My family has been affected by war in many complex ways. As a result, the talks about the war are challenging and they usually avoid talking about their personal experiences. Taking part in the programme I had a chance to learn more about it, put some things in perspective that would help me find a way to ask the right questions. A wide range of workshops, films, site visits and personal stories is rounded into one whole. Somehow, when I listen about this tragic period, the c

I) Air out of air Mind out of mercy Life out of time Man without honour II) The truth lies Size of man One city Seeds of life In this place, there was a massacre of Serbs, Jews and people from other ethnic groups by the Ustaše during World War II. Several thousand people were killed. In the late 1960s, the process of properly marking this space began. The board in charge of creating a memorial decided to invite Bogdan Bogdanovic, an architect from Belgrade, Vanja Radaus, an a

At first, I didn't know where I was going or what was in store for me. I was only asked whether I wanted to participate and received some basic information about the theme of the programme. That's where this story begins. When I hit the road, I started thinking if I should have accepted it, because the programme theme is very difficult to talk about or communicate in any other way, especially for me who listened to the stories of people who survived the war - including my par

Although the Romans recorded ars gratia artis (Art for art's sake) in the case of the placement of the theatre as an artistic form of the educational process will not gain value. The "Project on Peace building" camp changes the mindset of an person and puts him in the position of critical-creative thinker on very important topics that have been studied, both theoretically and practically, which are: human rights, victims, life and war, truth and facts, trauma - individual and

Despite the very nature of the theme that was covered, despite historical facts, court judgments from internet articles, comments of glorification of war crimes and appropriation of the same, stories from parents, grandmas and grandpas, during my participation in this year's Most Mira camp, the same story attains a different meaning. Thinking that I was already well informed about the events which took place during the homeland war in Bosnia and Herzegovina I did not expect t

Every day we are exposed to some fear (trauma) whether it is family or socially related. What's trauma? Trauma is a damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a psychologically stressful event. Common causes of trauma are humiliation, sexual abuse, bullying, and other forms of violence. A lot of people don't know how to heal their trauma, so they "keep" it inside and pass it on to the next generations through their children. Based on war related trauma - or this postwar

When I got the invitation to participate in this program, I had no idea what I was getting into. Now at the end of the seventh day I can sum it all up with the following thought: I am speechless! During these seven days we have been exposed to a large amount of different information regarding the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995, as well as the Second World War in the former Yugoslavia. The program was complicated to say the least, but in the end it was interesting

The post-war generation writing... I set foot in a mystery, in an unfamiliar place, without any information. My expectations were a little different, but I'm glad they weren't met. We don't always get what we crave. I didn’t, nor did the people whose names are written [in stone] all over this area. Coming here, I was only aware of the place where I was going to stay, not the weight it carries with it. You never know the backstory of something standing in front of you. It does