Influence of the genius loci of the Eastern front of World War I on the development of cross-border cooperation in the Slovak-Polish-Ukrainian border region Cover Image

Vliv genia loci východní fronty 1. světové války na rozvoj přeshraniční spolupráce ve slovensko-polsko-ukrajinském přeshraničním regionu
Influence of the genius loci of the Eastern front of World War I on the development of cross-border cooperation in the Slovak-Polish-Ukrainian border region

Author(s): Jaroslav Vencálek
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Genius loci; Cross-border cooperation; Eastern front of World War I;

Summary/Abstract: People are attributing specific meanings to individual places (regions) by their activity and thus they are visualizing their life ideas. In this way genius loci (genius regionis) is developed in human consciousness. This social value of the landscape, generated by the generational accumulation of human experience, forms the central part of the potential of places and regions. It is well known that the activation of the socio-economic potential of the country, including genius loci (genius regionis), contributes even to the development of cross-border cooperation. An example may be the fact that (after more than one hundred years) a genius locus of the Eastern Front of the World War I has become the generator of the development of cross-border cooperation in the Slovak-Polish-Ukrainian region.

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-62
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Czech