historiographical interests as an independent researcher. Previously published books: “Eduard Shevardnadze: A Short Biography” (Zagreb: Srednja Europa, 2018), “Progressivism in Dalmatia: Croatian Democratic Party/Croatian People's Progressive Party 1905-1914" (Zagreb: Srednja Europa, 2021).
41. Split Salon Don't lose each other completely affirming the visual works, visual and social research by invited artists, collectives, and collaborative organizations that promote the complexities of feminist genealogies, encourage productive intergenerational dialogues as ways to build more just histories, and imagine more inclusive and greener presents, locally and much more broadly.
If not viewed exclusively through exhibition history but primarily through socio-cultural historiography, the salon, in certain periods, was a place for discussions and exchange of information outside established class norms (throughout the 17th century), as well as a space—not without ambivalence—for the socio-political activities of female subjects (throughout the 19th century). Today, we translate it into a kind of meeting place between different, seemingly irreconcilable spaces and times, at the crossroads of theory and practice, a motivator for small attentions directed towards invisible and marginalized objects, subjects, and themes, ephemeral art forms, and bodily presences.
The exhibitions of the 41st Split Salon at the Multimedia Cultural Center and Salon Galić can be seen until December 4, 2021 (MKC every day from 2 PM to 9 PM, Saturdays from 4 PM to 8 PM; Salon Galić from 10 AM to 1 PM and 4 PM to 8 PM). The exhibition at the Croatian Maritime Museum Split remains open until December 16, 2021 (opening hours at https://www.hpms.hr).
