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Vukotinoviæa 2 10000 Zagreb, Croatia © Institute for International Relations A catalogue record for this book is available from the National and University Library, Zagreb, ref. 623021 ISBN 978-953-6096-42-8 Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe. The creative city: Crossing visions and new realities in the region : collection of papers from the course, [Dubrovnik, 2006.] / edited by Nada Švob-Ðokiæ Zagreb : Institute for International Relations, 2007 UDK 008:32>(4-12)(082) 316.733(4-12)(082) 32:008>(4-12)(082) This Work has been published with the financial support of the UNESCO Office in Venice – UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe. UNESCO-BRESCE The designations employed and the presentation of the material throughout this publication do not imply the expressing of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UNESCO Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country or territory, city or area or of its authorities, the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries. The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the organisation. Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe The Creative City: Crossing Visions and New Realities in the Region Collection of papers from the course on “Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe. The Creative City: Crossing Visions and New Realities in the Region” Edited by Nada Švob-Ðokiæ Institute for International Relations Zagreb, 2007 Culturelink Joint Publication Series No 11 Course Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe The Creative City: Crossing Visions and New Realities in the Region Course directors Nada Švob-Ðokiæ, Institute for International Relations, Zagreb Milena Dragièeviæ-Šešiæ, University of Arts, Belgrade Organizers Institute for International Relations, Zagreb Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik With the support of European Cultural Foundation (ECF) Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia British Council - Croatia City of Dubrovnik Acknowledgements The organizers of the Dubrovnik course on ”The Creative City: Crossing Visions and New Realities in the Region” would especially like to thank our partner in this project, the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and Ms Isabelle Schwarz, Cultural Policy Development Manager at ECF; the British Council Croatia and Mr Adrian Chadwick, Director, who made possible the participation of Mr Charles Landry of Comedia and Mr Justin O’Connor, from the Manchester Institute for Popular Culture at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports supported the organization of this course, as well as the City of Dubrovnik and its Association of the Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities. Our particular thanks go to the UNESCO Venice Office, whose support is invested in the publication of the 2006 collection of papers. The lecturers and students (who came from Amsterdam, Belgrade, Brasov, Bucharest, Budapest, Budva, Burgas, Cetinje, Dubrovnik, Forli, Ljubljana, Manchester, Sarajevo, Skopje, Zadar, Zagreb and Tirana) supported the project through their active and enthusiastic participation, the ideas expressed, and the analyses and observations that made the course lively and interesting. We warmly thank them all. Contents Foreword..................................... 3 Chapter I Conceptual Frameworks of the Creative City Debate Lidia Varbanova Our Creative Cities Online ........................... 9 aklina Gligorijeviæ Forces and Trends Shaping the Contemporary City: The Creative Sector in Creative Cities ..................... 19 Milena Dragièeviæ Šešiæ Culture as a Resource of City Development .................. 39 Jaka Primorac Attitudes of Cultural Workers towards Creative Industries Development and the City in Southeastern Europe ...................... 55 Ivana Jašiæ Cities on the Global Market: Territorial Marketing Planning Strategies ............................... 67 Chapter II Case Studies from the Region Maja Breznik The Role of Culture in the Strategies of “City Regeneration” ............................. 81 Krisztina Keresztély Cultural Policies and Urban Rehabilitation in Budapest ............ 95 Nada Švob-Ðokiæ Zagreb: Urban Cultural Identities and City Growth...............119 Inga Tomiæ-Koludroviæ Mirko Petriæ New Cultural Tourists in a Southeastern European City: The Case of Split ................................125 I Ana uvela Developing Cultural Strategy in the City of Dubrovnik.............151 Fatjon Dragoshi TI-RAMA: My Creative City Case study: Tirana ................................167 Nevena Dakoviæ Cityscape and Cinema ..............................173 Sneana Krstanoviæ The Position of Cultural Resources in the Urban Regeneration Process Case study: Panèevo ...............................185 Dona Kolar-Panov Violeta Simjanovska Katerina Mojanèevska City Regeneration Policies and Practices Case study: Skopje................................195 Appendices Report on the Postgraduate course “Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe. The Creative City: Crossing Visions and New Realities in the Region” ........................223 Authors in this volume .............................235 Program .....................................243 List of Participants................................247 II Foreword Foreword The interest in cultural transitions and recent developments in post-socialist countries of Southeastern Europe has led us to analyze the position of cities and their cultural role. This encompasses the further progress of cities, the evolution of cultural industries, the growing use and application of new technologies (particularly in the creative arts), the reconstruction and renovation of cities and the impact of these processes on tourist industries and the service sector in general. The processes of de-industrialization in the Southeast European region have been connected to the fall of socialist systems. The transition periods have involved economic and social decline alongside the initial efforts invested in economic and social restructuring. Quite painful social decline has mainly been caused by the unemployment of large layers of city dwellers, former industrial workers who had been drawn from the rural areas to the cities over only one or two generations. The war over the dissolution of Yugoslavia has also negatively affected the functioning of cities. Break down of city infrastructure has been quite common, either caused by de-industrialization and economic decline or by the war operations. Some cities were damaged and largely de-populated; some fell victim to the heavy inflow of refugees; some became isolated, and this damaged many of their functions, particularly those related to communications, transport, the tourist industry and suchlike. Some were exposed to an overall slow decline reflecting systemic changes heavily linked to value changes and to a kind of de-culturalization experienced all over the region. Indeed, the repositioning of the cities is