Research interests
discourse studies, political sociology, critical sociology of culture, sociology of valuation and evaluation, symbolic geography
Biography
Tamara Petrović Trifunović is PhD candidate and research assistant at the Department of Sociology, University of Belgrade. At the same department she was a graduate student instructor from 2010 to 2014, and then worked as a junior researcher at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (University of Belgrade) from 2014 to 2016. She participated in several national and international research projects dealing with the study of political communication and media discourse and presented her research at various international conferences and seminars. She is currently working on her dissertation on the interplay of discourses of culture, class, and politics in the symbolic struggles of contemporary Serbian society. Her research interests lie in the fields of discourse studies, critical sociology of culture and sociology of valuation and evaluation. She has co-edited three volumes, and published her research in peer reviewed journals and volumes. She is a member of European Sociological Association.
Selected publications
Mirkov Anđelka, Tamara Petrović Trifunović & Dunja Poleti Ćosić. 2018. Remembering Socialist Yugoslavia: Attitudes of Serbian Citizens in the Period of Accelerated Transformation of Society. Sociološki pregled / Sociological Review. LII, No. 4, str. 1251-1284.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara, Dunja Poleti Ćosić. 2018. Discourses of Hospitality, Politics of Hostility: Instrumentalization of the Refugee Crisis in the Serbian Press, in: Gazela Pudar Draško, Aleksandar Pavlović, Eltion Meka (eds.) Politics of Enmity. Beograd: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, str. 211–228.
Poleti Ćosić Dunja, Tamara Petrović Trifunović. 2018. Azilni sistem u zemljama tranzita – Srbija kao studija slučaja, in: Zoran Lutovac i Slobodan Mrđa (eds.) Savremene migracije i društveni razvoj: interdisciplinarna perspektiva. Beograd: SSD, IDN, ISI, str. 23-37.
Poleti Ćosić Dunja, Tamara Petrović Trifunović. 2017. Institucionalna podrška usklađivanju profesionalne i porodične sfere u Srbiji. Limes plus 14 (2): 49–73.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara. 2017. Artikulacija otpora u diskursu o protestima 1996/97. u Srbiji: politička borba vođena jezikom kulture i simboličke geografije. Sociologija 59 (4): 476–496.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara. 2017. Kultura, diskurs i simbolički poredak: izazov za angažovane društvene nauke danas, in: Adriana Zaharijević, Jelena Vasiljević (eds.) Angažman: uvod u studije angažovanosti. Novi Sad: Akademska knjiga i Beograd: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, str. 242–257.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara. 2016. Between the Critical and the Engaged: On the Importance of Studying Symbolic Aspects of the Reproduction of Social Order. Filozofija i društvo 27 (2): 407–418.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara, Michal Sládeček, Jelena Vasiljević (ur.). 2015. Kolektivno sećanje i politike pamćenja, Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara, Ivković Marjan, Prodanović Srđan. 2015. Srpsko-albanski odnosi u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji: protesti na Kosovu i teret sistemske legitimizacije. In: Aleksandar Pavlović, Adriana Zaharijević, Gazela Pudar Draško, Rigels Halili (eds.) Figura neprijatelja: preosmišljavanje srpsko-albanskih odnosa, Beograd: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, pp. 153–173.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara, Spasić Ivana. 2014. Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism in Intellectual Discourse: Peščanik and Nova srpska politička misao. Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy & Society. 25 (4): 164–188.
Petrović Tamara, Spasić Ivana. 2012. Varijante `Treće Srbije`. Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy & Society. 23 (3): 23–44.
Petrović Tamara. 2009. Mind Your Own Business: feminizam i post-punk u Velikoj Britaniji. In: Maša Grdešić (ed.) Mala revolucionarka – Zagorka, feminizam i popularna kultura, Zagreb: Centar za ženske studije, pp. 249–262.
Selected presentations
Pešić Jelena, Tamara Petrović Trifunović, Ana Birešev. 2018. „Klasni položaj i politička kompetencija: analiza (ne)davanja odgovora na stavove o poželjnom političkom i ekonomskom poretku“, conference Društveni odnosi u Srbiji: kontinuitet i promene, Belgrade, Institute for Sociological Research, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, December 21, 2018.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara. 2017. „Symbolic Struggles in Serbian Public Discourse: Between (and Beyond) Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism“, Seminar New Nationalisms: Sources, Agendas, Languages, organized by: Academia Europaea and Knowledge Hub Wroclaw, Wroclaw, September 25-27, 2017.
Petrović Trifunović, Tamara. 2017. „Symbolic struggles in contemporary Serbia: The interplay of discourses on ‘culture’, politics and social inequality”, European Sociological Association conference (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Athens, August 29 – September 1, 2017.
Petrović Trifunović Tamara. 2017. „Culture, an Empty Throne? A Critical Inquiry into the Media Discourses on Culture in Serbia after 2000“, International conference Discourse, Knowledge and Practice in Society, Bucharest, July 7-8, 2017.
Petrović Trifunović Tamara, Dunja Poleti Ćosić. 2017. „Defending European Values in a Transit Country: Instrumentalization of the Refugee Crisis in the Serbian Press“, conference Us vs. Them: Populism, the Refugee Other and the Re-Consideration of National Identity in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, May 29, 2017.
Ivković Marjan, Tamara Petrović Trifunović and Srđan Prodanović. 2016. „From Social Justice to Identity: Systemic Legitimation of Yugoslav Socialism in Kosovo Protests“, International conference Politics of Enmity – Can Nation ever Be Emancipatory?, Belgrade, September 26-28, 2016.
Petrović Trifunović Tamara. 2016. „Intimations of the New Symbolic Struggles in Contemporary Serbia: Subcultural Contributions“, International conference Post-socialism: Hybridity, Continuity and Change, Novi Sad, June 25-26, 2016.
Petrović Trifunović Tamara, Dunja Poleti. 2016. „Seeking asylum in Serbia? – Refugees in the jaws of the institutions“, International conference Playing by the Rules. Institutions in Action: The Nature and the Role of Institutions in the Real World, University of Rijeka, May 26-28, 2016.
Petrović Trifunović Tamara. 2015. „Culture in Serbian Media Discourse: The Curious Case of Ana Kokić’s Talent”, International conference Discourses of Culture – Cultures of Discourse, Belgrade March 19-21, 2015.
