Challenges for the Development of Cultural Policy in BiH
The author warns that the only valid way to formulate strategies in the field of culture is one whose development process would include the those whom any cultural policy will directly affect – artists, art organisations and institutions,...
The Disfiguration and Disappearance of Newspaper Book Reviews in BiH
The uncriticalness of criticism and its advertising character in the domestic press is most damaging to literature itself, but it also contributes considerably to mooring a spirit of non-reproach at the expense of an open clash of opinions and judgements at the base of any evaluation.
It may seem strange that in a magazine like The Pulse of Democracy, filled with very analytical texts on our grave socio-political reality, we chose to include a text by Damir Imamović about sevdah.
Our first interview is with Jasmila Žbanić. Her speech at the award ceremony and her support for associations of war victims are among the best examples of civil action in the political sphere of this country.