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Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Cultural Arenas

2012; Routledge; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/17502977.2012.655614

1750-2985

Stefanie Kappler,

Political Conflict and Governance

Abstract The international community has long been criticized for its lack of social legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its creation of a dysfunctional public space in the light of people's everyday experiences of peace. This article contends that, as a result, legitimacy has been moved from such public spaces to semi-public spaces, wherein the public and the private are interrelated. One example is local cultural arenas, where hopes emerging in people's everyday lives are projected onto alternative visions of peace and a corresponding social contract. In that sense, cultural agencies have served as alternative social locations of legitimacy due to their closer connection to people's lives and needs. Keywords: peacebuildinglegitimacyBosnia-Herzegovinaeveryday lifeculturepublic space Acknowledgements Many thanks to Oliver Richmond as well as two anonymous reviewers for their very constructive comments on this article. Notes 1. http://www.ohr.int/dpa/default.asp?content_id=372 [Accessed 1 April 2011]. 2. Confidential source, personal interview, Banja Luka, 27 April 2010. 3. Mark Wheeler, OHR, personal interview, Sarajevo, 16 March 2010. 4. Confidential source, international community, personal interview, Sarajevo, 3 March 2011. 5. Confidential source, international community, personal interview, Sarajevo, 3 March 2011. This mainly came out during five field trips to BiH between 2008 and 2011. 6. Marco Mantovanelli, World Bank, personal interview, Sarajevo, 7 March 2011. 7. Nermina Zaimović-Uzunović, SDP, personal interview, Sarajevo, 7 March 2011. This source can certainly not be read as representative in that the interviewee is a member of a political party that pursues certain goals. Yet it is illustrative of some claims being made from the side of the Federation. 8. Nermina Zaimović-Uzunović, SDP, personal interview, Sarajevo, 7 March 2011. 9. Darko Saracević, Alter Art, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 10. Pierre Courtin, Duplex Gallery, personal interview, Sarajevo, 23 April 2010. 11. Darko Saracević, Alter Art, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 12. Aida Pilav, Pozoriste Mladih Sarajevo, personal interview, Sarajevo, 31 March 2010. 13. Selma Spahić, MESS Sarajevo and National Theatre Zenica, personal interview, Sarajevo, 3 March 2011. 14. Selma Spahić, MESS Sarajevo and National Theatre Zenica, personal interview, Sarajevo, 3 March 2011. 15. Aida Bucalović, Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Visual Culture, personal interview, Sarajevo, 21 April 2010. 16. Aida Bucalović, Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Visual Culture, personal interview, Sarajevo, 21 April 2010. 17. The author visited the choir rehearsals during a couple of months in spring 2010. 18. Namik Kabil, film producer, personal interview, Sarajevo, 14 April 2010. 19. Vildana Kalčo, Center za Kulturu, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 20. Darko Saracević, Alter Art, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 21. Mirza Ajnadčić, EFM student radio, personal interview, Sarajevo, 7 March 2011. 22. Vildana Kalčo, Center za Kulturu, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 23. Radenko Milak, Protok, email conversation, 4 June 2010. 24. Aida Pilav, Pozoriste Mladih Sarajevo, personal interview, Sarajevo, 31 March 2010. 25. Selma Spahić, MESS Sarajevo and National Theatre Zenica, personal interview, Sarajevo, 3 March 2011. 26. http://www.mff.ba/mff_x_ofestivalu.asp [Accessed 18 September 2011]. 27. Milena Nikolić, Youth Centre Srebrenica, personal interview, Srebrenica, 2 April 2010. 28. Branka Šestić, Muzej Savremene Umjetnosti RS, personal interview, Banja Luka, 27 April 2010. 29. Branka Šestić, Muzej Savremene Umjetnosti RS, personal interview, Banja Luka, 27 April 2010. 30. Asja Hafner, scca/pro.ba, personal interview, Sarajevo, 16 April 2010. 31. Asja Hafner, scca/pro.ba, personal interview, Sarajevo, 16 April 2010. 32. Katie Hampton, OKC Abrašević, personal interview, Mostar, 18 March 2010. 33. Darko Saracević, Alter Art, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 34. Vildana Kalčo, Center za Kulturu, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 35. Kumjana Novakova, Pravo Ljudski, personal interview, Sarajevo, 9 April 2010. 36. Kumjana Novakova, Pravo Ljudski, personal interview, Sarajevo, 9 April 2010. 37. Darko Saracević, Alter Art, personal interview, Travnik, 2 March 2011. 38. The author attended parts of the festival at OKC Abrašević, 'Defence of Public Space, Defence of our Future', Mostar, 15 April 2010. 39. The author has been present at such occasions. Also: Pierre Courtin, Duplex Gallery, personal interview, Sarajevo, 23 April 2010.