Very recently, one of my articles appeared in the journal Anatoli, entitled A Communicative Figuration Between Sarajevo and Istanbul in the Course of Gentrificating Turkey’s Post-Ottoman Hinterland. Anatoli’s new edition isn’t yet „en ligne“ (hopefully soon). I am currently writing on a review in english on the whole number, which offers many insights into migration research in and on Turkey. For now, here’s an abstract of my own article:
In this article, I will tie in with the topic of Turkish cultural diplomacy in the Balkans, but extend the research interest by the question how and to what extent the significant and undoubtable rise of discoursive running to and fro between Sarajevo and Ankara was and is informed by the topic of forced Muslim migration of European Muslims from the formerly Ottoman Balkans to Turkey and the aligned memory of loss. By doing so, I will offer an overview of my ongoing , advanced doctoral dissertation, and present selected samples from my field studies that I have spent in Turkey, Bosnia and the area in-between from 2014-2017. Ihope to contribute to a deeper understanding of how different actors on different levels are involved in the symbolical negotiations between the Balkans and Turkey. Thus, not only official cultural diplomats‘ views will be taken into account, but also post-migrant (muhacirs‘) positions and their Balkanic relatives – in what I shall call a communicative Bosniak-Turkish figuration.
Bibliographical reference/source:
Schad, Thomas, A Communicative Figuration Between Sarajevo and Istanbul in the Course of Gentrificating Turkey’s Post-Ottoman Hinterland, in: Anatoli 9 (2018), Dossier thématique: Migrants et réfugiés en Turquie, dans leur contexte historique, politique et social (sous la direction d’Elif Aksaz et de Catherine Wihtol de Wenden), 127-139.
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