Cultural Capital in Times of Crisis The Fragmentation of Sarajevo’s Post-War Cultural Elite

What is it about?

This paper examines the entanglement between the memory of the siege of Sarajevo and the fractioning within Sarajevo’s cultural elite through Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital and social distinctions, using the examples of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sarajevo Film Festival.

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Why is it important?

The paper provides more insight into the entanglement between memory of the war, cultural capital and the rise of increasing gaps within the cultural elite in post-socialist, post-conflict settings.