Journal article
Social Integration of National Minorities in the Danube Region: A Heritage Futures Perspective
Der Donauraum: Zeitschrift des Instituts fuer den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa, Vol.58(3-4), pp.93-108
2018
Abstract
This study analyzes the historic roots of current problems to accept and integrate national minorities in the host-states they inhabit. The present case study of Bratislava, Slovakia seeks solutions to these problems. The analysis is grounded in the heritage futures perspective that looks into the past to achieve cultural recovery, integration and sustainable futures. The function of architecture to unify and form a renewed identity is explored based on its symbolic connection to the past. However, this connection is not sought for sentimental reasons, but for the purposes of ‘future-making’, by promoting cultural citizenship, integration, stability and security in the Danube region. To achieve this objective, a proposal is outlined to establish a number of specially developed living heritage centres across Central Europe, with the first pilot project designed in Bratislava.
Details
- Title
- Social Integration of National Minorities in the Danube Region: A Heritage Futures Perspective
- Authors
- Marta Botta (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- Der Donauraum: Zeitschrift des Instituts fuer den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa, Vol.58(3-4), pp.93-108
- Publisher
- Boehlau Verlag GmbH & Co.KG.
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.7767/dedo.2018.58.3-4.93
- ISSN
- 0012-5415
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450614702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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