Tumačenje sjećanja i zamišljanje zajednica u poslijeratnim vukovarskim ritualima (1992. – 2015.)
Interpretation of memory and imagining communities in post-war rituals in Vukovar (1992–2015)

Summary/Abstract: Modern rituals are exceptionally complex events; the actors performing them have a narrative and imaginative connection with the space where the performance is taking place, with the history and tradition that the ritual concerns as well as with the wide community that they themselves represent. This paper interprets performances of post-war rituals in Vukovar, focusing on the Vukovar Remembrance Day of November 18th. The first part of the paper presents different ways of commemorating that day by Croats and by Serbs, whereby the two sides assign completely opposite meanings to the Battle of Vukovar. The second part follows the marking of Vukovar Remembrance Day after Vukovar once again became part of the constitutional and legal system of the Republic of Croatia. The third part of the paper follows the commemorations from 2013 to 2015 through the concepts of routinization and dramatization. In doing so, the paper tries to explain the differences and changes in marking one of the most important events in modern Croatian history.

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