Transnational Social Spaces of Descendants of Bosnian Immigrants in Slovenia

Abstract

The article explores the concept of transnational social spaces through a study of the activities and lived experiences of the descendants of immigrants. In this qualitative research, we conducted interviews with descendants of the immigrant community from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Slovenia, through which we explored how they maintain transnational ties with their extended kinship network and how they take advantage of the benefits of these networks. With the help of excerpts from the interviews, we present the mechanism of reciprocity, the involvement of descendants in institutional, organizational, and business cooperation within the broader transnational network, as well as the ways of communicating with the transnational kinship group.