Space, Time and Mostar: Welcome to Mostar

Abstract

This chapter introduces the interactivity of space, time, memory and movement as variables of how we experience and understand space. Crucially, the chapter introduces the participants and discusses their path to involvement in the research. Following this the chapter introduces the concepts of rescripting and restaging, and the relevancy of human geography to the field of peace and conflict research by discussing spatial research approaches. Through introducing the core themes of the work, the chapter sets the stage for the spatial discussion of movement as conflict transformation in Mostar