Dwelling in the Post-War City Urban Reconstruction and Home-Making in Sarajevo

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ID11979028
AutoresGruia Bădescu (0000-0003-0180-8960, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen46
Número04
Páginas35-60
Fecha de publicación2015-12-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0338-0599 • E-ISSN: 2259-6100
EditorialCAIRN (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4074/s0338059915004027
OpenAlexW2291691938
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas26

This article explores how the process of urban reconstruction and the act of dwelling in post-war Sarajevo were connected to the reshaping of post-war identities in BiH, as well as to the (re)creation of a sense of place and a sense of belonging for pre-war residents and new residents alike. Interviews with architects, urban planners and residents from a variety of backgrounds were used to understand city-making and home-making processes. In the first part, the article discusses the framework and process of urban reconstruction in the city of Sarajevo and the city of East Sarajevo, analyzing how nation-building and international capital reshape urban space. In the second part, the article explores how pre-war Sarajevans and displaced people in Sarajevo perceive the city as their home and its spatial and social reconfiguration as part of “home-making” – understood as the process of investing spaces with the meaning of home. The article argues that ambivalence and fluidity reshape the dwelling space defined by post-war settlements and international capital flow with distinctive agendas

Ambivalence · Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Capital city · Economic geography · Geography · Human settlement · Meaning (existential · Political science · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning

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