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The aim of this article was to analyze the retold experiences of 27 survivors from the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have examined verbal markers of reconciliation and implacability and I have analyzed described terms for reconciliation that are being actualized in the narratives. In the narratives of those interviewed, implacability is the prominent them, but the possibility of reconciliation is mentioned, if some conditions are met. These conditions are for example justice for the victims of the war, a confession from the offender and his emotional involvement (for instance showing remorse and shame). The picture that emerges from the analyzed narratives is that it is easier to forgive someone imprisoned for his atrocities. ; Konferens: 1) 'I too, remember dust': Peace-building, Politics & the Arts', The University of Winchester, Winchester, England (20150907-20150908). 2) Researching Security: Approaches, Concepts and Policies, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Security, Skopje, Ohrid, Macedonia (20150602-20150603). 3) Crisis Management Days. 8th International Scientific Conference, University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica, Velika Gorica, Croatia (20150514-20150515). 4) After Communism. East and West Under Scrutiny, Craiova University, Craiova, Romania (20150424-20150425). 5) DO THE RIGHT THING! Anthropology and morality, The Swedish Anthropological Association and Lund University, Lund, Sweden (20150417-20150419). 6) First Conference of Victimology in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassadors of Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, International Peace Research Association – IPRA, Bihać University, Sakarya University and Institute of Knowledge Management Skopje, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (20150303-20150304). 7) International Conference on Community Empowerment, Coping, Resilience and Hope, Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice, Hyderabad, India (20141214-20141216). 8) Victims' protection: International law, national legislations and practice, The Fifth Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia, Victimology Society of Serbia, Beograd, Serbia (20141127-20141128). 9) Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe, Understanding Professionalism, Trust, and Legitimacy, The Tenth Biennial International Conference, University of Maribor, Ljubljana, Slovenia (20140915-20140917). 10) The Balkans in the New Millennium: From Balkanization to EUtopia, The Balkans Sociological Forum, Tetovo University (SEE) and Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Tetovo and Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (20140620-20140622). 11) Sigurnost urbanih sredina ("The Security of Urban Areas"), Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (20140516). 12) Ett inkluderande samhälle? En inkluderande sociologi? ("An inclusive society? An inclusive sociology?"), University of Gothenburg and Swedish Sociological Association, Gothenburg, Sweden (20140313-201403 15). 13) Annual Conference of Urban Research and Development Society – Democracy, Citizenship and Urban Violence, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (20140312-20140313). 14) Annual International Conference on Forensic Science – Criminalistics Research (FSCR), Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), Singapore, Singapore, (20131209-20131210). 15) Crisis, Critique and Change, the 11th European Sociological Association Conference, Turin University, Turin, Italien, (20130828-20130831). 16) Place and Perspectives of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies in Contemporary Settings, Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (20130516). ; War sociology – renewed analysis of ethnographic material from Bosnia

In this analysis of the retold experiences of 27 survivors of the war in northwestern Bosnia, the aim is to describe the informants' portrayal of "victimhood", "forgiveness" and "reconciliation" as a social phenomenon as well as analyzing the discursive patterns that contribute to constructing the category "victim" and "perpetrator". When, after the war, different categories claim a "victim" status, it sparks a competition for victimhood. All informants are eager to present themselves as victims while at the same time the other categories' victim status are downplayed. In this reproduction of competition for the victim role, all demarcations that were played out so successfully during the war live on. The stories of forgiveness and reconciliation are connected to the past; the interactive consequences of war-time violence are intimately linked to the narrator's war experiences. The interviewees distance themselves from some individuals or described situations. It is common that the portrayal of possible forgiveness and reconciliation is transformed into a depicted implacable attitude, thus the interviewees negotiate their stances: they articulate between reconciliation and implacability statements. In these stories, "the others" are presented as external actors in the context. Throughout their narrations, some individuals can make a confession or exert a certain self-esteem; others can take the chance to explain for themselves and the audience, to express regret over their actions and possibly restore their social status. Without this type of processing, war victims risk living an existence without confession, and the war perpetrators risk becoming permanently bound to their acts – clearly an unstable future foundation for a post-war society. ; Konferens: 1) 'I too, remember dust': Peace-building, Politics & the Arts', The University of Winchester, Winchester, England (20150907-20150908). 2) Researching Security: Approaches, Concepts and Policies, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Security, Skopje, Ohrid, Macedonia (20150602-20150603). 3) Crisis Management Days. 8th International Scientific Conference, University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica, Velika Gorica, Croatia (20150514-20150515). 4) After Communism. East and West Under Scrutiny, Craiova University, Craiova, Romania (20150424-20150425). 5) DO THE RIGHT THING! Anthropology and morality, The Swedish Anthropological Association and Lund University, Lund, Sweden (20150417-20150419). 6) First Conference of Victimology in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassadors of Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, International Peace Research Association – IPRA, Bihać University, Sakarya University and Institute of Knowledge Management Skopje, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (20150303-20150304). 7) International Conference on Community Empowerment, Coping, Resilience and Hope, Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice, Hyderabad, India (20141214-20141216). 8) Victims' protection: International law, national legislations and practice, The Fifth Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia, Victimology Society of Serbia, Beograd, Serbia (20141127-20141128). 9) Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe, Understanding Professionalism, Trust, and Legitimacy, The Tenth Biennial International Conference, University of Maribor, Ljubljana, Slovenia (20140915-20140917). 10) The Balkans in the New Millennium: From Balkanization to EUtopia, The Balkans Sociological Forum, Tetovo University (SEE) and Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Tetovo and Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (20140620-20140622). 11) Sigurnost urbanih sredina ("The Security of Urban Areas"), Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (20140516). 12) Ett inkluderande samhälle? En inkluderande sociologi? ("An inclusive society? An inclusive sociology?"), University of Gothenburg and Swedish Sociological Association, Gothenburg, Sweden (20140313-201403 15). 13) Annual Conference of Urban Research and Development Society – Democracy, Citizenship and Urban Violence, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (20140312-20140313). 14) Annual International Conference on Forensic Science – Criminalistics Research (FSCR), Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), Singapore, Singapore, (20131209-20131210). 15) Crisis, Critique and Change, the 11th European Sociological Association Conference, Turin University, Turin, Italien, (20130828-20130831). 16) Place and Perspectives of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies in Contemporary Settings, Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (20130516). ; War sociology – renewed analysis of ethnographic material from Bosnia