Winding rivers, twisting facts: Fake narratives in Bosnia’s environmental struggles
As BiH faces mounting pressure from foreign (and domestic) resource extraction, a large part of our work becomesdemystifying the subtle investor and government narrative tactics used to misinform and pacify the populace about the very realdangers facing our environment. Drawing on our experience fighting alongside activists for climate justice, we’ll be giving ashort introduction into the state of ecological struggle in BiH and present some of the most pervasive fake narrativesoffered by the pro investor acters in response to questions, concerns, and issues with the “greenness” of the Green transition. Demystification requires staying informed, thinking critically, and a dash of playfulness.

Kasja Jerlagić is a multidisciplinary artist from Sarajevo. She’s worked at several local galleries, founded and led the artist-activist collective ODRON (2018–2022), organizing events at the intersection of art, culture and politics. Her artisticoutput is eclectic, but the main throughline is the desire for political action, articulating emotional truths and questioning ourplace in a system that is hostile to humanity. In her free time she ignores the boundaries between activism and art. She likesto consider herself a propagandist of a utopia that doesn’t exist yet.

Azra Berbić is a long-time activist, lawyer and researcher. Her activism in the last ten years is focused on human rights, environmental protection, peacebuilding, and dealing with the past. She is an activist of the Foundation Atelier for Community Transformation – ACT and the Youth Center KVART from Prijedor. Azra is guided in her work by the values of solidarity, tolerance, courage, responsibility and unity.