Beyond Good and Evil? Popular Songs, Mathemes, and Bus Rides (Art and Transition in the Region of Former Yugoslavia)

The article assesses the role of the arts in the context of democratisation conflict, arguing that such evaluation must be nuanced and multi-levelled, approaching the same artefacts across time and from varied angles and latitudes while appreciating the internal and external pressures that the workers-in-culture face. These hermeneutic challenges and the fluctuating sphere of reception are scrutinized in this article in relation to the context of transitional justice and, specifically, democratization conflicts in the region of the former Yugoslavia.