Biography
1 November to 27 December 2024
I will be working on my ERC Consolidator grant application during my stay. My ERC project proposal, “Bridging Guilt: Reconstruction of Community Life after Isolation (BRIDGUILT),” explores the impact of interethnic conflicts and violence in the Balkans through the lens of guilt. I examine how communities in the former Yugoslavia perceive and experience guilt as both a cause and consequence of the wars in the 1990s. BRIDGUILT will investigate guilt as a transformative and generative force from an anthropological perspective, focusing on individual, collective, and interpersonal practices that shape lives and communities. The project builds on the anthropological research I co-lead, "Isolated People and Communities in Slovenia and Croatia," funded by the Croatian Science Foundation and the Slovenian Research Agency.