WARFUN Podcast

WARFUN

Welcome to the WARFUN Podcast. WARFUN is a research project funded by the European Research Council and led by Antonio De Lauri at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway. The project investigates the plurality of experiences, the emotional implications, and the narratives of war from the perspective of those who fight. Through these conversations, the WARFUN podcast aims to offer a more nuanced understanding of what it means to be at war and how war blurs the boundaries between the extraordinary and the ordinary. WARFUN is an ERC Consolidator Grant project (ID: 101001106).

  1. 02/21/2024

    10 - On Many Roles of Music during the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-1995). A Conversation with Petra Hamer

    In this episode, Iva Jelušić and Petra Hamer talk about musicking in the besieged Sarajevo. The conversation covers many related aspects, from practical issues arising from the lack of electricity to the activities of musicians who stayed and those who fled as well as music-related activities of the soldiers. Petra talks about the omnipresence of music in the city and the reasons why it was completely expected. Petra Hamer is an ethnologist and cultural anthropologist researching popular music and culture during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995). She holds a PhD from the University of Graz, where she was researching artistic units of Bosnian-Herzegovinian army, their production of popular patriotic music and the question of national identity construction. She is currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC project “The roles of the agency of the dead in the lives of individuals in contemporary society.” Iva Jelušić is a post-doctoral researcher for the “War and Fun: Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience” project at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway.   Some of the songs mentioned in the conversation: Dino Merlin: Vojnik sreće (Soldier of Luck)  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qp5ZPm8-S8⁠ Dino Merlin: Jedna si jedina (You Arethe One and Only)  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RORiH6WWt9Q⁠ Hanka Paldum: Žuta Fadila (Yellow Fadila)  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wuiTMhb-xg&t=108s⁠ Nazif Gljiva: Branioci Sarajeva (Defenders of Sarajevo)  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9WOds3lXHA⁠ Mladen Vojičić - Tifa: Ponesi zastavu Dragane Vikiću (Carry the Flag, Dragan Vikić)  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeddbTjyYnQ⁠ Macbeth: Mnoge će majke (Many Mothers Will)  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8u-X_w95Wg⁠ Ceca: Volim te (I Love You) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcg2sAKTkXM⁠

    30 min
  2. 12/05/2023

    09 - Living for a better future at the El Shatt refugee camp

    In this episode, Iva Jelušić and Florian Bieber talk about the El Shatt refugee camp in Egypt that operated during the final two years of World War II. The conversation provides an overview of the functioning of this camp, the life of the people in it, and the aspects that made it a well-organized as well as a joyful establishment, which was different from other refugee camps. You can see images from the camp in the WarFun visual archive. Florian Bieber is a political scientist and historian working on inter-ethnic relations, ethnic conflict and nationalism, focusing on Southeastern Europe. He is a Professor in South-East European History and Politics and director of the Center for South East European Studies at the University of Graz. He coordinates the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group and is President of the Association for the Study of Nationalities. Florian has published widely, with his most recent books including Negotiating Unity and Diversity in the European Union (with Roland Bieber, 2021), as well as Debating Nationalism. Other published books include, The Global Spread of Nations and The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans (both published in 2020). The book Hvar in the Modern Age: Identity and Change in Southeastern Europe, which is mentioned in the conversation, is expected to be published in 2024. Iva Jelušić is a post-doctoral researcher for the “War and Fun: Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience” project at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway.

    24 min

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Welcome to the WARFUN Podcast. WARFUN is a research project funded by the European Research Council and led by Antonio De Lauri at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway. The project investigates the plurality of experiences, the emotional implications, and the narratives of war from the perspective of those who fight. Through these conversations, the WARFUN podcast aims to offer a more nuanced understanding of what it means to be at war and how war blurs the boundaries between the extraordinary and the ordinary. WARFUN is an ERC Consolidator Grant project (ID: 101001106).