Pages from the struggle for urban commons in Chişinău

The author describes the character of the work of the independent cultural scenes in Moldova, which opens spaces operating beyond the public-private divide, having thus to develop both the content (such as artistic projects or public debates) and the structural conditions or, simpler put, the working places where this kind of work is possible at all. He puts the Molodovan examples in international perspective.

The current state of socio-cultural centers in Croatia

The history of the development of the independent cultural scene in Croatia in the last twenty-five years has been closely linked to the struggle for premises for work space and representation of cultural organizations, initiatives, collectives and individuals’ programmes. In this article Matija Mrakovčić critically looks at the development of co-governance policies to maintain these centers.