Post-reconstruction enclosures: an infrastructural perspective on the post-conflict landscape of the Old City (Mostar)
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: This article looks at the landscape of the Old City of Mostar eighteen years after the reconstruction of its famous Old Bridge.The reconstruction project took place within broader international peace-building efforts, foregrounding the bridge as a symbol of multicultural reconciliation and initiating the development of tourism.We explore a landscape perspective to reflect on the aftermath of this neoliberal peacebuilding project which created a commodified landscape image, endangering the site as a public space.By disallowing the local community to engage with the reconstruction process, the project limited participatory ways of dealing with the past, but also public arenas for negotiating a shared future.To unpack this, we look at the heritagelandscape as a process and focus on its infrastructural aspects.We aim to outline an infrastructural perspective which helps understand how the future of public space and participation were conditioned by the process of neoliberal peacebuilding through heritage.
Source: Landscape Research
Authors: Mela Žuljević, Giulia Carabelli
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4385319802