SARAJEVO — the power of the narrative — Field Notes

Certainly, I have been aware of the power of a narrative for some time now. So too, the power wielded by the dominant narrative. And even the power that emerges when two competing narratives create paralysis to act in a governing body. In 1992, Bosnia-Herzegovena becomes a textbook case for the power of a narrative — for this lesson to be taught, an estimated 100,000 people lose their lives in a…