Although we hear from various sources that reconciliation is impossible and that there is no readiness for dealing with the past, the exhibition “War of Memories” organised by the Centre for Nonviolent Action (Sarajevo-Belgrade) tells a different story.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Short story contest Biber
The short story contest Biber on the subject of reconciliation announced for the second time
Socio-political context 2016
Bosnia-Herzegovina: If we could just defeat selfishness…
Croatia: It’s no laughing matter
Kosovo: Silence as a means of dealing with the past
Macedonia: “Poverty is my nationality”
Serbia: I’d burn down the entire village
Music Pavilion Staklenac, Banja Luka 22 November – 4 December 2016, exhibition “War of Memories”
The specific journey through the recent past, marred by war and suffering, began in Sarajevo where the exhibition “War of Memories” was first put on; continued in Mostar and then in Banja Luka where the exhibition of photographs from the project “War Monuments...
The Croatian Lodge “Herceg Stješan Kosača”, Mostar 2-16.11.2016. Exhibitions of photographs “War of Memories”
In the spirit of the mission of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade, which entails building lasting peace by promoting a culture of nonviolence, dialogue and trust among people in the region of the former Yugoslavia, the project “War Monuments in Bosnia...
The Paths of Wartime Suffering
…We marked unmarked sites of suffering with stickers that read: “UNMARKED SITE OF SUFFERING – At this site, during the war, human beings were subjected to inhumane acts. By not letting these events be forgotten, we stand in solidarity with all victims. May it never happen again to anyone.” Western BiH, Autumn 2016.
Vijećnica, Sarajevo 1 – 14 October 2016 Exhibition of photographs “War of Memories”
Vijećnica, Sarajevo 1 – 14 October 2016 Exhibition of photographs “War of Memories” and Promotion of Publication
Coffins
Today, the youth get coffins packed with 25 years of their parents’ lives, over 130 thousand dead, hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and refugees, millions whose lives were permanently damaged by wars, transition, theft, crime, misery, all the misfortunes that go with it
Towns, forgetting and thorns
Continuation of the activity “Marking Atrocity Sites” in Podrinje and Herzegovina, 17 – 18 May 2016
Can we come closer?
Joint visit of war-veterans from the region to Novi Grad/Bosanski Novi, 17 March 2016
Research on culture of remembrance
Places of suffering and remembrance of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Visit by War-Veterans to Novi Grad/Bosanski Novi
War-veterans from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia visited sites of suffering in Novi Grad/Bosanski Novi municipality
Second Training for Students from BIH, Bjelašnica, 6-11 November 2015
The second Peacebuilding Training for Students was held from 6 to 11 November 2015. The location was Hotel Bjelašnica.
Unmarked Pain
Marking Unmarked Sites of Suffering, 7-8. October 2016
From a culture of using the dead towards a culture of relating to the dead
Vukovar-Jasenovac-Prijedor Study Trip, 23 – 27 November 2015