Abstract
This chapter explores the role that the post-war reconstruction of architecture plays in mediating ethnic conflict in Sarajevo after the siege. By focusing on the different architectural strategies through which the city has dealt with the heritage of the war in its urban fabric of damaged and destroyed buildings, the chapter elaborates on the effects of such architectural interventions on the transformation of the city’s post-war urban fabric and place identity. The argument is that the reconstruction has operated largely as a further erasure of multi-cultural symbols from the cityscape, while new ethnic symbols are being territorialized in the urban landscapes of both Sarajevo and East Sarajevo. Although some pre-war multi-ethnic symbols have been restored, such representation often camouflages different forms of post-war ethnic domination and marginalization.
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Comments from the internet forum “Bošnjaštvo”, thread: http://www.bosnjastvo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2226&sid=fe7ce5811f64f20ec1e353d6c4638959, last accessed on 12 September 2011. The internet forum does not exist anymore.
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This is the actual English translation although it contains grammatical mistakes.
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Ristic, M. (2018). Specter of War. In: Architecture, Urban Space and War. Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76771-0_7
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