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Везаност за место и локални идентитети: студије случаја четири града у Србији
Place Attachment And Local Identities: Case Studies Of Four Cities In Serbia

Author(s): Ivana Spasić, Vera Backović
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: place attachment; city identity; city symbol; Kragujevac; Novi Pazar; Šabac; Užice

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the identities of selected cities (Kragujevac, Novi Pazar, Šabac, and Užice) and the relation of their inhabitants towards them, through a sense of belonging as well as through the perceived degree of satisfaction of one’s own needs. Place attachment is discussed, first, within a more general hierarchy of spatial identities (city, region, Serbia, Europe), and second, in terms of its qualitative internal structure, distinguishing the emotional from the pragmatic mode of attachment. City identities are described in terms of their symbolic contents and their distinctness. The analysis is based on an empirical study conducted in 2013 by the Institute for SociologicalResearch, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, on representative samples in the four cities.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 177-192
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Sorbian languages