Brief Commentary on The Peace That Is Not: Essay 8: Dealing with the Past in Shadows of Neoliberalism

This essay by Gorana Mlinarević and Nela Porobić provides a detailed critique of private and individualised approaches to remembrance in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The authors offer an eye-opening account of the perils associated with the neoliberal model of international peacebuilding, which has failed to adequately address legacies of war in BiH. They highlight the consequences of the failure to provide a common framework for raising memorials and paying tribute to victims and survivors of wartime violence. A common framework is sorely needed, since it would help communities across BiH to acknowledge and remember those who suffered in war, using practices such as memorialisation and commemoration.