Social Significance of Cooperative Homes in the Post-Socialist Context Cover Image

Друштвени значај задружних домова у постсоцијалистичком контексту
Social Significance of Cooperative Homes in the Post-Socialist Context

Author(s): Miloš Aranđelović, Aleksandar Videnović
Subject(s): Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Economic development
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: cooperative homes; cooperative action; socialist village; transformation of agriculture; revitalization; rural tourism

Summary/Abstract: Mass construction of cooperative homes in the territory of ex-Yugoslavia at the end of the WWII represented a first step in the general socialist transformation of villages. As the engines of social and cultural life in rural regions, these facilities were situated in central locations in settlements. These were the first multi-purpose buildings, and their architecture reflected the values of socialist ideology that was supposed to be adopted in the following period. Later, when these values became obsolete, it was considered that all principles of the socialist model of planned organization of rural settlements should be rejected, thus letting the heritage of this period of time, regardless of its contribution, fall into disrepair. Cooperative homes represented the linchpin of the planned organization of rural settlements, belonging to the practice of fast and reckless urbanization of villages. A large number of these buildings built throughout ex-Yugoslav republics today represent a specific challenge from the aspect of their repurposing. This research paper, hence, aims to review the options for their potential redeployment and inclusion in modern social trends.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 159-160
  • Page Range: 947-960
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian