Đurđevak : Roma Women’s Memories of War and Everyday Endurance in Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sammanfattning

This thesis explores how Roma experiences of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are remembered, narrated, silenced, and represented in postwar BiH. Based on qualitative interviews, fieldwork observations, and museum visits conducted in BiH between December 2025 and February 2026, the study examines how memories of war continue to shape experiences of belonging, recognition, and identity among Roma individuals in postwar BiH. Drawing on perspectives connected to narrative identity, articulated silence, stigma, and public memory, the analysis explores both personal narratives of war and the limited visibility of Roma experiences within museums and institutional representations of the past. The findings illustrate how memories of war are negotiated through silence, inherited narratives, fragmentation, and struggles over public recognition. The thesis contributes to ethnological discussions concerning memory, silence, marginalization, and public memory in post-conflict societies.