Naslov
Spatial Images and Regional identities in Multicultural realities of the Early Modern Croatian Borderlands

Autori
Fuerst-Bjeliš, Borna

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

Izvornik
The Association of American Geographers, Abstracts, 2012 Annual Meeting, February 24-28, 2012, New York, New York / - New York (NY) : The Association of American Geographers, 2012, 315-315

Skup
The Association of American Geographers 2012 Annual Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Sjedinjene Američke Države, 24.02.2012. - 28.02.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
historical geography; cartography; borderlands; border regions; perceptions; regional identities; Croatia

Sažetak
The purpose of presentation is to examine the question of spatial images and regional identities, as well as the concept of Otherness in multicultural realities of the early modern Croatian borderlands. This is the period of frequent changes of borders between three imperial systems with different religious systems and cultural traditions that have met on the Croatian territory. Habsburg Monarchy, Ottoman Empire and Venetian Republic reflected meeting of Western and Eastern world, Christianity and Islam as well as continental and maritime traditions and lifestyles. The question is how such a multicultural surrounding affected the formation and change of spatial images, concepts and regional identities. Research is based on the analysis of the symbolic layer of the maps, i.e. place-names of the given period. Maps are considered as social construction, as images and conveyors of common societal and cultural values. Place-names, as map elements, are the strongest exponents of prevailing cultural and spatial images. Analysis of place-names enabled to trace the impact of social, political and cultural circumstances on the perception and formation of regional identities. Map analysis revealed the differentiation and appreciation of social groups and opened concepts of Other and Otherness in the condition of multicultural realities of early modern Croatian borderlands. Notions of uniqueness, Otherness and territorialization are guidelines of formation and change of regional identities.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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