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University of Massachusetts Amherst

1996

Bosnia

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Some Anthropological Observations On A War - The Conflict In Bosnia, Joel Halpern Mar 1996

Some Anthropological Observations On A War - The Conflict In Bosnia, Joel Halpern

Anthropology Department Faculty Publication Series

Since I recently (in January and February) had a chance to spend something less than a month in the former Yugoslavia, particularly in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo and the Hercegovinianmain town of Mostar, I thought I might briefly share some of my observations with readers of Anthrowatch. My mini series will consist of this initial section focusing on description and the second part will involve an attempt to put these comments in some analytical perspective. Since my Columbia dissertation dealt with this area I have thus been involved with researching this area over some five decades , from the …


Some Anthropological Observations On A War - The Conflict In Bosnia, Joel Halpern Mar 1996

Some Anthropological Observations On A War - The Conflict In Bosnia, Joel Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

Since I recently (in January and February) had a chance to spend something less than a month in the former Yugoslavia, particularly in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo and the Hercegovinianmain town of Mostar, I thought I might briefly share some of my observations with readers of Anthrowatch. My mini series will consist of this initial section focusing on description and the second part will involve an attempt to put these comments in some analytical perspective. Since my Columbia dissertation dealt with this area I have thus been involved with researching this area over some five decades , from the …