Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.60.2.1
Rijeka 2020: Resemantization of the City Identity by Culture
Nevena Škrbić Alempijević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-7954
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Croatia
Valentina Gulin Zrnić
; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Rijeka held the title of European Capital of Culture in 2020. The authors define the year-long
preparation and events planned for 2020 as a framework for questioning the city’s identity
through culture driven regeneration. The temporal dimension, the fact that ECOC is an opportunity
to think about the future of the city, is important in the process. The article includes,
along with the theoretical and methodological introduction, a comprehensive presentation of
the vision of Rijeka as defined in the bidbook and ECOC program, as well as in other strategic
city documents. The authors also interpret experiences of the citizens of Rijeka and their opinions
about the role of the ECOC for redefining the city’s identity.
Keywords
European Capital of Culture; Rijeka; urban futures; postindustrial city; redefining of the identity of the city
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285797
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Publication date:
17.11.2022.
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