Naslov
A Cross-Border Railway Bridge Non- Reconstruction: Actor-Network Analysis of its Design, Non- Development, and Non-Action

Autori
Savić, Marko ; Abramović, Borna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2021 / Cole, Nicki Lisa ; Jahrbacher, Michaela ; Getzinger, Günter - Graz : Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz, 2021, 337-347

ISBN
978-3-85125-855-4

Skup
Critical Issues in Science, Technology‚ and Society Studies

Mjesto i datum
Graz, Austrija, 03.05.2021. - 05.05.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Railway ; Actor-Network Analysis ; Cross-Border ; Bridges ; Mapping ; Traffic ; Transport ; Actor Network Theory (ANT)

Sažetak
We describe the story of the railway missing links, particularly of the crossborder railway bridge in the Mura-Drava-Rails network. Eight railway lines formed this railway network from 1857 to 1924. We introduce our research with the historical case of design and innovation development of the semi- parabolic railway bridges. The central time frame of this paper is delimited to the post-second world war years to the present. With actor-network analysis, we describe the non-development and nonaction in the two cross-border railway regional lines, each with its missing link. These two missing links in an estimated length of twelve railway kilometres prevent the network from being reformed. Additionally, we draw insights from urban studies, development studies, and machine theory. We followed the logic of the nonreconstruction of the railway bridge on the border of the former Yugoslavia with the Republic of Austria and the rationalisation of the passenger railway transport in the former country in 1968 on the one side. That is how we tried to understand also the commissioning of the cross-border road bridge between the two countries over the Mura river only a year later, in 1969, on the other side. We had to broaden our research perspective to all the railway border crossing od today’s Slovenia with Austria, Hungary, and Italy. By mapping these railway border crossings, we were able to describe the strategic intent of the former country, which was to close the majority of the railway borders crossing— seven out of ten railway border crossings existing before the second world war—on its northern borders.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Tehnologija prometa i transport

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