Tina Ivnik
Biographic Data
| ID | 354763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tina Ivnik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tina |
| FAMILY NAME | Ivnik |
| SIGNATURE | IVNIK T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2184-175X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction – Rethinking the Agency of the Dead
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“Growth” vs. “Stuckness”
This article explores conceptions of the afterlife and experiences of the dead among adherents of alternative spirituality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Based on ethnographic research in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, the study demonstrates how moral frameworks shape the topography of the afterlife. On the one hand, a predominant belief in reincarnation stimulates positive, comforting encounters with deceased individuals who lived and died in accordance w…
Afterlife Beliefs and Dream Encounters with the Dead among Adherents of Alternative Spiritualities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article examines the connection between the ideas adherents of alternative spiritualities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have about the afterlife and their understanding of dreams involving the dead. It explores how these ideas and interpretations are connected to the perceived agency of the dead, as experienced by my interlocutors in their dreams. Focusing on ideas about the afterlife within alternative spirituality, the article discusses why th…
Comforting Dreamscapes
The article examines how spiritual people in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina experience the agency of dead significant others through dreams. Many anthropologists have shown that dreams of the dead are understood as communication between the divine and human worlds, or between the dead and the living, and are thus perceived as particularly important. This study examines how ideas about the afterlife among spiritual people in Sarajevo shape the u…
Criminalized hospitality
The article examines how discourses of hospitality towards migrants/refugees are changing in Velika Kladusa, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina close to the Croatian border. Since 2018, this city has been confronted with the presence of a large number of people on the move, and has seen the development of a multi-layered tension between the spontaneous hospitality of the local population and the increasingly repressive policies of the European Unio…
Women in migration
Gender is often overlooked, but important factor in research on migration. Women enter into migration experience as active individuals, but also encounter different difficulties than men do. Although it cannot be claimed that these differences are experienced by all women in the same way, we can conclude that they are the consequences of the gendered reality we live in. The article is discussing the gender specific experiences that female migrant…
Criminalized hospitality
The article examines how discourses of hospitality towards migrants/refugees are changing in Velika Kladusa, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina close to the Croatian border. Since 2018, this city has been confronted with the presence of a large number of people on the move, and has seen the development of a multi-layered tension between the spontaneous hospitality of the local population and the increasingly repressive policies of the European Unio…
Women in migration
Gender is often overlooked, but important factor in research on migration. Women enter into migration experience as active individuals, but also encounter different difficulties than men do. Although it cannot be claimed that these differences are experienced by all women in the same way, we can conclude that they are the consequences of the gendered reality we live in. The article is discussing the gender specific experiences that female migrant…
Criminalized hospitality
The article examines how discourses of hospitality towards migrants/refugees are changing in Velika Kladusa, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina close to the Croatian border. Since 2018, this city has been confronted with the presence of a large number of people on the move, and has seen the development of a multi-layered tension between the spontaneous hospitality of the local population and the increasingly repressive policies of the European Unio…
Afterlife Beliefs and Dream Encounters with the Dead among Adherents of Alternative Spiritualities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article examines the connection between the ideas adherents of alternative spiritualities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have about the afterlife and their understanding of dreams involving the dead. It explores how these ideas and interpretations are connected to the perceived agency of the dead, as experienced by my interlocutors in their dreams. Focusing on ideas about the afterlife within alternative spirituality, the article discusses why th…
Comforting Dreamscapes
The article examines how spiritual people in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina experience the agency of dead significant others through dreams. Many anthropologists have shown that dreams of the dead are understood as communication between the divine and human worlds, or between the dead and the living, and are thus perceived as particularly important. This study examines how ideas about the afterlife among spiritual people in Sarajevo shape the u…
Introduction – Rethinking the Agency of the Dead
.
“Growth” vs. “Stuckness”
This article explores conceptions of the afterlife and experiences of the dead among adherents of alternative spirituality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Based on ethnographic research in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, the study demonstrates how moral frameworks shape the topography of the afterlife. On the one hand, a predominant belief in reincarnation stimulates positive, comforting encounters with deceased individuals who lived and died in accordance w…
Afterlife (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Spirituality (3 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)