Ghosts of the past: The competing agendas of forensic work in identifying the missing across Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jugo, A.; Škulj, S.

doi:10.7227/hrv.1.1.4

Ghosts of the past: The competing agendas of forensic work in identifying the missing across Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jugo, A.; Škulj, S.

Authors

Admir Jugo admir.jugo@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

S. Škulj

Abstract

International interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that ultimately brought the war to a standstill, emphasised recovering and identifying the missing as chief among the goals of post-war repair and reconstruction, aiming to unite a heavily divided country. Still, local actors keep showing that unity is far from achieved and it is not a goal for all those involved. This paper examines the various actors that have taken up the task of locating and identifying the missing in order to examine their incentives as well as any competing agendas for participating in the process. These efforts cannot be understood without examining their impact both at the time and now, and we look at the biopolitics of the process and utilisation of the dead within. Due to the vastness and complexity of this process, instead of a conclusion, additional questions will be opened required for the process to keep moving forward.

Citation

Jugo, A., & Škulj, S. (2015). Ghosts of the past: The competing agendas of forensic work in identifying the missing across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.7227/hrv.1.1.4

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 2, 2014
Online Publication Date	Mar 1, 2015
Publication Date	Mar 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Dec 10, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Feb 17, 2016
Journal	Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	1
Issue	1
Pages	39-56
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7227/hrv.1.1.4
Keywords	Bosnia and Herzegovina, ICMP, Yugoslavia, Biopolitics, Forensic.

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The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in: Jugo, Admir and Škulj, Senem, 2015, Ghosts of the past: The competing agendas of forensic work in identifying the missing across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1: 1, 39-56, DOI: 10.7227/HRV.1.1.4 © 2015 Author(s). Published by Manchester University Press.