Petra Matić CV
MEDIA
2022 - Booksa
Booksin podcast: Abd El Hadi protiv velesile #6
On media production of foreign students in non-aligned Yugoslavia.2022 - Bilten
On solidarity media practices of students in non-aligned Yugoslavia.2020 - Tbilisi Architecture Biennial
Radio ARCADA #14: Petra Matic and Zuzanna Zgierska: “New Common Sound Designers”
On cities, design, pasts and futures with Zuzanna Zgierska for Radio Arcada, The Sound of the Cities, Common Waves Radio.2020 - Culture for Solidarity
On the history of the International Student Friendship Club in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.2019 - Political School Fanzine
Co-edited and wrote a manifesto.2018 - Libela
Kako bismo mijenjali/e sustav, moramo zajedno reagirati na nepravdu
Interview about "Students for Refugees" initiative.2018 - Radio808
Seoba naroda SE02#07 Petra Matić (Studenti za izbjeglice) + Nina Bajsić kantautorica uživo
Interview about "Students for Refugees" initiative.2018 - Welcome Initiative, Center for Peace Studies
Izbjeglice u BiH: izostanak odgovora institucija i kriminalizacija solidarnosti
Article about treatment of refugees and other migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina.2017 - The Economist
Phones are now indispensable for refugees
Comment on migration and technology from La Liniere refugee camp in Grande-Synthe, France.2012 - Collarbones Magazine
Analog photography.EDUCATION
2020 - University of Zagreb (HR)
MA in Information Sciences - Museology and Heritage Management
2013 - University of Zagreb (HR)
BA in Phonetics and Swedish Language
2013 - VERN University of Applied Sciences (HR)
Diploma in Travel Management
SELECTED AWARDS | HONORS | GRANTS
2021
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
Full scholarship for participation in the curatorial course 'Becoming "Lumbung"' by ruangrupa.
Supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service & Sport.
2020
Momentum: New Conversations With (Un)Common Allies
Recipient of the grant ‘Culture of Solidarity’ for the development of an intersectional European network of support for artistic & cultural initiatives working in the field of social change, diversity and inclusion.
Co-developed with Nina Martin, founder of QTBIPOC cultural center Oyoun, Berlin (DE), Roberto Perez Gayo, social designer and pedagogue at the HARM Reduction Network (NL), Han Pham, co-founder of Empowerhack, a design & technology network supporting women in humanitarian contexts (USA), and social design studio Marginal Studio, Palermo (IT).
With the support of European Cultural Foundation
Spaces for Solidarity | Culture Lab Europe
Recipient of the residency ‘European Cultural Lab', multidisciplinary event for cultural and artistic activists developing initiatives contributing to a European space for public debate, fostering solidarity across Europe.
With the support of European Cultural Foundation
2019
Summer School: Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans | University of Ioannina
Recipient of the scholarship for Konitsa Summer School in Konitsa, Greece, organized by the Border Crossing Network, focused on areas of social and cultural anthropology, folklore, Balkan studies, and history.
With the support of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zagreb
IMPACT19-Weaving Traces | Pact Zollverein
Recipient of the residency 'Weaving Traces', transdisciplinary symposium for practitioners and theorists exposing interventions and discrimination in the political sphere, urban and island structures, ecological contexts, and the body.
With the support of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
2018
Summer School: Migration on the Western Balkans - From Transit to Reception | Belgrade
Recipient of the scholarship for the Summer School in Belgrade, Serbia, organized by the University of Göttingen, Department of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology (Germany), Research Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenia), the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research (Croatia), and the Institute of Ethnography SASA (Serbia).
With the support of the German Academic Exchange Service
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | CREATIVE WORK
2022
Pazar znanja
Participatory knowledge exchange workshop using ruangrupa/Gudskul 'knowledge market' methodology.
