Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2023.46.02

Future-Making in the European Capitals of Culture. Rijeka and Nova Gorica Compared

Jaro Veselinovič orcid.org/0009-0000-3811-1468 ; ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology
Nevena Škrbić Alempijević orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-7954 ; Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

The article deals with the concept of future-making and its European (i.e., EU) dimension in the context of European Capital of Culture projects. The analysis is based on two case studies – Rijeka 2020 and Nova Gorica 2025. The authors focus on ECoC bid books and other strategic documents that give insight into the desired legacy of the event and the (re) positioning of each city on the cultural and political map of Europe through the transposition of relevant European topics into local contexts. They examine the visions of the anticipated
urban development that is hoped to occur as a direct consequence of the project’s implementation.

Keywords

European Capital of Culture; future-making; urban space; Rijeka; Nova Gorica

Hrčak ID:

311802

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/311802

Publication date:

20.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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