Naslov
Bosnian Croat Pilgrimages within Post-conflict Landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Autori
Katić, Mario

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
2021 Pilnet Meeting / - , 2021, 1-1

Skup
Pilgrimage and the Politics of Presence and Absence: Anthropological Horizons on Sacralizing Locality, Visibility and Invisibility in the Contemporary World

Mjesto i datum
Aix-en-Provence, Francuska, 23.09.2021. - 25.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Bosnian Croata ; Post-conflict landscape ; Pilgrimage

Sažetak
This paper problematizes the role of pilgrimage sites as (re)presentations of the missing population in post-conflict competition between different ethno-religious communities. The main focus is on Bosnian Croat pilgrimage sites which serve as nodes for gathering war-torn displaced Bosnian Croat communities, and also as physical manifestations of the absent community. These sites work on two levels: (1) Their role in the religious, national, but also family identities of Bosnian Croats, in the regions where the pilgrimage sites are strong symbols, with people returning at least once a year. (2) Even when the population to which the pilgrims are seen as belonging is absent, returning to their new permanent residences in different European and other countries, the architectural manifestation of the pilgrimage site performs the role of "avatar " of the Bosnian Croat community in the post-conflict landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina. These "avatar" roles of Bosnian Croat pilgrimage sites may be observed in synchronic but also diachronic perspectives. They could represent recently absent population, since the war in the 1990s. But they could also represent Catholics (today Bosnian Croats) who have been absent for centuries. Although these examples are found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and coming from Bosnian Croat contexts, I believe that a similar interpretational framework could be used on other pilgrimage sites, old and new, that are parts of the religoscapes displaced communities.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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