20.500.12556/RUL-181818 ‘Balkansplaining’ Europe epistemic resistance and the negotiation of belonging in the post-Yugoslav Balkans The article examines the internalisation of narratives that position the post-Yugoslav Balkans as Europe’s ‘Other’ within the region itself, through the lens of self-colonisation, understood as the adoption of civilising discourses and the disavowal of local pasts in the pursuit of ‘Europeanness’. Drawing on post-socialist and decolonial scholarship, we explore how the post-Yugoslav Balkans not only respond to but actively participate in the production of Europe’s symbolic geography. Using qualitative data from interviews and focus groups conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we examine how citizens articulate, contest, and negotiate visions of Europe across socioeconomic, political, and cultural registers. Our analysis reveals a complex and often ambivalent relationship with Europe, expressed through the concept of Balkansplaining, a decolonial tool that centres lived experiences and regional epistemologies. By focusing on Balkan subjects, we uncover potential spaces of epistemic resistance and alternatives to dominant visions of Europe, thereby opening avenues to reimagine it. decoloniality Europe resistance self-colonisation the post-Yugoslav Balkans true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2026-04-16 08:28:17 2026-04-16 08:28:23 2026-06-19 04:13:58 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 145-161 no. 2 Vol. 56 Jun. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 327(497.1) 0047-2441 10.1177/00472441261437993 275376131 Mahmutovic_et_al_JES.pdf Mahmutovic_et_al_JES.pdf 1 78648A0338C4A1D7FCB4A4744015DD63 8c7e71ab17a51b496bfc020d2ed451ac44293c7346e7034ac9114c9b80e7ec3f 3c7f7b85-6b03-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=235948 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00472441261437993 0 4cda9041-6b03-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=235949 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0