In line with contemporary urban policy to build a competitive city identity, this article deals with the post-communist identity of Novi Pazar, a medium-sized city in southwestern Serbia. Research attention is centred on building urban identity through the dynamic interaction between actors and socio-spatial structures. Following Bourdieu’s notion of habitus, the concept of a city’s habitus is employed as well as Lefebvre’s concept of the social production of space. Special focus is placed on the challenges that post-communist cities face in re-establishing their identity following the former promotion of the “communist (industrial) city” and its subsequent decline. The analysis is based on a survey of residents of Novi Pazar (n = 299) and interviews with experts employed in local government and other local institutions/organizations (n = 14), as well as content analysis of the city’s official website. Novi Pazar is a city with a potentially strong identity but also with considerable s...tructural constraints that block the local agency needed to activate the city’s identity potential.
Keywords:
identity / post-communist city / habitus / Novi Pazar / Serbia
TY - JOUR
AU - Petrović, Mina
AU - Backović, Vera
AU - Toković, Milena
PY - 2022
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4232
AB - In line with contemporary urban policy to build a competitive city identity, this article deals with the post-communist identity of Novi Pazar, a medium-sized city in southwestern Serbia. Research attention is centred on building urban identity through the dynamic interaction between actors and socio-spatial structures. Following Bourdieu’s notion of habitus, the concept of a city’s habitus is employed as well as Lefebvre’s concept of the social production of space. Special focus is placed on the challenges that post-communist cities face in re-establishing their identity following the former promotion of the “communist (industrial) city” and its subsequent decline. The analysis is based on a survey of residents of Novi Pazar (n = 299) and interviews with experts employed in local government and other local institutions/organizations (n = 14), as well as content analysis of the city’s official website. Novi Pazar is a city with a potentially strong identity but also with considerable structural constraints that block the local agency needed to activate the city’s identity potential.
PB - Urbanistični inštitut RS
T2 - Urbani izziv
T1 - Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia
IS - 2
VL - 33
DO - 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03
ER -
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author = "Petrović, Mina and Backović, Vera and Toković, Milena",
year = "2022",
abstract = "In line with contemporary urban policy to build a competitive city identity, this article deals with the post-communist identity of Novi Pazar, a medium-sized city in southwestern Serbia. Research attention is centred on building urban identity through the dynamic interaction between actors and socio-spatial structures. Following Bourdieu’s notion of habitus, the concept of a city’s habitus is employed as well as Lefebvre’s concept of the social production of space. Special focus is placed on the challenges that post-communist cities face in re-establishing their identity following the former promotion of the “communist (industrial) city” and its subsequent decline. The analysis is based on a survey of residents of Novi Pazar (n = 299) and interviews with experts employed in local government and other local institutions/organizations (n = 14), as well as content analysis of the city’s official website. Novi Pazar is a city with a potentially strong identity but also with considerable structural constraints that block the local agency needed to activate the city’s identity potential.",
publisher = "Urbanistični inštitut RS",
journal = "Urbani izziv",
title = "Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia",
number = "2",
volume = "33",
doi = "10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03"
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Petrović, M., Backović, V.,& Toković, M.. (2022). Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia. in Urbani izziv
Urbanistični inštitut RS., 33(2).
https://doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03
Petrović M, Backović V, Toković M. Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia. in Urbani izziv. 2022;33(2).
doi:10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03 .
Petrović, Mina, Backović, Vera, Toković, Milena, "Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia" in Urbani izziv, 33, no. 2 (2022),
https://doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03 . .
