Читать книгу Post-War Identification - Torsten Kolind - Страница 4

My book is based on research which was part of the research project ‘Archaeological and Social Anthropological Perspectives on War and Society’ at the Institute of Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. This project formed part of the Danish Research Council for the Humanities’ special initiative on the subject of ‘Civilization and War’. I want to thank all the members of our research group for our inspiring discussions, seminars and workgroup sessions (see Otto et al. 2006 for an overview of the results of this research project).

I want to thank Ton Otto, professor at the Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus, who supervised the PhD dissertation on which this book is based. His comments were always constructive, he was respectful of my way of thinking, and he supported me whole-heartedly.

I want to thank both Aarhus University Research Foundation and the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation for grants to fund the publishing of this book.

I also want to thank a handful of scholars whom I have come across during my research in Bosnia Herzegovina, and who have commented constructively on my work and inspired me intellectually. Dr Maja Povrzanović Frykman, who completed a thorough and critical reading of my manuscript for the PhD dissertation, and for inspiring conversations. Dr Xavier Bougarel for his useful comments on part of my work (Kolind 2007). Dr Mitja Velikonja, Dr Ivana Maček and Dr Stef Jansen for stimulating conversations at seminars in Aarhus and Lund, and fruitful email correspondence. Dr Hannes Grandits for our friendly and interesting exchange in Stolac and Mostar. And Dr Tone Bringa, whose works have inspired me a great deal, and for the invitation to the right seminar at the right time.

I want to express my greatest debt of gratitude to my informants in Stolac. For many years their lives have been a nightmare. They have experienced war, expulsion, fear, hunger and desperation; and after returning to their homes, many have felt uncertainty, bitterness and resignation. I was therefore amazed and impressed by how hospitable, sincere and trusting most of my informants were. Circumstances, unfortunately, do not allow me to mention any names. I do, however, wish to express a special thanks to my host family, who did all they could to help me in my research, as well as being thoroughly decent people. M for our inspiring talks and for your work in translating interviews. A for helping me with arranging interviews and for the kindness that you and your family showed me. H for your decency. M, your father, M and J for our good times together.

Last, I want to thank my lovely family, first of all my wife Jeanett Bjønness and my two children Martine and Severin, my father Jørn Kolind, my two brothers Lars and Marcus, and my deceased mother Inger Kolind, to whom this book is dedicated.