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The usual divisive politics between BiH’s two entities has left Republika Srpska with practically no filmmaking at all, except for student films.
Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo (CIN)
15.2.2005
The usual divisive politics between BiH’s two entities has left Republika Srpska with practically no filmmaking at all, except for student films.
Reading about a country’s culture is a little like being told about the flavor of an apple without tasting it. But that’s all children in both BiH entities can do because their teachers are not taking them to see the other entity’s culture. Cultural education, like so much else in BiH, is still controlled by the heritage of political agendas from the war.
From unexcavated buildings under the village of Mošunj to Sarajevo’s National Museum, economic opportunities are being overlooked from a heritage BiH citizens and their children are not even aware is slipping away forever.
Cultural monuments and institutions seem to be close to last on post-war BiH’s priority list. But before everyone lets the country’s heritage crumble away, here is an inventory of what is being lost.
The canton minister of culture wonders if you can properly appreciate a Nobel Laureate’s literary library upstairs, if there is a party going on downstairs.
The latest chapter in the long standing power struggle between the FBiH institute and a state level preservation commission over control of historical sites and national monuments. It looks like the state commission is winning.
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