Education after Genocide: The Case of BosniaNew article on educational challenges in post-genocide countries by Tine Brøndum Genocide and education can be interlinked in at least to ways: Education on genocide and education in societies that have been torn by genocide. This article examines how education is conducted in post-genocide Bosnia and how the war has influenced the school system. Furthermore, it questions the ways Holocaust and genocide education has been used to shape certain national identities. Due to the close relationship between education and identity, politics of education can be an important political tool for national identity building in multiethnic societies. This is especially so in societies with a recent history of genocide or identity-based violence. The article Education after Genocide: The Case of Bosnia examines how education in post-genocide Bosnia is influenced by the nationalistic logic of the war, and how this has resulted in three ethnically based school systems where students are divided according to ethnic or national background. Furthermore, the article shows how the Holocaust, the war in Bosnia, and the concept of genocide are dealt with in Bosnian history books. In conclusion, through an analysis based on fieldwork in the multiethnic city Mostar in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, the article sketches out ways in which Bosnian youths through the educational system are influenced by this politic of segregation. The article is published in Canadian Diversity |
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