Uloga Fikreta, bodybuildera sa osmjehom, na život žene Suade

Hamer, Petra (author)

Ovaj članak istražuje djelovanje i ulogu preminulog muža Fikreta, koji i dalje utiče na život svoje supruge Suade. Prošlo je više od trideset godina otkako je postao jedna od mnogobrojnih žrtava rata u Bosni i Hercegovini u 1990-im. Danas, njegova supruga održava spomen sobu u njihovom rodnom gradu, čuvajući sjećanja na njega kao prvog i najpoznatijeg bosanskog bodybuildera, i osigurava da njegovo naslijeđe još traje. Trajne veze služe kao proces žalovanja i kao slavljenje njegovog života. U članku, koji se bazira na etnografskoj metodi intervjuja, su predstavljena dva oblika djelovanja mrtvih: materijalno i duhovno. Materijalno djelovanje se izražava kroz fizičke znakove sjećanja kao što su nadgrobni spomenik (nišan), spomen soba i spomen ploča. Duhovno djelovanje se očituje u snovima koje njegova supruga doživljava i danas, a koji joj pružaju osjećaj povezanosti i usmjerenja. Ova analiza ispituje djelovanje mrtvih kroz individualni čin održavanja veza s preminulim, stavljajući naraciju u širi kontekst Verderyjenog koncepta politizacije mrtvih tijela. Ovaj pristup naglašava kako se lična tuga isprepliće s kolektivnim pamćenjem i kulturnim značenjem.

• Language: Bosnian
• Keywords: etnologija, kulturna antropologija, rat, uloga mrtvih, trajne veze, memorializacija, monumentalizacija, politizacija, Prijedor, Bosna i Hercegovina
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Article acceptance date: 03.09.2025
• Publication date: 03.04.2026
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 209-228
• Numbering: Vol. 66, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185606
• UDC: 33:3(497.6Prijedor)
• ISSN on article: 0032-7271
• DOI: 10.48052/19865244.2025.3.209
• COBISS.SI-ID: 287603971

Note

etnologija, kulturna antropologija, vojna, vloga mrtvih, trajne vezi, ohranjanje spomina, monumentalizacija, politizacija, Prijedor, Bosna in Hercegovina

• Publication date in RUL: 12.08.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Pregled : časopis za društvena pitanja
• Shortened title: Pregled
• Publisher: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
• ISSN: 0032-7271
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3179522

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• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The Enduring agency of Fikret the smiling bodybuilder in Suada's Journey

Abstract

This article examines the agency of a deceased husband as it continues to affect his former wife’s life. Over thirty years have passed since he became one of the countless victims of violence during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s. Today, his wife keeps a memorial room in their hometown, preserving his memory as the first and most celebrated Bosnian bodybuilder, and ensuring that his legacy endures. These continuing bonds serve as both a mourning process and a celebration of his life. Two forms of agency of the dead are presented in the article: material and spiritual. The material agency is expressed through physical markers of remembrance such as the tombstone, the memorial room, and the commemorative plaque. The spiritual agency manifests in the dreams his wife experiences, which provide her with a sense of connection and guidance. This analysis examines the agency of the dead through the individual act of maintaining bonds with the deceased, while situating the narrative within the broader context of Verdery’s concept of the politicization of dead bodies. This approach highlights how personal mourning intertwines with collective memory and cultural significance.

• Keywords: ethnology, cultural anthropology, war, agency of the dead, continuing bonds, memorialization, monumentalization, politicization, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Project number: 101095729
• Name: The roles of the agency of the dead in the lives of individuals in contemporary society
• Acronym: DEAGENCY