Bridging Separated Communities With the Use of Common Instrumental Goals: The Case of Kosovo Community Reconciliation and Development Programme
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2012-03
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The territory of modern-day Kosovo has been for centuries the theatre of violent conflicts
between Serbs and Albanians (Judah, 2008). Yet, the ‘apples of discord’ are not Kosovo’s
natural resources or strategic position (Anscombe, 2006, p. 759) but the control of the
land’s symbolic value (Judah, 1997, Judah, 2008). The conflict is fuelled by narratives which
make each side believe that it is exclusively entitled to this territory. For the Serbs Kosovo
is of special importance because on its grounds the medieval Serbian state and Serbian
Orthodox Church were developed and this is where the legendary battle of Kosovo Polje
between Serbs and Ottomans took place (Heraclides, 1997, p. 318). Although the defeat of
the Serbs brought several centuries of oppression, this very suffering reinforced their will
to return and retake control of what would amount to a ‘Serbian Jerusalem’ (Judah, 2008,
p. 18; Judah, 1997, p. 26).
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen