Rebuilding post-communist city identity

The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia

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ID19401286
AutoresMina Petrović (0000-0003-4783-8188, University of Belgrade), Vera Backović (0000-0003-4850-9247, University of Belgrade), Milena Toković (0000-0001-5380-4828, University of Belgrade)
Año2022
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas91-102
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrbani izziv (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0353-6483 • E-ISSN: 1855-8399
EditorialUrban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (PUBLISHER • SI)
DOI10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03
OpenAlexW4313437355
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas12

In line with contemporary urban policy to build a competitive city identity, this article deals with the post-communist identity of Novi Pazar, a medium-sized city in southwestern Serbia. Research attention is centred on building urban identity through the dynamic interaction between actors and socio-spatial structures. Following Bourdieu’s notion of habitus, the concept of a city’s habitus is employed as well as Lefebvre’s concept of the social production of space. Special focus is placed on the challenges that post-communist cities face in re-establishing their identity following the former promotion of the “communist (industrial) city” and its subsequent decline. The analysis is based on a survey of residents of Novi Pazar (n = 299) and interviews with experts employed in local government and other local institutions/organizations (n = 14), as well as content analysis of the city’s official website. Novi Pazar is a city with a potentially strong identity but also with considerable structural constraints that block the local agency needed to activate the city’s identity potential

Aesthetics · Art · Communism · Geography · Political science · Post communist · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Law

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