Pričanja o gubitku: fragmenti iz banijske svakodnevice
Narrations About Loss: Fragments from Everyday Life in Banija
Author(s): Nina Čolović, Jelena MarkovićSubject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Peace and Conflict Studies, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Keywords: (traumatic) loss; everyday life; Banija; narratives about loss; ethnography; collaborative listening; war; earthquake;
Summary/Abstract: This paper explores everyday narrative practices about (traumatic) loss in the Banija region, stemming from historical conflict and violence, a natural disaster (the 2020 earthquake), and long-term political, economic, and social deprivation. These narrations form a layered texture where the intimate, political, and historical intertwine. Through attentive, collaborative listening to collected material—with a focus on narrative microstructures—the paper seeks to create a space for that which is suppressed, silenced, or fractured in language and thus less audible in broader social discourse. It aims to shed light on collective and individual strategies for grappling with loss within complex affective and social landscapes of everyday life.
Journal: Studia ethnologica Croatica
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 37
- Page Range: 341-372
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Croatian
