Open AccessInter-religious Dialogue among Young People in a Post-Conflict Society
Author(s) -
Mersiha Jusić
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
context
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2303-6966
pISSN - 2303-6958
DOI - 10.55425/23036966.2015.2.2.33
Subject(s) - grassroots , ethnic group , ignorance , publishing , gender studies , sociology , project commissioning , political science , geography , anthropology , law , politics
This article offers insight into how an ever-widening gap between two communities of young people of different ethnic and religious background, living side by side without contact, can be addressed by local initiatives coming from within informal groups of community members. The figures given illustrate the prevalence of ignorance of “the other” among young people aged 15 to 19 who attend a specific form of school unique to Bosnia and Herzegovina that segregates students across ethnic lines. The grassroots project described in the article encompasses surveys, awareness campaigns, publishing, and workshop activities implemented in a geographically distinct and religiously diverse area of the upper Vrbas Valley in Central Bosnia.