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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Center for European Stud
 ies present: \n\nLarisa\nKurtović\,\nAssistant\nProfessor of Anthropology\
 ,\nUniversity\nof OttawaFool’s\nErrand: The Ethics and Pragmatics of Polit
 ical Activism in Postwar\nBosnia-Herzegovina\n\nHow\ndo people become poli
 tical activists when historical experience destroys their\nfaith in transf
 ormative capacities of all political action?&nbsp\; Drawing on long-term f
 ieldwork in\nBosnia-Herzegovina\, this talk explores the challenges faced 
 by a new generation\nof political activists in the capital city\, who have
  been struggling to respond\nto the multifaceted political paralysis that 
 followed the end of the war.\nFocusing on “Citizen Action\,” a multigenera
 tional\, multiethnic activist\norganization that grew out of the 2008 prot
 ests for governmental\naccountability\, I show how Bosnian activists came 
 to understand their own\nefforts as a form of necessary foolishness\, “a r
 un on the windmills” which was\nbound to fail and yet also formed a type o
 f an ethical practice connected to\nthe very possibility of imagining the 
 future. In merging ethics and pragmatics\,\nin this talk I call for a care
 ful\, ethnographically and historically sensitive\nrereading of the figure
  of political activist.\n\n\n\nLarisa\nKurtović is\nan Assistant Professor
  of Anthropology at University of Ottawa. She specializes\nin political an
 thropology\, postsocialist\nstudies and contemporary Balkans. Currently\, 
 she is working on a book\nmanuscript entitled Future as Predicament: Polit
 ical Action after Catastrophe.\nShe also writes on cultural politics\, nat
 ionalism\, political patronage and\nethnology in the Balkans.\n\n\n\nLunch
 \nwill\nbe served.\n\n\nFor\ninformation on accessibility\, or to request 
 accommodation\, please contact Marc\nAlbert 315-443-9248.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n
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SUMMARY:Larisa Kurtović - Fool’s Errand: The Ethics and Pragmatics of Polit
 ical Activism in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina - CES
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Cent
 er for European Studies present: </p><p>\n\n</p><p><b>Larisa\nKurtović</b>
 \,\nAssistant\nProfessor of Anthropology\,\nUniversity\nof Ottawa</p><p><b
 >Fool’s\nErrand: The Ethics and Pragmatics of Political Activism in Postwa
 r\nBosnia-Herzegovina</b></p><p>\n\n</p><p>How\ndo people become political
  activists when historical experience destroys their\nfaith in transformat
 ive capacities of all political action?&nbsp\; Drawing on long-term fieldw
 ork in\nBosnia-Herzegovina\, this talk explores the challenges faced by a 
 new generation\nof political activists in the capital city\, who have been
  struggling to respond\nto the multifaceted political paralysis that follo
 wed the end of the war.\nFocusing on “Citizen Action\,” a multigenerationa
 l\, multiethnic activist\norganization that grew out of the 2008 protests 
 for governmental\naccountability\, I show how Bosnian activists came to un
 derstand their own\nefforts as a form of necessary foolishness\, “a run on
  the windmills” which was\nbound to fail and yet also formed a type of an 
 ethical practice connected to\nthe very possibility of imagining the futur
 e. In merging ethics and pragmatics\,\nin this talk I call for a careful\,
  ethnographically and historically sensitive\nrereading of the figure of p
 olitical activist.</p><p>\n\n</p><p>\n\n</p><b>Larisa\nKurtović </b>is\nan
  Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Ottawa. She speciali
 zes\nin political anthropology\, postsocialist\nstudies and contemporary B
 alkans. Currently\, she is working on a book\nmanuscript entitled <i>Futur
 e as Predicament: Political Action after Catastrophe</i>.\nShe also writes
  on cultural politics\, nationalism\, political patronage and\nethnology i
 n the Balkans.<p>\n\n</p><p>\n\n</p><p>Lunch\nwill\nbe served.\n</p><p>\n\
 n</p>For\ninformation on accessibility\, or to request accommodation\, ple
 ase contact Marc\nAlbert 315-443-9248.<p>\n\n </p><p>\n\n </p><p>\n\n </p>
 <p>\n\n</p>
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