Mastering ‘Expanded Reproduction’: Self-Managed Socialism in Yugoslavia and Its Legacy

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Seminar
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Ognjen Kojanic
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Friday, February 11, 2022 - 16:00
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Baker Hall 336B, CMU
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The concept of “expanded reproduction” was part of the widespread system of workers’ self-management in socialist Yugoslavia. It emphasized that the growth of society’s needs was dialectically connected to the growth of production. In practice, it meant that Yugoslav workers would decide how to invest the surplus they produced and engage politically with their communities. This talk, based on ethnographic field work, focuses on the workers of ITAS, a metalworking company, and their ideas and practices.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Non-University Sponsors: 
Carnegie Mellon Department of History
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