Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
Summer 8-25-2011
Abstract
Throughout the 1990s the state of Yugoslavia dissolved, ravaged by horrendous conflict. Since, several retributive and restorative mechanisms to cope with past atrocities have been attempted. In these processes social activists and civil society organizations have increasingly gained ground. Employing concepts of sociology of spaces, which focuses on the creation of spaces through action and the interdependence of action on spatial structures, I argue that activists move between different spaces constituted by narratives of justice and truth. Different NGOs across the region run trial monitoring and/or witness support programs—examples of activist involvement in legal spatiality.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Kurze, Arnaud. "Afraid to Cry Wolf: Human Rights Activists’ Conundrum to Define Narratives of Justice and Truth in the Former Yugoslavia1." (2011).
Published Citation
Kurze, Arnaud. "Afraid to Cry Wolf: Human Rights Activists’ Conundrum to Define Narratives of Justice and Truth in the Former Yugoslavia1." (2011).
Comments
6th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Reykjavik, Iceland August 25-27, 2011