Interpellating the state: Activists seek political authority in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina

No longer the sole purview of comedians, satire is increasingly used by activists as a tool of political intervention. During a protest campaign in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina, activists used the satirical frame of a fake confession as a form of an “inverse interpellation” to provoke a response f...

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Veröffentlicht in:American ethnologist 2019-11, Vol.46 (4), p.444-456
1. Verfasser: KURTOVIĆ, LARISA
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:No longer the sole purview of comedians, satire is increasingly used by activists as a tool of political intervention. During a protest campaign in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina, activists used the satirical frame of a fake confession as a form of an “inverse interpellation” to provoke a response from the disinterested and dysfunctional postwar state authorities. This unusual series of events involved an unpopular prime minister, incriminating graffiti, and citizens who were hailing the police in an ironic key, showing how some forms of leftist political activism may be based on a desire to restore, rather than oppose, an overarching governing authority. [ interpellation , satire , activism , postsocialism , the state , Bosnia and Herzegovina ] Satira više nije isključivi domen komičara, već se sada često koristi kao instrument političke intervencije među aktivistima. U toku protestne kampanje u Bosni i Hercegovini, aktivisti su koristili satirični okvir patvorenog priznanja, kao oblik “obrnute interpelacije”, kako bi izazvali reakciju nezainteresovane i disfunkcionalne poslijeratne države. Ova neobična politička kampanja, koja uključuje nepopularnog Premijera, optužujući grafit, i građane koji p(r)ozivaju policiju u ironičnom ključu, pokazuje kako neki oblici ljevičarskog političkog aktivizma mogu biti bazirani na želji za revitalizacijom, radije nego na otporu vladajućim autoritetima. [ interpelacija , satira , aktivizam , postsocijalizam , država , Bosna i Hercegovina ]
ISSN:0094-0496
1548-1425
DOI:10.1111/amet.12838