Rebellious Neighborhoods - Incite at Columbia University

Serbia is experiencing growing democratic erosion. Institutions are closed to citizen input, public resources are being privatized, and collective action is increasingly criminalized. In response, the Ministry of Space Collective has launched Rebellious Neighborhoods, an initiative that reclaims urban space, amplifies community struggles, and rebuilds civic participation from the ground up.

Rebellious Neighborhoods celebrates the places communities care for and the people who keep them alive. Throughout 2026, the team will co-create ten public gatherings across Belgrade—concerts on defended meadows, forest games in reclaimed woods, mural-painting on contested walls, shared meals in streets shaped by struggle and solidarity. Each event grows from conversations with local groups in neighborhoods where collective action has already made its mark.

These gatherings honor local victories and connect them into a citywide mosaic of resistance and care. Stories, tactics, and relationships carry forward from one event to the next. Communities that have often organized in isolation begin to see themselves as part of a broader movement, learning from each other's creativity and resilience. Rebellious Neighborhoods builds affirmative, community-centered narratives that reveal the depth and power of local organizing.