Saša Srećković
Date of birth:19.06.1962
Place of birth:Belgrade
Nationality Serbian
Address:Radovana Simića Cige 9, Belgrade, Serbia
Phone: 381 62 8066732
E-mail: ;
EDUCATION
1981 Secondary school for museums & archives
1982-87 BA, Sci: Studies of ethnology-anthropology at the
University of Belgrade,graduate work: ‘’Modern Healer’’
1988Academic year at the University of Zürich (Switzerland) - Department of Ethnology
1992-93Certificate, Business school IBC in Belgrade
2000FilmSchool in Belgrade: AcademicFilmCenter ‘’Studentski grad’’. The final exam : Film ‘’Gale in the circle of Good Will’’
2000 Certificate in German (upper level) - Goethe Institute Berlin, Germany
AWARDS
scholarship obtained from Goethe institute, Germany
two awards for thedocumentary film ‘’Balkiberfest’’
award for independent research projects with CECArtslink, NYC, USA
SEMINARS and CONFERENCES:
(among the others)
-Management in culture; PR in museums; Festival management; Strategic planning; Cultural Tourism and Agrotourism; European Union Partnerships; Film Panels.
-Convention of Balkan folklorists in Makrinitsa, Greece
-Conference of ethnographic museums in Budapest, Hungary
-Regional Adriatic museum network for fostering cultural tourism, RegionMarche, Italy (Interreg IIIa)
-Serbian representative to UNESCO meeting on intangible cultural heritage in Tallinn, Estonia
PUBLICATIONS
A number of works and articles in papers and magazines (the issue of marketing and management in museums, arts and culture, applied anthropology, cultural tourism, intangible cultural heritage) as well as great number of public reports and interviews on activities of Ethnographic museum.
Titles of papers:
- Possibilities of animation in the EthnographicMuseum;
- Crisis management: towards marketing plan of museum;
- What kind of entrepreneurship is possible in ethnographic museums*;
- Partnership in pedagogical projects in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade;
- An Essay on possible museological transition;
- A strategic approach for EthnographicMuseum
- Serbian Fair;
- On some problems of shooting films in multiethnic communities
- Does ethnographic film lose its subject ? ;
- Some issues on process of film creation;
- Ethnological film and globalization;
- Foundation of new unit for visual anthropology in the EthnographicMuseum;
- Methods for more efficient protection of vernacular architecture and rural cultural heritage;
- Proposal for revitalization of Ticje Polje (Southwest Serbia)– the model for mountainous areas ofSerbia;
- On motivation of human resources within the program of village revitalization;
- Cultural tourism : strategic needs of Serbia; SWOT analysis
- The war for dominant point of view
- Does intangible heritage belong to all of us?
- Intangible cultural heritage and the beginnings of the organized institutional activities in this domain in Serbia
- A short Manifesto on introduction of intangible cultural heritage department in the EthnographicMuseum in Belgrade
- Introductory text for the catalog of traditional crafts in Serbia
- A possible role of traditional culture in programs of development
* Some of the cited works were originally published in English
FILMOGRAPHY
Documentaries:
- Prayer, 2001
- Misty psalms of silence, 2003
- Rugmaker works on, 2005
- Balkiberfest, 2006
- The bridge of Mister Wrobel, 2006
- To the source in Vranje, 2006
- Skopje…and everything is possible, 2007
- Handmade, 2009
WORK EXPERIENCE
1989Assistant in the marketing agency ‘MAB’ in Belgrade
1989-91Receptionist in the five-star hotel ‘Slavija lux’
1992 Voluntary work, the‘Alter-etno Center’ programmes in action anthropology – Refugees sensitizing program- assistant to professor Radomir Rakic
1992-93 Teacher, Private lessons teaching English & German
1993- Senior Curator, Post in the Ethnographic museum in Belgrade, PR manager, deputy director; media relations manager of the Ethnographic Museum; manager of projects on international cooperation; manager and coordinator of international festival of ethnological film for many years;host of the museum’s internet-portal `Zanati.org` dedicated to preserve and promote crafts in Serbia
Author and Manager of the first Serbian seminar for management in museums;
Collaboration in the project ‘Research of the audiences in museums of Serbia’;
Part Time Lecturer for the subject of applied ethnology&anthropology at the University of Belgrade, department for ethnology & anthropology; a number of lectures held within the regular activities of the Ethnographic Museums;
Organizer and Manager of approximately 1000 various events: exhibitions, concerts, workshops and community development programs, seminars and panels, film screenings and promotions.
-E.g. Fairytale days in Manak’s mansion
-Ethnojazz-Fusion concerts and sessions: Milos Petrovic, Felix Lajko, Balkan Music Club, Papa Nik;Serbian and foreign folk groups: Kolo, Iskon, Izvor, Pavle Aksentijevic
-Editor of the first music CD of the EthnographicMuseum in Belgrade
-Exhibits on collections of the EthnographicMuseum: serbian folk art, costumes, jewelry. The exhibition ‘’Magic’’. Craftspeople products from various parts of Serbia
-International cooperation: exhibitions from China, Peru, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Finland, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Iran, Venezuela, Greece in the Ethnographic Museum
-Panel on cultural tourism and international cottage industries,
-Guide to the exhibition ‘’Serbian folk arts’’ (from the collection of the EthnographicMuseum) in the Institute for preservation of handicrafts ‘’Bridge’’ in Gifhorn, Germany
-Participation at the ‘’Balkiberfest’’ Festival in Barcelona, Spain
-Concept of the catalog on traditional crafts in Serbia
Field researcher and videographerat various locations in Serbia, Montenegro,Macedonia, Spain, Germany, USA. A certain number of manuscripts and video footage done.
Founderof NGO ‘Izvor’(Source) – Society for promotion of traditional culturewhichstarted projects in rural revitalization and development, agrotourism and cultural tourism, dealing especially by linking traditional culture and economy; traditional rural economy and related skills. (Projects: Panel on cultural tourism in Sopot near Belgrade; Survey on local handicrafts in Vlasotince, southeast Serbia; Organizing fair of traditional crafts in Jakovo, near Belgrade; production of documentaries; self-financing field research and papers issued in various publications).
Currently the head of the visual anthropology department at the EthnographicMuseum and the leader of strategic planning process in the EthnographicMuseum in Belgrade.
He set up a network of volunteers (students of ethnology) for activities within the EthnographicMuseum.
Topics of special interest: entrepreneurship and innovations in cultural affairs and cultural policy, inclination towards multidisciplinarity.
He was recently appointed the National Coordinator for intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of culture of Serbia.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Head of Supervising Board at the Institute for research of cultural development
of Serbia.
The member of jury at the festivals of ethnographic films (Dialektus, Budapest, Hungary;
ETNOFILm Rovinj, Croatia); member of the selection committee at the International Festival of Ethnological Film in Belgrade
OTHER SKILLS
Fluent in written and spoken English and German language, basic command of French, Spanish, Italian and Greek.
Computer skills: PC and MAC user: Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe Premiere
Artistic skills and competences: Music: guitar player and singer (self-didact and basics in theory); Writing: short stories and poems