Authoritarian Past, Dystopian Present - Identity in Conflicted "North" Macedonia
(2019) SANK02 20191Social Anthropology
- Abstract
- This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. The current government pushed through the name change despite a failed referendum in order to pursue EU and NATO membership previously blocked by Greece. This thesis explores the identity of Macedonians I would meet during a two week long fieldwork I conducted in April-May 2019. I contextualize Macedonian... (More)
- This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. The current government pushed through the name change despite a failed referendum in order to pursue EU and NATO membership previously blocked by Greece. This thesis explores the identity of Macedonians I would meet during a two week long fieldwork I conducted in April-May 2019. I contextualize Macedonian identity in the setting of the Balkan region and use primarily constructivist theories on nation to investigate the conflicting identities in the post-Yugoslav republic. This thesis looks at what people I met in unofficial circumstances feel about their identity as ”north” Macedonians and their view of their country. (Less)
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- author
- Hoff, Erik LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SANK02 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social Anthropology, North Macedonia, Identity, Nation & Nationalism
- language
- English
- id
- 8994803
- date added to LUP
- 2019-09-12 12:21:08
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- 2019-09-12 12:21:08
@misc{8994803, abstract = {{This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. The current government pushed through the name change despite a failed referendum in order to pursue EU and NATO membership previously blocked by Greece. This thesis explores the identity of Macedonians I would meet during a two week long fieldwork I conducted in April-May 2019. I contextualize Macedonian identity in the setting of the Balkan region and use primarily constructivist theories on nation to investigate the conflicting identities in the post-Yugoslav republic. This thesis looks at what people I met in unofficial circumstances feel about their identity as ”north” Macedonians and their view of their country.}}, author = {{Hoff, Erik}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Authoritarian Past, Dystopian Present - Identity in Conflicted "North" Macedonia}}, year = {{2019}}, }