This! ☝️ What life is considered life, who is considered grievable, all of that is deeply political.

It outlines that the salute's "contemporary public use inevitably normalizes the symbols of the Ustaša genocidal system and stands in direct contradiction to the constitutional and moral foundations of the Republic of Croatia."

Louder for the NEO-FASCISTS & genocide deniers in the back! 👏

Also super weird? It's like the US tearing down the World Trade Center Memorial to sell the land... It seems counterproductive for these hyper-nationalists. Unless their greed really supersedes their nationalism... which is an interesting, albeit depressing, conclusion.

Whenever things get bad, minorities pay the price. Some more than others. In the words of one of my colleagues in Zagreb: "we know as Croatian Serbs that we can always be collateral damage."

Quand les vraies nouvelles ressemblent à de la satire… c’est quoi ce délire?! 😂

In my experience, institutions are less concerned with the safety/well-being of the researcher than they are with the participants of the research. I was drilled with ethical questions about my interlocutors, but nobody ever asked me how I would ensure my own safety in the field. It is absurd.

Quelle belle trouvaille! 😦

Sure, but I am always careful about comparisons between Croatia and BiH. The power dynamics are very different: national minority vs. constitutive people. And, consequently, we should analyse the political/social implications of such acts (and their consequences) differently.

This type of hyper-surveillance is typical, but I'm surprised that someone born there isn't more aware of the risk. 🤔 However, I can also imagine this being a misguided act of defiance... after all, nobody is monitoring what Croat players (hell, even local politicians) are following.

What are your thoughts on Hannah Arendt? :)

What is most interesting to me isn't who is going or why, but rather the social and political consequences of normalizing such a concert. As if it's T. Swift. There are people singing Ustaša songs in the heart of Zagreb as we speak.