Decades ago, I was aware of content analysis mainly in the context of western attempts to understand the Soviet Union and its empire. As the newspapers from the sprawling region were hard to fathom, scientific methods were applied to their interpretation. But it crossed my mind only this morning that I could add “content analysis” to my content analysis series. I was especially interested in my own efforts to interpret my own writings. The results are not particularly enlightening, though. I came up with two pieces on the subject in 2008, when I thought of content analysis in the context of my writings for the first time (“From, To” and “Know Thyself,” October 2, 2008). To my surprise, the subject pops up again only in 2012. The gap of three years is puzzling, indeed. However, this year I have written no less than six pieces on the subject, two of which are actual applications of the idea (“Content Analysis: Cunt,” July 21, 2012; and “Content Analysis: Dear Reader,” September 6, 2012). This year I have also come up with the idea of searching my website with “Slobodan Vugrinec” as the search phrase, but I noted that the search ought to wait until our legal battle is over, which is likely to take another couple of years (“My Archenemy,” September 17, 2012). And that is that. In short, I have not gotten very far with my project to date. The future is bright, though. And I am likely to return to “content analysis” as a search phrase many times over.

Addendum I (December 16, 2012)

It took me an entire day to realize that the gap between 2008 and 2012 has to do with no-one else but my archenemy, Slobodan Vugrinec. I decided to leave “politics” in Motovun in late October 2008, and I was ready to dedicate my life to yoga. At the time, content analysis was an aside only. The first of the three court cases from the mayor of Motovun arrived in early November 2008, though. My life changed. Facing the crooked Croatian court, I went berserk. Interestingly, the situation in Motovun also changed quite suddenly about the same time, albeit for very different reasons. The stockmarket collapse in October 2008 made crooked golf in Istria and elsewhere in Croatia the politicians’ pipedream. Real estate development, crooked or otherwise, came to a standstill all around the globe. The game was over, which is why I had no qualms about leaving the battlefield. Returning to the gap between 2008 and 2012, it must pervade my life in many different ways, some of which are yet to be discovered. The pending content analysis of the mayor of Motovun will bring much of that to light. What are archenemies for, anyhow?!

Addendum II (March 7, 2018)

Since this content analysis was conducted, as many as eleven of them have followed. And no kidding. Two content analyses were conducted in 2013; one in 2014; two in 2015; five in 2015; and one in 2018. Wow! And the subjects are all over the place. Over the years, the subjects of these exercises have turned into yet another subject of content analysis. Soon enough, I will have to pay them the attention they deserve. For the time being, though, content analysis has not led to any great discoveries. The very size of my magnum opus makes it rather unlikely that I will ever fathom it. As I am approaching four-million words, I am ever less enthusiastic about understanding myself, as it were. What for, anyway? I am stuck with being human, and that is all there is to it. Returning briefly to the first addendum, one content analysis deals squarely with my archenemy (”Content Analysis: Slobodan Vugrinec,” September 22, 2015). It will have to be extended once my case in Strasbourg is resolved, which may take a few more years, but it offers quite a bit of useful information already. The court cases he had lodged against me have changed my life, to be sure. And for the better, I reckon. Ever since my experience with the Croatian courts, I have lost all hope for the human species. Hooray!