Potpuri: A shared space of resistance

From its first edition onward, Potpuri framed itself as a shared act of resistance. Its aim was not nostalgia for print but the defense of a cultural format that allows for depth, care, and complexity — qualities often undermined in the digital environment. Over time, this small initiative evolved into a living, collaborative translocal platform connecting people across Kosovo, Switzerland, and the Balkan diasporas. Today, Potpuri functions as a non-hierarchical, grassroots collective operating between two countries, producing a yearly printed publication through a slow, thoughtful, and highly participatory process.

Now in its fourth annual cycle, the collective continues to host Potpuri Labs, bringing new authors and researchers into its workflow. Each edition of Potpuri Gazeta is produced through a collaborative editorial and design process and is then self-printed and hand-sewn by the writers themselves. This approach reinforces the project’s ethos: print is not simply a product but a practice of care, a material expression of collective labor and shared knowledge.