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- Introduction
- Title Slide
- Problem Statement
- Why does my research matter?
- Research Question
- Hypothesis (Argument)
- Methods & Design
- Findings
Tweets and Art as Protest to Face the Past in the Balkans:
Can Youth Performance Activism Help Create a Historical Dialogue?
Arnaud Kurze, PhD
Department of Justice Studies
Montclair State University
Bridging the Gap:
Youth Activism & Memory
A regional case study of
post-conflict youth advocacy
- Why does youth utilize performance activism in TJ? And what are the consequences of these new TJ practices?
Hypothesis
The work of youth activists has fueled the creation of a new spatiality of deliberation to contest the culture of impunity and challenge the politics of memory in the Balkans.
Existing Research in the Field
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- Democratization theories (e.g. O’Donnell, Huntington and Linz)
- Transitional justice (e.g. Teitel, Peskin and Subotic)
- Youth and post-conflict trauma (e.g. Peeters, Muggah and Grunwald)
- Critical transitional justice or post-transitional justice (e.g. Collins, Di Lelio and Kurze)
Performance activism surprising
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Research Design
- Mixed Qualitative Methods (Silverman 2000)
- Narrative Interviews & snowball sampling (Noy 2008)
- Prosopography
- Document Analysis
Empirical examples
Bosnia: International judges
Croatia: Croatian impunity—Serbian trials
Serbia: hampering judicial efforts
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Interpreting Advocacy Outcomes
- Broken “Boomerang” (Keck & Sikkink)
- Activism fatigue
- Unconventional Activism (e.g. Wall, flashcards and plaque)
- Creation of strategic confrontation spaces
- Outlook: Tailored support to sustain local ownership
Performance activism surprising
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Empirical examples
Bosnia: International judges
Croatia: Croatian impunity—Serbian trials
Serbia: hampering judicial efforts
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