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This book presents narratives of the social use of space in the divided city of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the narratives of movement in the city, the work demonstrates how residents engage informally with conflict transformation through new movement and use of spaces. This book will appeal across the social sciences, and in particular to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of peace and conflict studies, political sociology, and human geography.
List of contents
1.Space, time and Mostar.- 2. Rescripting and restaging.- 3. Spatialising conflict transformation.- 4. Mostar through time.- 5. Spatial narratives in the city.- 6. Social constellations of transformation.- 7.Rescripting spaces and places.- Mostar and other divided cities.
About the author
Susan Forde is an Associate Lecturer in International Relations at the University of York, UK. Dr Forde’s research is based in the field of peacebuilding and post-conflict studies, with a focus on conflict transformation, space, agency and participatory approaches to research.
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This book presents narratives of the social use of space in the divided city of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the narratives of movement in the city, the work demonstrates how residents engage informally with conflict transformation through new movement and use of spaces. This book will appeal across the social sciences, and in particular to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of peace and conflict studies, political sociology, and human geography.
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“This work will be of interest to a wider global audience involved with the topics of divided cities, the politics of space, and peace and conflict studies. ... I recommend the book as an introduction for researching space dynamics of conflict transformation in Mostar or elsewhere, particularly due to the important analysis conducted on the role played by the saf, okc, mrs, or uwc in the spatial conflict transformation of the town.” (Igor Stipić, Southeastern Europe, Vol. 43 (3), 2019)
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"This work will be of interest to a wider global audience involved with the topics of divided cities, the politics of space, and peace and conflict studies. ... I recommend the book as an introduction for researching space dynamics of conflict transformation in Mostar or elsewhere, particularly due to the important analysis conducted on the role played by the saf, okc, mrs, or uwc in the spatial conflict transformation of the town." (Igor Stipic, Southeastern Europe, Vol. 43 (3), 2019)
