The Symbolic Markers of Belgrade’s Transformation: Monuments and Fountains
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The aim of this chapter is to examine a number of Belgrade’s freshly
constructed monuments as symbolic markers of the transformation the city has
recently been undergoing. The selection includes statues to Tsar Nicholas II Romanov
and Gavrilo Princip, as well as the fountains at Slavija Square and Topličin
venac. It is argued that by their physical and aesthetic properties, as well as in
how the process of their construction unfolded, these structures embody in a nutshell
the crucial features of the overall urban change in Belgrade lately. These
features may best be described as twin developments of postmodernization and
demodernization. The first refers to an overemphasis on tourism, consumption,
entertainment and “pleasure”, foregrounding visuality and surfaces; as well as to
disposing of previous practices of rational, strategically guided urban development
based on expert opinion and relatively transparent lines of administrative
decision-making. The latter concerns the... aesthetic aspect where the legacy of
Serbian/Yugoslav modernism is being discarded and increasingly replaced with
older, more monumental and “literalist” artistic forms of earlier epochs.
Кључне речи:
Belgrade / urban change / monuments / fountains / postmodernization / demodernizationИзвор:
Experiencing Postsocialist Capitalism: Urban Changes and Challenges in Serbia, 2019, 105-126Издавач:
- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Sociological Research
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Izazovi nove društvene integracije u Srbiji: koncepti i akteri "MPNTR RS, br.179035"
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Sociologija / SociologyTY - CHAP AU - Spasić, Ivana PY - 2019 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3575 AB - The aim of this chapter is to examine a number of Belgrade’s freshly constructed monuments as symbolic markers of the transformation the city has recently been undergoing. The selection includes statues to Tsar Nicholas II Romanov and Gavrilo Princip, as well as the fountains at Slavija Square and Topličin venac. It is argued that by their physical and aesthetic properties, as well as in how the process of their construction unfolded, these structures embody in a nutshell the crucial features of the overall urban change in Belgrade lately. These features may best be described as twin developments of postmodernization and demodernization. The first refers to an overemphasis on tourism, consumption, entertainment and “pleasure”, foregrounding visuality and surfaces; as well as to disposing of previous practices of rational, strategically guided urban development based on expert opinion and relatively transparent lines of administrative decision-making. The latter concerns the aesthetic aspect where the legacy of Serbian/Yugoslav modernism is being discarded and increasingly replaced with older, more monumental and “literalist” artistic forms of earlier epochs. PB - University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Sociological Research T2 - Experiencing Postsocialist Capitalism: Urban Changes and Challenges in Serbia T1 - The Symbolic Markers of Belgrade’s Transformation: Monuments and Fountains EP - 126 EP - SP - 105 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3575 ER -
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Spasić, I.. (2019). The Symbolic Markers of Belgrade’s Transformation: Monuments and Fountains. in Experiencing Postsocialist Capitalism: Urban Changes and Challenges in Serbia University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Sociological Research., 105-126. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3575
Spasić I. The Symbolic Markers of Belgrade’s Transformation: Monuments and Fountains. in Experiencing Postsocialist Capitalism: Urban Changes and Challenges in Serbia. 2019;:105-126. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3575 .
Spasić, Ivana, "The Symbolic Markers of Belgrade’s Transformation: Monuments and Fountains" in Experiencing Postsocialist Capitalism: Urban Changes and Challenges in Serbia (2019):105-126, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_3575 .