Naslov
Vanishing Tracks: Towards an (Historical) Anthropology of the Railway in Croatia

Autori
Grgurinović, Ivona

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
The Future of Mobilities: Flows, Transport and Communication. Joint Conference T2M and Cosmobilities Network, Caserta/Santa Maria C.V. - 14-17 September 2015 / - Lahti, 2015, 91-91

ISBN
978-88909241-6-3

Skup
The Future of Mobilities: Flows, Transport and Communication

Mjesto i datum
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italija; Caserta, Italija, 14.09.2015. - 17.09.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
railway; liberalization; privatization

Sažetak
In December 2013 a Croatian national daily published news that the train connecting the port town of Ploče in Croatia and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina (via Metković, a town in Croatia near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina) had ceased to operate. This railway route with over a hundred years of history started its life during the Austrian- Hungarian empire and survived the Second World War and the 1990s conflict in the former Yugoslavia. However, it was unable to survive the "structural adjustments" of the national railway system in Croatia in recent years. Using a combination of ethnographic methods involving different participants in the history of this route (former passengers and their memories, railway workers), this presentation explores how this restructuring is reflected at the local level, when routes pregnant with histories, stories and memories are closed. It also aims at situating the discontinuation of the line between Ploče and Sarajevo in the wider context of the restructuring of the national railway company which, as is feared by many, is a preparation for its privatization.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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