The “Forensic Landscapes” of Srebrenica
Abstract
This article appropriates the forensic archaeological notion of “forensic landscape” for critical theory as a means to explore the ways in which the topography stretching between Srebrenica and Tuzla has been seen and monumentalized in the aftermath of the genocide in 1995. Bringing together forensic scientific discourse and visual culture, this article provides a critical reading for the Marš Mira, an annual commemorative walk held prior to the burials in Potočari. By drawing on different taxophonies of landscape, the Marš Mira exemplifies how the forensic landscape functions memorially as a zone of indistinction.References
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[12] Henry Bond, Lacan at the Scene, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012.
[13] Ziyah Gafic, Quest for Identity, New York: MO Design Ltd, 2010.
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[15] P. Cheetham and I. Hanson, “Excavation and Recovery,” World Archaeological Congress Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology, Eds. D. Ubelaker and S. Blau. California: Left Coast Press, 2008.
[16] Sam Turner, “Landscape Archaeology,” The Routledge Com-panion to Landscape Studies, Peter Howard, Ian Thompson, Emma Waterton, Eds. London, New York: Routledge, 2013.
[17] W. J. T. Mitchell. Ed. Landscape and Power, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
[18] Simon Norfolk, Bleed, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2005.
[19] International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Bridging the Gap Between the ICTY and Communities in Bos-nia and Herzegovina, Hague: Albani, 2009.
[20] (2013) The Mars Mira website. (Online) Available: www.marsmira.org
[21] Tarik Samarah, Srebrenica, Sarajevo, Zagreb: Synopsis, 2005.
[22] Temporary Marker. Mars Mira 2012.
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CYR, Rachel E..
The “Forensic Landscapes” of Srebrenica.
Култура/Culture, [S.l.], n. 5, p. 81-92, mar. 2014.
ISSN 1857-7725.
Available at: <http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/65>. Date accessed: 20 may 2024.
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Keywords
landscape, Srebrenica, forensic science, archaeology, Marš Mira, mass grave sites, Simon Norfolk, Ziyah Gafic
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