Mjesto življenja i integralna održivost - vitalnost lokalnog u globaliziranom svijetu
Place of Living and Integral Sustainability – Vitality of Local in a Globalized World

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the idea that global and local are not diametrically opposite, but complementary terms/concepts, the authors have analyzed potentials of the place of living in promoting sustainability in the context of a constantly globalizing world. The idea of local is connected with concretedness, rootedness and contextualisation. The place is not conceived as simple physical location but as a social construct, created by different elements: territoriality, particular meanings, power distribution, knowledge etc. As a social reality, the local is a product of processes and interactions of different internal and external factors and actors. The paper has been analyzed, from the aspect of sustainability, fruitfulness of qualitative understanding of place and potentials of bioregional perspective, which establishes the concepts of "place attachment" or "sense of place". The statements of interviewers in the village Kuterevo (Lika County) have been analyzed. The sense of mutual closeness and independence between people and place and their living, and practices of respect and active sustenance of environment have been shown as crucial factors in achieving sustainability. The socio-cultural and political components of sustainability were elaborated as important parts of the integral sustainability. The authors referred to the elementary principles of three conceptions which suggest constructive methods for an efficient and consistent practice of sustainability – bioregional, ecofeminist and deep ecology. While bioregional perspective increases sensitivity to the local dimension, ecofeminist and deep ecology concepts allow its correct positioning in the local-global continuum.

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