Participative reconstruction as a healing process in Bosnia by Amra Hadžimuhamedović* Abstract: The destruction of cultural heritage in Bosnia was not simply a collateral outcome of the 1990s war. It was large-scale, systematic and co-orchestrated with other forms of human suffering. Post-war rehabilitation of cultural heritage in Bosnia was charged with the mission to mitigate the consequences of ethnic cleansing and the tremendous physical losses in Bosnian historic landscapes. Amra Hadžimuhamedović explores how post-war trauma healing and heritage restoration processes spontaneously became some of the most infuential factors in the peace settlement and its sustainability in Bosnia, and the returnee’s claims for - and restoration of - their heimats (homelands). *The ideas and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors; they are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://crea- tivecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (http://www.unesco.org/open access/terms-use- ccbysa-en). © Getty Images / Getty Images Plus