Amina Hadžiomerović

University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Humanities, ARTES, Post-Doc

International University of Sarajevo, Psychology, Undergraduate

RMIT University, Global, Urban and Social Studies, PhD candidate

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Sociocultural anthropologist with expertise in genocide and migration studies. Areas of research interest: Bosnian War (1992-1995), missing persons, Srebrenica Genocide, transgenerational legacies, war-induced migration, long-distance mourning, memory practices, suspended rituals, photography and film in the service of memory.

I graduated psychology at International University of Sarajevo. Afterward, I traversed to the field of sociocultural anthropology, finishing my PhD studies on the topic of the impact of the unresolved issue of the missing persons from Bosnian genocide on everyday lives, social identities, memories and migration patterns of the surviving families in the diaspora (Australia and the USA).
Currently on my postdoctoral studies at the University of Amsterdam, working on Facing Srebrenica project and developing model for survivor-centred participatory archival practice.
Supervisors: Professor Hariz Halilovich

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RMIT University

RMIT University

University of Sarajevo

Universität Bielefeld

Hamza Preljević

International University of Sarajevo

Ivan Ejub Kostic

University of Belgrade

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Papers by Amina Hadžiomerović

Family After the Genocide: Preserving Ethnic and Kinship Continuity Among Second-Generation Australian-Bosniak Immigrants

Family After the Genocide: Preserving Ethnic and Kinship Continuity Among Second-Generation Australian-Bosniak Immigrants, 2023

The subject of transgenerational legacies of war and forced migration has been increasingly gaini... more The subject of transgenerational legacies of war and forced migration has been increasingly gaining traction in the academic sphere. However, most of these studies yielded clinical implications, neglecting the role of culture in responding to the crisis engendered through the wholesale destruction of communities. The present paper examines how compounding of these phenomena impacted the formation of the social identities among the second-generation Bosniak 1 migrants, whose parents survived the genocide in Srebrenica three decades ago and were forced to resettle in Australia. I focus on their family and homemaking practices in the diaspora by drawing upon findings from my ethnographic fieldwork in Melbourne. I found that the shared experience of place-based trauma of genocide serves as a connective tissue that binds the children survivors in "trans-local endogamous" marital unions through which they seek to preserve, perform and reproduce their unique (trans)local, cultural, as well as relational identities.

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BOSNIAN POST-WAR TRANSGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECTS ON POST-WAR BORN CHILDREN

EPIPHANY, 2019

Considering the fact that last two centuries on Balkan,especially on the ground of Bosnia, are ma... more Considering the fact that last two centuries on Balkan,especially on the ground of Bosnia, are marked by repeated political aggression and conflicts, in the course of every fifty years, attention of this paper is directed to post-transitional society, investigating how the upcoming generations are affected by parental war-related trauma integration and transitional adaptation. Paper explores mechanics of trauma transmission, taking on biopsychosocial model , and additionally via Phenomenological research studies causalities and context of affective disorders among post-war born children,due to dysfunctional parenting.

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