Serbiality
For those of you who are wondering what this word mean, it is a combination of the words Serb and Wikiality. Wikiality is reality based on concensus rather than fact. So, I came up with the word Serbiality to define the Serbian reality (or realities), based on concensus instead of fact. So, for example, if Serbs agree that there was no genocide attempt by Miosevic in Kosovo, then there wasn't. Or, if Srebrenica didn't happen, then it didn't. Serbiality is hard to break through. Only the recent tape showing Serb forces killing young Bosniaks has forced Serbs to come to terms with Srebrenica.
I am writing all this because, Serbiality is very important for Serbia and the Balkans. And, I was inspired to write this by this piece of news:
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art (SANU) published a collection “Kosovo-Metohija – Past, Present, Future”. The government statement says the essays, available in English at SANU’s official website, have been collected from an international meeting held in March last year in Belgrade.The 39 papers by domestic and foreign authors are said to be “analyzing the Albanian impact on the destabilisation of the Balkans, the position of Kosovo within Serbia and Yugoslavia, Albanian secessionism in 1990, Serb and Montenegrin migrations from the province and the Kosovo population under the Ottoman Empire”.
For those that don't remember, SANU is the institution which provided the inspiration, justification and roadmap for the project of Greater Serbia which led to two genocides, ethnic cleansing and a lot of human suffering. Now, SANU wants to prove that it is the Albanians who destabilized the Balkans. This is where SANU and Serbiality mix. SANU has been one of the key producers and solidifiers of Serbiality. SANU's respect among Serbs, provides it with a sponge-like audience. SANU serves to confirm Serbian fears and claims purported by the Serbian government and media.
I have some topics to suggest to SANU for research:
The role of SANU in the destruction of Yugoslavia.
The genocide of Bosniaks and Kosovars.