Prostor, Culture Hub Croatia, Split (HR)
Pazar znanja
Participatory knowledge exchange workshop using ruangrupa/Gudskul 'knowledge market' methodology.
LGBT Centre, Split (HR)
2021
Loud, Louder! Workshop
Developed a workshop on speech, fear, and body. Conducted for LGBT Centre Split and Extinction Rebellion Zagreb.
LGBT Centre, Split (HR)
2020
Solo exhibition of the 11-year old Bangladeshi visual artist Tahsan Shahriar, exploring landscapes of Noakhali and their relationship to his new home in Zagreb.
Co-developed with Željka Sušić.
Typhlological Museum, Zagreb (HR)
2019
Delo Lab is an open collaborative research platform rebuilding collective memory to create new narratives, rediscover common history, and reconnect the community. In the time of an information crisis, dominated by short attention spans and fake news, both communities and archives remain sources of knowledge we can still rely on. In Delo Lab, the newspaper archive is opened to the community and uses audience feedback to improve its collections with previously unpublished stories and information. Audience members have the opportunity to tell their personal histories and exchange their perspectives, which are then placed in the greater narrative of the community.
The Delo Lab platform offers space to diverse voices, acting as a platform for dialogue between various groups and individuals, thus generating new, crowdsourced knowledge.
Co-developed with Zuzanna Zgierska (NL), Mateja Mlinarič (SI), Maxime Benvenuto (NL), José Tomás Pérez Valle (CL), and Jurka Mihelin (SI)
Mentored by Ali Žerdin and Bureau d'Études
Ljubljana Design Biennale for the exhibition BIO 26|Common Knowledge, commissioned by Museum of Arts and Design Ljubljana, in collaboration with the Slovenian national newspaper Delo (SI)
Design and development of inclusive museum program targeting marginalized youth.
Co-developed with Željka Jelavić (Ethnographic Museum Zagreb), Željka Sušić (Typhlological Museum Zagreb), and Kosjenka Laszlo Klemar (Technical Museum Nikola Tesla)
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla (HR), produced with the support of the City of Zagreb (HR)
2018
Co-created a museum project and a forum on technology and forced migration with Kosjenka Laszlo Klemar.
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla (HR)
SELECTED LECTURES | PANELS | ADVISORY
2022
Democratic Heritage: The Welcoming Museum
Workshop on museums and migration for Falstad Centre Norway, University of Murcia, Centre for Peace Studies, Filipstads Kommun Sweden, and Finland Vihreä Sivistysliitto Ry. 2nd June.
Živi Atelje, Zagreb (HR)
2022
The Welcoming Museum: Means and Possibility
Workshop for museum and cultural professionals on museums and migration. 23 March.
Typhlological Museum, Zagreb (HR)
Teaching migration(s) globally: experiences, concerns, and recommendations
Presenter, alongside Dr Gerardo Mazzaferro (University of Turin), Dr Valentina Carbonara (University for Foreigners, Siena), Dr Joanna Wojdon (University of Wroclaw) and Mirela Dumić (International School of London). 10 March.
online, University of Glasgow (UK)
2020
The Heritage of Colonialism
Panelist, alongside Professor Tomislav Pletenac (University of Zagreb, anthropologist and ethnologist), moderated by Professor Tvrtko Jakovina (University of Zagreb, historian). 24 January.
Dokukino KIC, Zagreb (HR)
Intercultural Memory in Croatia
Presenter on the heritage of the non-aligned movement in Croatia for students of the Peace Studies programme.
Centre for Peace Studies, Zagreb (HR)
2019
Borders and Violence
Guest lecturer for the programme "Anthropology of Violence and Conflict" for the graduate students of the Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology department.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb (HR)
Challenges of Contemporary Migrations and Integration
Presenter and panelist, alongside Sandra Malenica (Deputy Mayor of the City of Varaždin), Damir Habijan (President of the Varaždin City Council), and Amer Alsawaf (Paralegal).
