Goran Denić “Portrait of Daliborka U.” 27×26 cm, digital print.

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Corruption of culture

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Corruption of culture is a false reinterpretation of cultural narrative with the purpose of promoting single cultural actors’ personal or group interests damaging the other.

Corruption of culture can be defined as the inability of the individual to put the wellbeing of the community above their own interest in different cultural contexts (national, ethnical, elitist, populistic, organizational, managerial, curatorial or any other). Specifically, the corruption of cultural practices is the ones linked to the misusing or abusing different elements of culture by increasing the individual interest while decreasing the benefits for others. Different forms of this type of corruption include xenophobic otherness, reinterpreting narratives for individual wellbeing on the damage of other people; cultural elitism vs. kitsch; manipulating organizational values; abusing the elements of other cultures (e.g., homophobia); misunderstanding functions and goals of different organizations (e.g., curatorial crisis). This understanding of corruption of culture is strongly dependable on the temporal and spatial context, namely on what is considered to be the wellbeing of the individual vs. the wellbeing of the community at one specific moment in time and on what is understood as the wellbeing of the individual vs. of the community within one specific social and economic context.

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One Word in Blue Envelope

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Logo – Museum of Corruption

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NGO CEO

 “Post and following comments by Goran Denić will only get a meaningful and effective answer through state court prosecution we intend to initiate and where the appointee would have an opportunity, but also the legal obligation to prove his allegations indisputably or to be subject...

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Muzej korupcije

Inspired by the warning sign displayed at the Vatican.

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Keepers of Your Honesty

A clear reference to verses of “Oj, svijetla majska zoro” “Oh, bright dawn of May” a national anthem of Montenegro adopted in 2004. Oh, bright dawn of May. Our mother Montenegro. We are sons of your rocks And keepers of your honesty We love you,...

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We need your art

Dear friends and colleagues, we need your help in creating Illustrated Guide through Corruption for Beginners. Please send works until June 15th, 2020 to muzejkorupcije@gmail.com in any of the following formats: Jpg (CMYK) or BMP 300 dpi; 30cm x 40cm or 25 x 50cm Pictograms in up...

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