Paper short abstract:

This research article puts forward the importance of memory in the process of transforming post-conflict space, by analyzing hegemonic practices employed in creation and restoration of cultural heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Paper long abstract:

This research article puts forward the importance of memory in the process of transforming post-conflict space, by analyzing hegemonic practices employed in creation and restoration of cultural heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where all three main ethno-national groups (Croats, Serbs and Bosnian Muslims) consider to hold the exclusivity of the space and use elements such as language, history and memory not only to create subjective borders, but also to demarcate the territory with visual symbols such as monuments.

Thus, institutions which hold power use cultural heritage as a fundamental instrument in nation-building processes of construction and reconstruction of ethnic identities, with the main goal - to educate new generations about the so considered truth.

As a consequence, this causes further conflict and resentment among three main ethno-national groups, due to forceful imposing of one-sided interpretations of past events, which consequently leads to dissonant place and heritage management.