This micro-course examines citizen participation in post-conflict urban contexts, using Bosnia and Herzegovina as a case study. Grounded in Arnstein's Ladder of Participation, it explores citizen participation not only as a democratic ideal, but also as a contested practice shaped by social, political, and spatial dynamics in divided societies. The course is founded on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework combining urban studies, architecture, participatory design, political science, sociology, and post-conflict studies, and emphasizes design and project-based thinking as essential to participatory practice.