Sarajevo: Politics and Cultures of Remembrance and Ignorance
Sarajevo: Politics and Cultures of Remembrance and Ignorance
Author(s): Adla IsanovićSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Fakultet za medije i komunikacije - Univerzitet Singidunum
Keywords: dehistorization; depoliticisation; politics of visibility; cultures of remembrance and ignorance; fascistoid politics; auto-colonialism; coloniality; necropolitics
Summary/Abstract: This text critically reflects on cultural events organized to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War in Sarajevo and Bosnia & Herzegovina. It elaborates on disputes which showed that culture is in the centre of identity politics and struggles (which can also take a fascist nationalist form, accept the colonizer’s perspective, etc.), on how commemorations ‘swallowed’ the past and present, but primarily contextualizes, historicizes and politicizes Sarajevo 2014 and its politics of visibility. This case is approached as an example and symptomatic of the effects of the current state of capitalism, coloniality, racialization and subjugation, as central to Europe today.
Journal: AM Časopis za studije umetnosti i medija
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 133-144
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English