ANTROPOLOGIJA CIVILNO-VOJNIH ODNOSA

Lutz, Catherine (2001.) Homefront. A Military City and the American 20th Century. Boston: Beacon Press. 317 str

ANTROPOLOGIJA CIVILNO-VOJNIH ODNOSA

Lutz, Catherine (2001.) Homefront. A Military City and the American 20th Century. Boston: Beacon Press. 317 str

Militarizirani prostori

Prikaz knjige: Woodward, Rachel (2004.) Military Geographies. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing. 196 str

From Politics of Difference to Politics of Space: Consequences of War on Social Life in the City of Vukovar

Rad se temelji na etnografskom istraživanju provedenom 2001. i 2002. godine u Vukovaru, gradu s najvećim materijalnim i ljudskim stradanjem u ratu 1991. u Hrvatskoj. Autor obrađuje specifičan fenomen socijalne polarizacije u prostorno etnički mješovitim susjedstvima, te posljedice koje takva situacija ima na shvaćanje i upotrebu prostora. Kao rezultat nacionalnog poretka stvari, dominantnog epistemološkog polja kroz čije kategorije se percipira stvarnost, produciraju se etničke granice i naglašavaju razlike koje u stresnoj prostorno mješovitoj postkonfliktnoj okolini traže potvrdu u prostoru-teritoriju. Markiranje i kolonizacija teritorija od određene etničke grupe u ovakvim situacijama ima funkciju zaštite osobne sigurnosti i stabilizirajući identitarni mehanizam. Autor zaključuje da translacija socijalne na prostornu polarizaciju u uvjetima etničke heterogenosti ima za posljedicu društveni život grada s punktualnim značajkama, otoke socijalnog života između kojih se nalaze nedefinirani i nesigurni prostori.This paper is based on an ethnographic research conducted during the year 2001. and 2002. in the city of Vukovar. Several things make Vukovar an interesting example. First, it is the Croatian city most destroyed in the war and also the city that suffered the greatest number of casualties. Second, its pre-war ethnic structure was relatively heterogeneous. And third, this area was peacefully reintegrated into the Republic of Croatia. Author examines a specific phenomenon of social polarization in spatially mixed neighborhoods and its consequences on understanding and the use of urban space. As a result of national order of things, a dominant epistemological field through which social reality is perceived, ethnic borders are produced and cultural differences are emphasized. In a very stressful post conflict and spatially mixed environment these ethnic borders tends to establish themselves in a space-territory. In such circumstances creation of a territory (by marking and colonization processes) has two important functions: protection of a personal security and identity-stabilizing mechanism. Author concludes that the consequence of translation of social to spatial polarization, in condition of ethnic heterogeneity, is punctuational social life. In other words, in a city of Vukovar islands of social life are present and between these islands there are undefined and unsafe spaces

Militarizirani prostori

Prikaz knjige: Woodward, Rachel (2004.) Military Geographies. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing. 196 str

Autonomna proizvodnja prostora

Prikaz knjige: Pulska grupa (ur.), Grad postkapitalizma, Centar za anarhističke studije, Zagreb, 2010