Interactive Internet Exhibition curated by
Professor Rita M. Csapo-Sweet
Students at the University of Belgrade in December 1996 logged onto the Internet to protest military strongman, Slobodan Milosevic stopping the first democratically elected local government in Republika Serbska from taking office in Belgrade.For the first time, the Internet was used to bring a popular, democratic street demonstrations onto the world stage through Cyberspace by the demonstrators. Gallery 210 at UM-St. Louis was among the few sites that interacted live with the Belgrade demonstrators.Milosevic gave into some demands by March 1997.__________________________ Two years later, ethnic cleansing of Kosovo was ordered |
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