Challenging the Representation of Ethnically Divided Cities - Perspectives From Mostar

This book questions the existing overrepresentation of Mostar as an ethnically `divided city¿.

List of contents

1. Challenging the representation of ethnically divided cities: perspectives from Mostar
Giulia Carabelli, Aleksandra Djurasovic and Renata Summa
2. Divided cities as complex cities: transition and complexity in the city of Mostar
Aleksandra Djurasovic
3. Inventing places: disrupting the ‘divided city’
Renata Summa
4. Socio-spatial agency and positive peace in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Susan Forde
5. The politics of landscape as ways of life in the ‘divided’ city: reflections from Mostar, Bosnia–Herzegovina
Sunčana Laketa
6. Love, activism, and the possibility of radical social change in Mostar
Giulia Carabelli
7. Youth activism and dignity in post-war Mostar – envisioning a shared future through heritage
Gustav Wollentz, Marko Barišić and Nourah Sammar
8. False stories from the history of Mostar
Anja Bogojević, Amila Puzić and Mela Žuljević

About the author

Giulia Carabelli is an urban and cultural sociologist interested in grassroots politics, art and the everyday life. She is the author of The Divided City and the Grassroots: The (Un)making of Ethnic Divisions in Mostar (2018).
Aleksandra Djurasovic is an urban planner/geographer focusing on post-socialist, neoliberal and war-to-peace transitions in Southeast Europe. She is the author of Ideology, Political Transitions and the City: The Case of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016).
Renata Summa is a researcher on international relations interested in borders, boundaries, mobility and the everyday life. She is the author of Everyday Boundaries, Borders and Post Conflict Societies (forthcoming).

Summary

This book questions the existing overrepresentation of Mostar as an ethnically ‘divided city’.

Product details

• Authors: Giulia Djurasovic Carabelli
• Assisted by: Giulia Carabelli (Editor), Aleksandra Djurasovic (Editor), Djurasovic Aleksandra (Editor), Renata Summa (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9780367707255
• ISBN: 978-0-367-70725-5
• No. of pages: 118
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Regional & area planning, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Social and ethical issues, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Regional and area planning