Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2020.43.03
City, Industry and Health. Local Narratives about the Coke Plant in Bakar
Robert Doričić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4948-956X
; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka
Nevena Škrbić Alempijević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-7954
; Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Iva Rinčić
; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka
Abstract
Using the example of the coke plant in Bakar that was shut down at the end of the twentieth century, the authors discuss the relationship between industry and the city as seen through the contemporary viewpoint of the local inhabitants. The article combines the notions of urban studies, post-industrial anthropology and studies of public health issues to analyse the social dynamics and clashes caused by industrialisation and deindustrialisation in and around Bakar. The authors deal with the transformations in people’s everyday lives caused by the politics and practices of (de)industrialisation in the second half of the twentieth century. The focus is on narratives from Bakar inhabitants related to the impact of the coke plant on environmental pollution and quality of life, primarily in terms of health. The authors re-examine the term “post-industrial city” and question what means to live in a town burdened by its industrial past.
Keywords
post-industrial town; industrial pollution; health; coke plant; Bakar
Hrčak ID:
248324
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Publication date:
22.12.2020.
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