El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista
This essay arises from the vision of some monumental ruins of the buildings of extinct Yugoslavia, in Belgrade, capital of the Republic of Serbia. Those buildings, bombed in 1999 by NATO forces, commanded by the U.S.A, are still not rebuilt or demolished, two decades after the events. Ruins like the...
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| description | This essay arises from the vision of some monumental ruins of the buildings of extinct Yugoslavia, in Belgrade, capital of the Republic of Serbia. Those buildings, bombed in 1999 by NATO forces, commanded by the U.S.A, are still not rebuilt or demolished, two decades after the events. Ruins like the Generalštab (Yugoslav General Staff Building) on the diplomatic Kneza Milosa Avenue, generate a great public controversy about their fate. This situation serves as a trigger for a series of reflections on the recent history of Yugoslavia and the urbicidal component of the Balkan wars. It also opens the door to question the ideological springs in the construction of collective memory. In the case of post-socialist Belgrade, the ruins have been used propagandistically for nationalist victimization; however, paradoxically, they also lead to uncomfortable questions for the Serbian authorities. Questions about the past and about the future. The essay analyzes some important events in the urban planning of socialist Belgrade and the power of those projects as a “concrete utopia”. I also compare those urban milestones with the current situation. Not less important is, that this essay is a tribute to the figure of Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architect and last mayor of Socialist Belgrade, one of the last urban utopians of the 20th century. |
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| spelling | revistas.uan.edu.co-article-13522022-05-12T22:58:04Z The past is a grotesque animal. Ideologies of urban memory in post-socialist Belgrade El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista Espinosa, Horacio estudios post-socialistas memoria colectiva modernismo yugoslavo patrimonio arquitectónico ruinas urbanas post-socialist studies collective memory yugoslav modernism architectural heritage urban ruins This essay arises from the vision of some monumental ruins of the buildings of extinct Yugoslavia, in Belgrade, capital of the Republic of Serbia. Those buildings, bombed in 1999 by NATO forces, commanded by the U.S.A, are still not rebuilt or demolished, two decades after the events. Ruins like the Generalštab (Yugoslav General Staff Building) on the diplomatic Kneza Milosa Avenue, generate a great public controversy about their fate. This situation serves as a trigger for a series of reflections on the recent history of Yugoslavia and the urbicidal component of the Balkan wars. It also opens the door to question the ideological springs in the construction of collective memory. In the case of post-socialist Belgrade, the ruins have been used propagandistically for nationalist victimization; however, paradoxically, they also lead to uncomfortable questions for the Serbian authorities. Questions about the past and about the future. The essay analyzes some important events in the urban planning of socialist Belgrade and the power of those projects as a “concrete utopia”. I also compare those urban milestones with the current situation. Not less important is, that this essay is a tribute to the figure of Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architect and last mayor of Socialist Belgrade, one of the last urban utopians of the 20th century. Este ensayo nace de la visión de las monumentales ruinas de los edificios de la extinta Yugoslavia, en Belgrado, capital de la república de Serbia. Los edificios fueron bombardeados en 1999 por las fuerzas de la OTAN (Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte), comandadas por Estados Unidos. Dos décadas después se encuentran aún sin reconstruir o demoler. Ruinas como las del Generalštab (edificio del Estado Mayor yugoslavo), ubicado sobre la diplomática avenida Kneza Milosa, generan una gran controversia pública sobre su destino. Esta situación sirve como detonante para realizar una serie de reflexiones acerca de la historia reciente de Yugoslavia y el componente urbicida de las guerras balcánicas. También abre la puerta al cuestionamiento acerca de los resortes ideológicos en la construcción de la memoria colectiva. En el caso del Belgrado post-socialista, las ruinas se han usado de manera propagandística para la victimización nacionalista. Sin embargo, paradójicamente también inducen a preguntas incómodas para las autoridades serbias, sobre el pasado y sobre el futuro. El ensayo analiza algunos sucesos importantes en la planeación urbana del Belgrado socialista y la potencia de ese proyecto en tanto “utopía concreta”. Compara aquellos hitos urbanísticos con la situación actual. También es un homenaje a la figura de Bogdan Bogdanović, arquitecto serbio y último alcalde del Belgrado socialista, uno de los últimos utopistas urbanos del siglo XX. UNIVERSIDAD ANTONIO NARIÑO 2022-05-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/1352 10.54104/nodo.v16n32.1352 REVISTA NODO; Vol. 16 Núm. 32 (2022): Ciudad, planeación urbana y arquitectura en tiempos de crisis; 98-111 2346-092X 1909-3888 10.54104/nodo.v16n32 spa https://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/1352/1040 Derechos de autor 2022 Universidad Antonio Nariño https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| spellingShingle | estudios post-socialistas memoria colectiva modernismo yugoslavo patrimonio arquitectónico ruinas urbanas post-socialist studies collective memory yugoslav modernism architectural heritage urban ruins Espinosa, Horacio El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista |
| title | El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista |
| title_alt | The past is a grotesque animal. Ideologies of urban memory in post-socialist Belgrade |
| title_full | El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista |
| title_fullStr | El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista |
| title_full_unstemmed | El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista |
| title_short | El pasado es un animal grotesco. Ideologías de la memoria urbana en el Belgrado postsocialista |
| title_sort | el pasado es un animal grotesco ideologias de la memoria urbana en el belgrado postsocialista |
| topic | estudios post-socialistas memoria colectiva modernismo yugoslavo patrimonio arquitectónico ruinas urbanas post-socialist studies collective memory yugoslav modernism architectural heritage urban ruins |
| topic_facet | estudios post-socialistas memoria colectiva modernismo yugoslavo patrimonio arquitectónico ruinas urbanas post-socialist studies collective memory yugoslav modernism architectural heritage urban ruins |
| url | https://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/1352 |
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