The consequences of armed conflicts on life paths of Bosniaks from Eastern Bosnia

• Main Authors: Ana Uher, Vladimír Ira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karolinum Press 2021-03-01
• Series: Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica
• Subjects: life paths; time-geography; time-space activity diaries; biographies; war conflict; post-war situation; eastern bosnia and herzegovina
• Online Access: http://www.aucgeographica.cz/index.php/aucg/article/view/157

This article sets out to describe the individual mobility of persons affected by the war in former Yugoslavia from a long-term, biographical perspective. It evaluates how the conflict and post-conflict conditions limit or enhance the spatial range of individual activities. The time-geographical approach is applied through the usage of spatio-temporal records of the war and post-war life. Thirty-two respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina were interviewed, and asked to generate an “ex-post facto” open time-space activity diary. The article demonstrates the usefulness of the time-space activity diary usage as a significant instrument for a sensible analysis of life-paths.