Places of Pain

Hariz Halilovich, social anthropologist and writer, is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne. His principal research interest relates to people's relationship to place, and how these relationships (and places) change as a result of violence and forced migration. Hariz has been recipient of a number of prestigious awards, including best short story at the Australian National Writing Awards (2001).

"This is one of the most powerful accounts - the most powerful account by a survivor - of the impact of forced displacement in the wake of the Bosnian conflict - The book is a survivor's account and at the same time a scholarly critique of what happened. It is an exemplar of engaged and informed writing: moving and informative, evocative and profound. It is a deeply serious book, but with the light touch of an accomplished writer." * Ron Adams, Victoria University "This manuscript addressed the complexity of lives of the Bosnian diaspora and issues of the trans-local identities like no other book before. The fact that the author has himself experienced the war and the refugee experience, as well as demonstrated the awareness of the process of forging his own new-old identity, contributes greatly to the quality of this manuscript." * Edina Becirevic, University of Sarajevo "This is a first-class text, covering a hitherto neglected topic. It is original and of a very high intellectual standard. It is crisply written, well structured, based on extensive primary research and guided by a solid theoretical understanding - there are very few English-language books in this field that really impress me, but this is one of them." * Marko Hoare, Kingston University, UK

• Table of Figures Acknowledgements A note on pronunciation of some specific Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian characters Glossary of non - English words List of selected abbreviations Chapter 1. The Journey through Bosnian War torn Communities * Writing Displacement of Bosnians * Practical Challenges * Theoretical Challenges * Methodological Challenges * Reflexive Ethnography * Ethics and Politics of the Research Chapter 2. Klotjevac: Forced Displacement and 'Ethnic Cleansing' in an Eastern Bosnian Village * Reunion * When You Forget July * Journey to a Village * Once there was a Community * Beliefs and Rituals * Taboos * In Aeljivovica Veritas * Human Geography of the Place * Annihilation of a Community * The '(UN)Safe Area' Srebrenica * Recognising Genocide * Back to the Present * Mapping displacement * Conclusion Chapter 3. Beyond the Sadness: Narratives of Displacement, Refuge and Homecomings among Bosnian Refugees in Austria * Debating Displacement * Narrating Displacement * Sejo in Vienna * Edita's 'Wonderland' in Vienna Mapping Edita's Lost Home Less than 'Six Degrees of Separation' Between Edita and Ibro * Prijedor Region - Blueprint for 'Ethnic Cleansing' * Massacre in Hegici * Massacre in Brdo * Edita, Ibro and Sejo in Austria * Edita's Homecoming * Torn Between Home and Exile, Past and Present Chapter 4. (Dis)Placing Memories: Monuments, Memorials and Commemorations in Post - war Bosnia and Herzegovina * The Funeral at Hegici * Omarska * Keraterm and Trnopolje * Srebrenica/Potocari Commemorations * Mostar Carrying its Cross * Sarajevo Remembers Chapter 5. Reframing Identity in Places of Pain: A Photographic Essay of Displacement and Memory Chapter 6. Trans - local Diasporic Communities in the Age of Transnationalism: Bosnians in Australia, Europe and the US * Debating Diaspora * Emergence of the Bosnian Diaspora * One Family, Two Languages, Many Cultures * 'German Bosnians' in Sweden and 'Aussie Bosnians' from Germany * The Trans - local Within the Transnational * Brcko in Melbourne * Strengthening Unity through Inter - marriage * Other Forms of Trans - localism in Action * Formation of Trans - local Diasporic Communities * Conclusion Chapter 7. Measuring the Pain of Others: Gendered Displacement, Memory and Identity * Re - counting the Displaced * 'Not in My Front Yard!': The Case of Fata Orlovic * Ethnic Engineering * Uncounted 'Collateral Damage': The Case of Aunty Edina * (Mis)using IDPs * RefugeeWomen in Diaspora * Mothers' Children Chapter 8. Concluding the Journey through Bosnian War - torn Communities * Bosnian Vikings * Bosnian Midwesterners * Vienna Blues * Unearthing the Missing in Bosnia * From St Louis to St Albans: All Roads Lead to Hanna's Cafe Bibliography