Vukovar, de ville multiculturelle à ville croate

Vukovar, the once charming multicultural town at the easternmost edge of Croatia, was badly damaged during the Yugoslav conflict that put the region on fire in the early 1990s. The policies of territorial homogenization at work during the war led to the destruction of its infrastructure and its soci...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Arnaud, Fanny
Formatua: Article ou chapitre numérique
Hizkuntza:Français
Argitaratua: 2015
Sarrera elektronikoa:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Gaia:Vukovar, the once charming multicultural town at the easternmost edge of Croatia, was badly damaged during the Yugoslav conflict that put the region on fire in the early 1990s. The policies of territorial homogenization at work during the war led to the destruction of its infrastructure and its social fabric, instilling fear and hatred between Croatian and Serbian communities. Two decades after the conflict, the splitting between populations is deeply rooted in the minds and in the physic space. Reconciliation is hampered by competing nationalist ideologies that sustain resentment. This is visible in the rivalry between communities seeking to control the landscape. Indeed, landscape carries collective ideals and memory and allows a group to appropriate the territory by marking its with symbols. It is therefore crucial, in a competitive context, to have mastery over this issue both symbolic and material.