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"Ester" educational methodology and a storytelling concept

The “Ester” series is developed by Terraforming

Terraforming is an NGO from Novi Sad founded in 2008, engaged in improving teaching and learning about the Holocaust and countering antisemitism and antigypsyism. Terraforming realizes its activities by developing and implementing international projects that connect the most important memory culture institutions from the Republic of Serbia with the most important international institutions and experts relevant to these topics.

The “Ester” concept has attracted significant interest from the international expert community. It has so far been presented at conferences and workshops throughout Europe (Lucerne, Stockholm, Berlin, Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Zagreb, Budapest, Warsaw, etc.) and beyond (Jerusalem), as and at various online conferences and webinars for international audiences.

Presenting and using graphic novels “Ester” is a standard segment of seminars for teachers, museum and archive workers, and other memory culture actors in the Republic of Serbia that Terraforming organizes independently or in cooperation with other organizations such as TOLI – The Olga Lengeil Institute from New York with whom Terraforming organizes annual seminars.

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concept, experts, and implementation

Our team

Creative director and concept author

  • Miško Stanišić, pedagogue, director of Terraforming

Miško designed and continues to improve the “Ester” concept as a unique form of multi-layered and multidisciplinary narration based on personal stories and historical and other material as an inseparable part of the story itself. Miško is the author of the dramatization and texts of all “Ester” series novellas and research assignments for students. As the creative director of the production, he prepares detailed instructions and sketches based on which the illustrators work on the illustrations.

Experts associates

In alphabetical order:

  • Biljana Albahari, librarian, Department of Bibliography, National Library of Serbia, Belgrade
  • Nevena Bajalica, Terraforming, Novi Sad
  • Marko Balandžić , historian and researcher, Kula
  • Petar Đurđev , historian, Historical Archive of the City of Novi Sad
  • Dr Milan Koljanin, historian, Belgrade
  • Nataša Kostić, history teacher, UDI Euroclio, Mladenovac
  • Tijana Kovčić, archivist, Historical archives of Belgrade
  • Dr Čedomila Marinković, art historian, Belgrade
  • Milana Meytes , communication and creative writing expert, New York
  • Dr Vasilije Milnović, head of the Science Center at the University Library “Svetozar Marković”, Belgrade
  • Dr. Milovan Pisarri , historian, Shoah Lab, IFDT, Belgrade
  • Dr Sanela Šmid, historian, Nuremberg, Germany
  • Marina Šmudla , documentarian, Matica Srpska Library, Novi Sad
  • Prof. dr Marko Šuica, historian, Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade
  • Vladimir Todorović , publicist and researcher, Danubius, Novi Sad
  • Aleksandar Todosijević, history teacher, UDI Euroclio, Belgrade

Special thanks to the following colleagues and friends for their expert advice:

  • Dr. Dienke Hondius , historian, Free University of Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
  • Prof. Dr. Evelien Gans (⚘ 1951-2018) , historian, University of Amsterdam, NIOD Netherlands Institute for Genocide and Holocaust Studies, Amsterdam
  • Jan-Erik Dubbelman , sociologist, director of the international department of the Anne Frank House (retired) , Amsterdam
  • Prof. Dr. Doyle Stevick , Historian and Educator, Faculty of Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Implementation and coordination

  • Ljiljana Ćumura
  • Sandra Svetlica
  • Snežana Orčić
  • Violeta Vojkan

Translations and proofreading

Aleksandar Stanišić
“Assonare” Agency
Misko Stanišić
 Milana Meytes

www.ester.rs

Publisher: Terraforming
For the publisher: Miško Stanišić

© Terraforming 2016 – 2024

OUR ILLUSTRATORS

Illustrators

Gabriel Kausbruk

Amsterdam

Tiberiu Beka

Banatsko Novo Selo

Silva Vujović

Belgrade

Ivan Stojanović

Leskovac

Nada Serafimović

Belgrade

Dušan Zaklan

Novi Sad

Ivan Perić

Zemun

Danijela Stojić

Hrtkovci

Marija Maksimović

Belgrade

Sandra Janjatović

Novi Sad

Marija Ranković

Kosjerić

Jelena Zubović Lončar

Novi Sad

Institutions and foundations that supported our work

Support

The first graphic novels “Esther” were created in 2016 through a project that was initially implemented within the “Words into Action to Combat Antisemitism” program of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR);

Since then, the following institutions (in alphabetical order) have financed various graphic novellas or parts of the production at different stages:

special thanks to colleagues and friends

Thank you

Thank you to theHistorical Archive of Belgrade and partners on the project Escalating into Holocaust within which the idea for teaching materials Ester was developed in 2105. Special thanks to the archivists of the Historical Archive of Belgrade, Tijana Kovčić , Vladimir Mijatović , Jelena Nikolić , and director Dragan Gačić ; Many thanks to the archivists of the Historical Archive of the City of Novi Sad, Aleksandar Vranić and Marija Đuričanin ; Thank you Čedomili Marinković, Ph.D., who, as the main researcher and consultant, made a huge contribution to the creation of the novels “Red Car”, “Running Shoes” and “Family Photography”. Joel Fischer , Teo Kovač and Brane Popović , as well as the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade , provided significant help to Cedomila’s research work, for which we warmly thank; Thanks to Nikola Radić Lucati from CIEH ; Thanks to Marijan Dakić from the Historical Archive in Pancevo ; Thank you to our illustrators for all the sleepless nights, long hours, creativity and skill they put into creating fantastic artwork for our teaching materials;

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