[Bosnia] Prošle godine u Bosni: esej o terorizmu i nacionalnim tvorevinama.

Prije nekoliko dana je na portalu Abrašmedia bila objavljena vijest o bajkerima koji su iz Njemačke i Nizozemske pošli u Siriju i Irak da se bore protiv ISIS-a. Da ubiju ljude, znači. Loše ljude, ljudi koji bi inače ubili druge ljude. Neljudi. Interesantnije od same vijesti su bili komentari, kao i obično. Raspravljalo se po...

[Bosnia] In Bosnia II: On traditions and naming

As long as there is tradition, names can tell you a lot there, in Bosnia. But with traditions, it is complicated, not only there, and we will face many contradi(c)tions. Amongst people who come from the muslim tradition in Bosnia, it is an outspoken spiritual advise that names must be beautiful (lijepa imena). But there...

[Yorum] Dem Fachidioten zur Kränkung

Der Fachidiot. Der Fachidiot ist keine Person – der Fachidiot ist ein Typus; Der Fachidiot bildet sich heraus oder bildet sich nicht heraus; Der Fachidiot ist immer schon veranlagt; Der Fachidiot weiß in erster Linie für sich und durch sich; Der Fachidiot weiß durch Fleiß; In Gesellschaften mit viel Fleiß gibt es auch viele Fachidioten;...

[Bosnia] In Bosnia (I)

In Bosnia, everything else was quite different from the Izmir experience. Bosnia was the starting and ending point of my Balkans tour, between Sarajevo’s Baščaršija, Mostar’s Old Bridge, Sandžak’s pešter heights and Ibar valley, Prizren’s multilingual place name signs, Macedonia’s shrub lands and Alexander the Great statues. Different were the little things: you drink čaj...