Abstract
In this chapter, the post-Yugoslav region is approached as a ‘region of
memory’, to gain broader insights into the dynamics of regional memory
politics. Despite the prevalence of ethnonational forms of engagement
with the legacies of the 1990s in post-Yugoslav states, this region of memory
features emerging platforms where activists claim agency through alternative
counter-memories, and where civic engagement is growing and joint
action is evolving. Regions of memory advance our understanding of
memory activism by transcending the national, facilitating the articulation
of regional mnemonic claims, beyond ethnicity. By allowing for agency in
various forms and establishing networks for commemorative solidarity,
the actions of memory activists from below position the post-Yugoslav
region as a ‘region of memory activism’.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press