Long-distance Mourning and Synchronised Memories in a Global Context
Commemorating Srebrenica in Diaspora
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6086225 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hariz Halilovich (0000-0001-8930-3152) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 410-422 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6952 • E-ISSN: 1469-9591 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13602004.2015.1073956 |
| OpenAlex | W1937620855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
This paper discusses annual commemorative activities of July 11 in the Bosnian diaspora communities in Europe, the USA and Australia, a widely embraced grassroots trend commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica genocide that has become an important act of public memorialisation, reassertion of collective identity and a form of political activism among the Bosnian refugees and genocide survivors in different places across the globe where they have settled. In addition to serving as a cohesive factor among the members of the Bosnian diaspora communities and providing them with a social context in which they can collectively mourn their losses, the Srebrenica commemorations in diaspora have been increasingly reaching out to include members and leaders of the mainstream communities; hence becoming distinct, locally situated, global public events about Bosnia and Srebrenica rather than remaining the exclusive Bosnian immigrants' gatherings that they initially tended to be. In conjunction with the public commemorations, Bosnian diaspora organisations and initiatives have successfully lobbied the governments of their adopted countries to pass resolutions recognising the Srebrenica genocide and calling for July 11 to be acknowledged as the Srebrenica Remembrance Day
Archaeology · Bosnian · Context (archaeology · Diaspora · Genocide · Grassroots · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philippine History and Culture
Sveprisutna odsutnost nestalih u genocidu
Remembering and dealing with violent past
The travelling art installation Prijedor ‘92
The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (Arrid)
Migrating memory, diasporic counter archives, and transnational reckoning with repressed past
Remembering the Past in Diasporic Spaces
Transitional Justice and Conflict Studies
White Armband Day
The neoliberalisation of formal governmental relations with Britain’s Muslim communities
The last ‘never again’? Srebrenica and the making of a memory imperative
Commemorating by Marching
Transnational Activism against Genocide Denial
Framing the present through the past
Framing the unforgettable
Remembering genocide in the diaspora
The United Nations General Assembly Resolution on Srebrenica and the Struggle Against Genocide Denial
Who chooses to remember? Diaspora participation in memorialization initiatives
| Citations per year | 1.89 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |