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The identity of young Sarajevans: Who is standing at the opposite sides of the bridge?
Tučková, Sabina ; Šístek, František (advisor) ; Žíla, Ondřej (referee)
Sarajevo is a city in which, for centuries, people of different religions and ethnicities have lived together. But the war in the early 1990s partitioned the country into almost ethnically homogenous parts. The aim of this work is to find out, how young people between the ages of 18 - 29 years old perceive the identity of contemporary Sarajevo and to what extent they identify with the official narrative of Sarajevo as a multi-ethnic city. An online survey was conducted in March 2016 by a sample of 66 young Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats. The research examines how they identify with the Sarajevan urban identity and the influential factors, such as ethnic categorization, religious beliefs, origin, or dominant information sources. To provide a deeper insight, the online survey was extended to include 15 in-depth interviews with young Sarajevans. There, the author uses a metaphor of a bridge to analyze the young Sarajevans' point of view regarding inter-ethnic relations and identity of their city. The outcome of the research is recognition that young Sarajevans often deny the ethnic categorization and perceive the every- day contact between different ethnic groups as non-problematic. As a consequence, the participants see Sarajevo as a unique city in the Bosnian context and typically distinguish...
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The conflict of national identities and its role in the Macedonian integration to the EU
Tučková, Sabina ; Tejchman, Miroslav (advisor) ; Kouba, Miroslav (referee)
Bachelor thesis Conflict of national identities and its role in the Macedonian integration to the EU describes a recent topic: One of the Western Balkan countries' membership in the EU and problems that it meets. In this regard, Macedonia is specific because its membership is blocked by Greek disagreement with name of the country. Greece accepts Macedonia under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Because of its similar language and history with Bulgaria, Macedonians hadn't been recognized as a unique nation for a long time. The fact that Macedonia wasn't accepted can still be seen in Macedonian identity and complicates the relations with large Albanian minority. The author in her thesis responds to a question whether the EU really wants to accept Macedonia as a member or not. The author concludes that in the case of the economic crisis, the enlargement is not the priority for the EU. However, sooner or later, expansion to the Balkan region will become a target. Macedonia is in Europe, which means that it naturally belongs to the EU. And the author thinks that the EU membership is necessary for the stabilization of the region and the minimalization of the ethnic disputes.
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