Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2022.45.09
The Pazin Cave as a Space of Everyday Life and Landscape of Memory
Marijana Paula Ferenčić
; Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb
Nevena Škrbić Alempijević
; Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju Filozofski fakultet Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Abstract
The authors analyze the Pazin Cave (Pazinska jama) as an imagined landscape, focusing on
the narratives and practices that the local population associates with the space. They outline
the policies of the protected area but emphasize the daily life near the Cave. Combining the
theoretical assumptions of the anthropology of landscape and the anthropology of social
memory, the Cave is approached as a place of memory involving the life stories of two generations
of a Pazin family. At the same time, they examine the status of the Cave in the narration
of life in the city. They reveal the negative connotations attributed to the landscape as a
source of danger and a place of imprisonment during the Second World War. They conclude
with the prominent role of the Pazin Cave in creating Pazin’s urban and local identity.
Keywords
placemaking; landscape; family memory; Pazin Cave
Hrčak ID:
287980
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Publication date:
21.12.2022.
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