Preliminary communication
THE WAR AND AFTER. On War-Related Anthropological Research in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maja Povrzanovć Frykman
; International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Malmo University, Malmo, Švedska
Abstract
The paper presents the themes and perspectives dealt with by the Croatian ethnologists and folklorists whose ethnographic texts vocalised experiences of victimization and resistance in 1991-92. It also presents some current projects concerning post-war Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The author claims that anthropologists are particularly well-equipped to critically explore situations in which people are disempowered and victimized. With regard to post-war
recovery processes, ethnographies based on long-term fieldwork are the best way of recognising people's needs and concerns, and thus providing the knowledge needed to support the potential changes coming from within the researched groups and societies.
Keywords
war; ethnography; Croatia; Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hrčak ID:
27637
URI
Publication date:
30.1.2004.
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