We were asked to write a blog post regarding our time at the GHI but I was not sure on what to write about. We were together for nine days, and I was affected in many ways during that time. I came back home and the sense of being part of something powerful was still … Continue reading Building Knowledge Through Solidarity Networks
A Researcher’s Experience of the Global Humanities Institute
It was truly a pleasure to participate in the 2019 CHCI-Mellon Crises of Democracy Global Humanities Institute in Dubrovnik. We were a mix of capable people coming from various locations, bringing with us a variety of individual experiences, societal issues and theoretical/empirical perspectives. This type of setting brings with itself the risk of creating a … Continue reading A Researcher’s Experience of the Global Humanities Institute
Learning to Remember
Within the framework of the CHCI-Mellon Crises of Democracy GHI 2019, our field trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina indeed became a tough experience of site-situated learning, as later on reported by many participants, me included. On that July weekend, I pondered a lot the pedagogy of looking and the politics of un-seeing. Indeed, we all … Continue reading Learning to Remember
The Human Experience of Political Crisis
Throughout the Institute, our discussions never strayed far from the human experience of political crisis. Reminders from the dance scholars in our midst about the inescapable physical manifestation of trauma, workshops about how to conduct oral histories, testimony from our tour guide in Dubrovnik and a survivor of Srebrenica, pockmarked stone and man-made memorials in … Continue reading The Human Experience of Political Crisis
Crises of Democracy 