Centre for Traditional Culture, Varaždin (HR)
Refugee Policy Crisis: Research Findings and Field Experiences
Presenter alongside Željka Jurlina and Josip Sabalić for Antifjaka.
Knjigozemska, Zadar (HR)
SELECTED WORK
2022 - present | Trešnjevka Neighbourhood Museum, Zagreb (HR)
Researcher
2021 - present | Peščenica Cultural Centre, Zagreb (HR)
Vice-President of Managing Board
2021 - present | Cultural organization Jutro, Zagreb (HR)
Director
2018 - 2020 | Večernji List, Zagreb (HR)
Archivist, Media Museum project
2018 - 2019 | Students for Refugees, Zagreb (HR)
Co-Founder
2016 - 2018 | Association of Former Students of the School of Applied Art and Design, Zagreb (HR)
Assistant Curator
2016 | Verein für eine Schönere Willkommenskultur, La Liniere Refugee Camp (FR)
Emergency Response Field Manager
2015 | Jaja Studios, Dublin (IE)
Curatorial Intern
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
2021 - Network of European Museum Organisations NEMO
Multaka: Museums as Meeting Points Workshop with Salma Jreige and Sarah Fortmann-Hijazi, online
2020 - Iskorak
Protection of LGBTI Heritage Worshop, Zagreb (HR)
2020 - Mavena
Curatorial School "Once you leave, you are always a stranger: Research Projects of Economic and Political Migrations in Contemporary Society", online
2020 - The Chartered Institute of Logistics
Procurement and Logistics Certificate, online
2020 - FreeCodeCamp
Responsive Web Design Certificate, online
2019 - VN Gallery
CURATING (FROM) THE MARGINS ⎯ POSSIBLE AND IMAGINARY TEMPLATES OF PRODUCTION, INTERACTION AND (RE-)PRESENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE, Workshop with Katja Kobolt (Red Mined), Zagreb (HR)
2019 - Metamedia
Telling the Time: A Speculation in Designing Hybrid-Languages of Time - Speculative Design Workshop with Ted Hunt, Exhibition with Nabil Almanssour, Pula (HR)
2019 - BLOK Curatorial Collective
Political School for Artists Course, Zagreb (HR)
2019 - Pogon
Technical Production of Cultural and Artistic Events Course, Zagreb (HR)
2018-2019 - The Route of Solidarity
Promoting citizen initiatives for inclusion, Seville (ES) and Palermo (IT)
2018 - House of Human Rights Zagreb
Youth Educator for Human Rights Certificate, Zagreb (HR)
2018 - Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb
Creative Critical Laboratory: Feminist Theories and Practices Course with Centre for Women's Studies, Zagreb (HR)
2018 - Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb
Evaluation of Museum Exhibitions with Željka Miklošević, Museum Documentation Centre, Zagreb (HR)
2018 - Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zagreb
Implementation of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Worshop with Mirela Hrovatin, Zagreb (HR)
2018 - Ethnographic Museum Zagreb
Museums, Migration, and Integration Workshop with Christina Johansson and Maja Povrzanović Frykman, Zagreb (HR)
2018 - Centre for Modern Living Competences
Education and mentoring for social entrepreneurship with/for immigrants and asylum seekers Workshop, Ferrara (IT)
2018 - Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights Osijek
HOME AWAY FROM HOME: best practices in the integration of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in European societies, Starigrad (HR)
2018 - Centre for Peace Studies
Intercultural Mediation Certificate, Zagreb (HR)
2018 - Croatian Red Cross
Holistic Approach for Successful Integration of Migrants Workshop, Zagreb (HR)
2017-2018 - Plavi ured
Completed workshops: Start-up Academy; Legal Controlling; Negotiation; Negotiation with difficult negotiators; Project idea development and application for EU funding, Zagreb (HR)
2016 - School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
Neuroscience and Art: Introduction to Art Therapy Course, Zagreb (HR)