1st Edition
Transnational Memory Activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina The White Armband Day
List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Prijedor 1992: A Historical and Legal Contextualisation
2 Prijedor after ‘Cleansing’: Dispersal, Return, and Memorialisation
3 The Emergence of White Armband Day
4 From Global Social Media Campaign to Annual Protest Walk
5 Commemorating White Armband Day in Diasporic Space
6 Prijedor Abroad: Translocal Organising within Bosnian Communities
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Johanna Paul holds a PhD in Sociology from Bielefeld University, Germany. She has worked as a Research Assistant at Bielefeld University, Faculty of Sociology, where she taught in the fields of transnational migration, forced migration, and diaspora studies. She was a visiting researcher at the Bosnia Memory Project at Fontbonne University and a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz. Working at the intersections of transnational studies and transitional justice, her research interests include dealing with the past, genocide denial, and social movements. Her doctoral research focused on memory activism and the transnational commemoration of genocidal violence in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"In her groundbreaking study of transnational activism advocating transitional justice “from below”, Johanna Paul examines the role of diaspora groups in shaping memory politics and grassroots memorialization. Her carefully argued analysis enables researchers, graduate students, and policymakers to gain a deeper understanding of collective mobilization across emerging cross-border civil societies."
— Thomas Faist, Professor Emeritus in Sociology, Bielefeld University
"Johanna Paul offers an incisive account of post-war memory struggles in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tracing how White Armband Day evolved from a local protest in Prijedor into a transnational movement confronting denial and injustice. Drawing on rich ethnographic research, she shows how survivors and diasporic communities reclaim suppressed histories and forge new forms of civic engagement across borders. A vital contribution to debates on memory, diaspora, and post-conflict justice."
— Hariz Halilovich, Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University
