The Heritage from Below | Drežnica: Traces and Memories 1941-1945  was initiated and guided by the idea of heritage as an emancipatory process and democratic social practice. Affirming the approach “from below”, we strive to establish a methodological and epistemological alternative to dominant interpretations and institutionalized procedures, which place heritage at the service of reproducing hegemonic narratives.

Sanja Horvatinčić is a Research Associate at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb, Croatia. Her research focuses on modernist memorial sculpture and architecture, and the production of history through cultural practices in socialist Yugoslavia. She employs critical interdisciplinary approach to heritage to investigate contemporary potential of Yugoslav memorial structures and concepts.