{"id":32093,"date":"2019-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliamep.lncdoo.com\/activity\/kefalaio-tis-j-funk-sto-syllogiko-tomo-both-muslim-and-european-diasporic-and-migrant-identities-of-bosnian-muslims\/"},"modified":"2019-05-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:00:00","slug":"kefalaio-tis-j-funk-sto-syllogiko-tomo-both-muslim-and-european-diasporic-and-migrant-identities-of-bosnian-muslims","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/kefalaio-tis-j-funk-sto-syllogiko-tomo-both-muslim-and-european-diasporic-and-migrant-identities-of-bosnian-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Julianne Funk\u2019s chapter in the edited volume Both Muslim and European: Diasporic and Migrant Identities of Bosnian Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p><strong>Julianne Funk,<\/strong> Research Fellow at <strong>ELIAMEP\u2019s<\/strong> South-East Europe Programme published a chapter in the 2019 edited volume Both Muslim and European: Diasporic and Migrant Identities of Bosniaks (ed. D\u017e. \u0160u\u0161ko), Brill publishers, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>  Dr. Funk\u2019s chapter is entitled \u201c<strong>Bosnian Diaspora Experiences of Su\u017eivot or Traditional Coexistence: Bosanski Lonac, American Melting Pot or Swiss Fondue?\u201d<\/strong> (pp. 145-158).<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <em>Su\u017eivot is well known throughout the former Yugoslavia as a traditional way of socially relating across cultural differences, but it has been particularly characteristic of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to its ethno-religious diversity. Both the literal translation \u2018co-life\u2019 and the standard translation, \u2018coexistence,\u2019 demonstrate the concept\u2019s lack of an inherent positive or negative value, but simply implies that people of different backgrounds or identities live in the same place with each other. The expression of su\u017eivot as a phenomenon continues to evolve in the postwar context of BiH where people try to build a \u2018normal\u2019 society \u2018together\u2019. However, because of the 1990s war, an estimated 1.4 million Bosnians live outside the country (Valenta &#038; Ramet 2010), where the concept and dynamics of su\u017eivot is not exactly the same. The research behind the chapter sought to compare the expressions and perceptions of su\u017eivot in BiH today with those in two different migrant contexts (Switzerland and the USA). While su\u017eivot remains widely valued, is also regarded with much skepticism and distrust. For BiH residents, despite their discouraging postwar reality, the latter lack of trust is tempered by the need to create a positive future, a future that necessitates su\u017eivot. The diaspora\u2019s distance from BiH may account for their greater pessimism about su\u017eivot in BiH. The diaspora\u2019s pragmatism relates to adapting to their adopted countries, while relations with other diaspora or with BiH itself are less essential to achieving the \u2018good life\u2019. Nevertheless, tolerance, openness and positive interactions are still highly valued.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  You can read more about the volume in the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/title\/54445?lang=en\">https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/title\/54445?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":32094,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/32093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=32093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}