A collection of various experiences and thoughts in the field of peacebuilding in the region of the former Yugoslavia. It consists of various contributions, interviews and articles by people from our region who share their commitment to peacebuilding – from different perspectives and various positions and approaches.
The chosen umbrella subjects are: nonviolence, activism, peace education, dealing with the past, sex/gender equality and peace building, civil questions, demilitarization, reconciliation…
Editors: Helena Rill, Tamara Šmidling and Ana Bitoljanu
Publisher: Centre for Nonviolent Action, 2007
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CONTENTS
Fischer, Martina, Preface
Smidling, Tamara and Helena Rill, Introduction
I NONVIOLENCE
Raffai, Ana, Nonviolence – Political Action from the Stance of Harmlessness
II ACTIVISM(S)
Dekic, Slobodanka, Making Waves or – How to turn a Mire into a Place where Something Is Happening?
Kijevcanin, Svetlana, Reflections on Activism
Forca, Ksenija and Majda Puaca, Nationalism Entails Discrimination
Interview: Terselic, Vesna, One Should Use These Unexpected Chances
III PEACE EDUCATION
Zenzerovic Sloser, Iva, Peace Education – a Book or a Webpage?
Franovic, Ivana, Peace Education as an Initiator of Social Change
IV DEALING WITH THE PAST
Bozicevic, Goran, Is Dealing with the Past Slow and Difficult in Our Regions?
Interview: Hodzic, Refik, Without Dealing with the Past, All of It Is on Some Sort of an Abstract Level
Vukosavljevic, Nenad, One Injustice Cannot Be Made Right by Causing a New One
V WORK WITH PARTICIPANTS OF WAR
Beara, Vladan and Predrag Miljanovic, Veterans in Peacebuilding
VI TOWARDS RECONCILIATION
Puljek-Shank, Amela, Trauma and Reconciliation
Interview: Rajner, Branka, We have done It from the Depths of Our Heart and Soul
VII CIVIL QUESTIONS
Stubbs, Paul, Civil Society or Ubleha?
Smidling, Tamara, From Visibility of Non-governmental Organisations – towards the Visibility of Peace Work
Bitoljanu, Ana, Ethics and Peace Work – the Unbearable Lightness of Acting
Inteview: Lukic, Svetlana, Like a soundtrack from a Very Weird Movie
VIII GENDER AND PEACE WORK
Zilic, Darija, Gender Essentialisms, Politization and Peace Activism in the Region of the Former Yugoslavia
Minic, Danica, Feminist Media Theory and Activism: Different Worlds or Possible Cooperation
IX DEMILITARISATION
Colic Humljan, Milan, Challenges of Demilitarisation
About the authors