Editors' Introduction

Abstract

This thematic issue of Philosophy and Society examines the 2024–2025 protests in Serbia through two analytical perspectives: art and media. Both played significant roles in the movement, shaping its forms of expression, visibility, and collective action. Serbia’s captured media landscape, widely recognized by civil society as a mechanism of authoritarian consolidation, became a direct target of protest action. Artistic practices including collective exhibitions, street performances, sonic rituals, and choreographed marches emerged as integral components of the movement. The decision to frame this thematic issue through these two lenses reflects an editorial interest in the cultural and communicative dimensions of protest, which often remain secondary in po-litical analysis focused primarily on institutional actors and formal demands. The articles in this issue examine artistic practices and media environments as forms of political action, showing how art, sound, architecture, movement, images, and mediated communication operate within protest as practices rather than metaphors.