Concept and organization:
Francesco Mazzucchelli Other organizers: Britt Baillie and Carlos Reijnen Guides: Rena Raedle (Staro Sajmiste), Francesco Mazzucchelli (Belgrade and Sarajevo) , Caroline Sturdy Colls (Staro Sajmiste), Britt Baillie (Vukovar), Mirijena Kis (Memorijalni Centar Domovinskog Rata), Natasa Jovicic (Jasenovac), Federico Montanari (Prijedor), Hasan Hasanovic (Srebrenica), Aida Alic (Tuzla), and others Participants: Britt Baillie, Gilly Carr, Janna Coomans, David Duindham, Claudia Himmermann, Gerry Keans, Rob van der Laarse, Francesco Mazzucchelli, Federico Montanari, Carlos Reijnen, Ihab Saloul, Caroline Sturdy-Colls, Karen Till, Georgi Verbeeck, Claske Vos Cameraman: Alexandar Jakonic |
In June 2013, the Terrorscapes Research team traveled to Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina to explore the dynamics of heritage in 'Conflict-time' (Baillie 2013) a period on the spectrum between wartime and peacetime in which 'post-conflict'is a misnomer as 'conflict norms'remain dominant. Sites related to the Second World War, the Communist period and the conflicts of the 1990s were visited to examine why some places are remembered and others 'forgotten'. The team probed the notions of urbicide and 'post-urbicide' (Mazzucchelli 2010), iconoclasm, retrospective ethnic cleansing and 'chronocentrism' (Baillie 2013) in which one episode of conflict is selected by the dominant group to be actively commemorated whilst other periods of conflict are given less attention. The teams explored sites preserved as ruins, subjected to deliberate neglect, museified, reconstructed to erase the past or memorialised. At each site we critically examined what dominant narratives were presented and how counter memories were expressed.
We are grateful to all who provided their time and assistance. The photo-galleries depict the primary sites visited. Film clips on each site will be made available in the near future. Please note that links have been provided in some instances to outside sources for further information. The views and opinions stressed on those sites do NOT necessarily correspond to the views of the Terrorscapes team. Itinerary: (see slideshows here) 16th June - Belgrade 11.00: Visit to Semlin Judenlager (Staro Sajmiste) 12.30: Walk towards Kosančićev Venac, visit of the ruins of National Library (bombed in 1941 by Germans) 14.30: Walk towards Kneza Miloša and Parliament to see the building damaged by NATO airstrikes (Generalstab in Kneza Miloša and RTS Builiding on Takovska Street) and the monuments in Tašmajdan Park. 17th June - Vukovar 11:30 Tour of Ovčara Spomen Dom (mass Grave memorial centre) 12:45 Memorial Graveyard 13:15 Watertower 14:30 Mjesto sjećanja - Vukovarska bolnica (Hospital memorial centre) 15:30 Dudik Memorial Park (Second World War mass grave memorial by Bogdan Bogdanović) 15:45 Memorijalni Center Domovinskog Rata ('Homeland War' Memorial Centre) 17:15 Dudik Memorial Park 18th June - Jasenovac- Donje Gradina 11:30 Visit of Jasenovac memorial camp 16:00: Border crossing (Bosanska Dubica, in BiH) and visit to the memorial of Donje Gradina, part of the former Ustasha camp today in Republika Srpska (BiH). Guided visit to the memorial site. 19th June - Prijedor 10:30 Visit to the House of Peace in Kozarac (Esmuda Mujagic) 14:30 Visit to the Kozara memorial in Mrakovica 16:00 Visit to Kozarac Memorial 20th June - Prijedor-Sarajevo 10:00 Walk in Old Town (Stari Grad) Prijedor 16:00 Walk in Baščaršija and in Marjn Dvor through some the places of the siege (Sniper Alley, Grbavica, Parliament, etc) 21st June - Tuzla and Srebrenica 10:30 Visit to Podrinije International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) 15.30 Visit to the Srebrenica-Potočari memorial 22nd June - Sarajevo 10:00: Visit to the Historic Museum (former Museum of Revolution), in which the permanent exhibition on the siege is held 12:30 Visit to Kovači Memorial Cemetary 14:30: Visit to the Tunnel museum 17:00 Visit to urban sites related to the siege |