The Town in Serbia and Bulgaria: a Comparative Reading of Current Processes. Introduction Cover Image

Град у Србији и Бугарској: компаративно ишчитавање актуелних процеса
The Town in Serbia and Bulgaria: a Comparative Reading of Current Processes. Introduction

Author(s): Sanja Zlatanović
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: town; Serbia; Bulgaria; urban anthropology; urbanization; globalization; glocalization; cultural heritage; identity;

Summary/Abstract: Тhe topic of this volume is a result from The Contemporary City in Serbia and Bulgaria: Processes and Changes, a bilateral project of the Institute of Ethnography of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Insti-tute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2014-2016). The six papers offer a comparative view of current social processes in two neighbouring Balkan countries, linked by numerous historical and political experiences. Comparative research into societal trends enables a more thorough understanding and monitoring of global processes. In today’s increasingly globalised and glocalised world, towns experience sudden changes and it is in the towns that these changes are most vividly to be seen. The focus of our research is on the dynamism of the contemporary town, on processuality and changes in societal practices.

  • Issue Year: LXIII/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-17
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Serbian