„Язовир Йовковци е истинско богатство“: спомените на един хидростроец
“Yovkovtsi Dam Is a Real Treasure”: the Memories of a Hydro Engineer
Author(s): Lozanka Peycheva, Ventsislav DimovSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Economy, Cultural history, Psychology, Customs / Folklore, Media studies, Geography, Regional studies, National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Agriculture, Energy and Environmental Studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Environmental Geography, Governance, Communication studies, Sociology, Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Theory of Communication, Social psychology and group interaction, Social development, Human Ecology, Rural and urban sociology, Political Ecology, Sociology of Culture, Economic development, Environmental interactions, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Migration Studies, Social Norms / Social Control, Human Resources in Economy, Sociology of Politics, Socio-Economic Research, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: ‘Yovkovtsi’ dam; hydro-builders; submerged hamlets; monument of Valchan Voivode
Summary/Abstract: This empirical study presents the results of a field research in the town of Elena and other settlements around the ‘Yovkovtsi’ Dam. The content presents fragments of an interview with Sava Kovachev, one of the hydro-builders of the ‘Yovkovtsi’ Dam. The proposed text includes our interlocutor’s memories about his first workday at the dam; brief descriptions of several submerged settlements (Yovkovtsi, Karadzhovtsi and Zingievtsi); an account of a particular case of resistance to the resettlement; memories of destroyed church, school and inn; evidences for the life of the dam builders with details about technological elements and processes of the construction, as well as for the everyday life of the builders; observations on the creation of landscapes for local dam tourism, developed by rediscovering and constructing a memory and a monument of Valchan Voivode above the ‘Yovkovtsi’ dam.
Journal: Български фолклор
- Issue Year: XLVIII/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 489-512
- Page Count: 26
- Language: Bulgarian
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