Negotiating Social Relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Stef Jansen Čarna Brković Vanja Čelebičić

Author:Stef Jansen, Čarna Brković, Vanja Čelebičić [Stef Jansen, Čarna Brković, Vanja Čelebičić]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Political Science
ISBN: 9781317089254
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2016-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

Notes

1This chapter is based on PhD research supported by the Central European University and the International Visegrad Fund. I am immensely grateful to my former colleagues/interlocutors at the OSCE mission to BiH. All interlocutors whose narratives have been used herein have agreed to participate in ethnographic research on informality in state-building. Their identities, including their country of origin, have been altered so as to preserve their anonymity.

2In the following, I use ‘locals’ and ‘internationals’ under inverted commas as emic categories of social identification within the OSCE, as well as in other international agencies in Bosnia. The term ‘locals’ (lokalci in the Bosnian language) signifies holders of Bosnian passports employed on a 1-year renewable contractual basis. ‘Internationals’ (stranci in the Bosnian language) denotes non-Bosnians seconded to the mission by their national governments or employed on contractual basis as long or short-term consultants.

3For previous accounts of štela and veze in academic literature, see Sorabji (2008), UNDP (2009) and Brković (2014).

4In 2011, Altavista, familiarly referred to as ‘Alta’, opened a building just next to UNITIC, catering to the employee population from the twin towers with its cafés and shops. In 2012, Importanne opened its gates to the neighbouring UN headquarters. Another shopping mall across the street from Alta was opened in late 2013.

5Since he was a former academic, we may assume Senad was referring to Knaus and Martin (2003).

6 Mahaluša (from mahala, the term for residential neighbourhoods surrounding Sarajevo’s commercial centre) refers to a neighbourhood gossiper, a lady who presumably knows ‘everything about everyone’ and likes to share the information further.

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