Johanna Mannergren
Contested Memoryscapes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Absences and Silences in Everyday Peace
Contested Memoryscapes in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Absences and Silences in Everyday Peace examines what lies beyond immediate, visible politics: silences, secrets, voids, and erasures. Through the conceptual lens of “presence of absence,” the book explores the tension between the loss in the past and the politics surrounding that loss in the present. Drawing on emplaced, embodied, and narrative perspectives, it advances understandings of the impact of memory politics on peace and offers new insights into lived realities in Bosnia and Herzegovina – insights that are relevant for other societies grappling with the long-term consequences of mass violence.
Auteur
Johanna Mannergren is professor of political science and international relations at Södertörn University, Sweden. Her research focuses on postwar processes, memory politics, transitional justice, gender, and everyday peace. She is co-author of Peace and the Politics of Memory (2024) and Troubling Testimonies (2026).
