We need to talk about violence
Reaction to recent youth killing ignores a deeply violent society.
Often a violent society is steeped in criminal social structures that are deeply embedded within the social fabric, and Kosovo is not different.
The reason we proclaim such shock and awe is due to the magnitude of the trauma that we now face.
Perhaps soon the everyday violence that appears to have become engrained in day to day life without a second thought will not be normalized — it will be called out.
Dafina Paca
Dafina Paca is a newly qualified doctor, who recently started work as a resident doctor in paediatric surgery at the University Hospital of Wales and a lecturer at Cardiff University. She completed her PhD at Cardiff University, her MBBCh at Swansea University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She also holds an MRes and a BA from Queen Mary University of London. Her work examines migration, diaspora, memory and belonging, and the structural inequalities that shape education, healthcare, remembrance, public and political life.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in English.