ABSTRACT

The war-scape of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) provides us with ample opportunities to explore different expressions of peacebuilding agency. It was a war that was set in the context of the death of Tito, but also of the associated transition to democracy and market economy. The post-war landscape constrained the international and local peacebuilding agents attempting to reverse wartime displacement through post-war returns to Eastern Bosnia and to the village of Višegrad. War greatly impacts upon the narratives and interpretations of places, and thus the construction of space. The place-making refers to the practice of physically locating social relations and social practice in a material place. Mostar has been one of the places where the imprints of war have turned into deep scars on the social landscape of a once multi-ethnic city. In BiH, war is now an event of the past, but its scars, visions and legacies remain.