Urban Connections

The relevance of urban and suburban agglomerations in the understanding of dynamics of social togetherness and division is undeniable. Cities play a specific role in fostering exchange, cultural layering and diversification, nonetheless communities development depends also on the nature of local relations between citizenship, civic organisations and political authorities.

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The relevance of urban and suburban agglomerations in the understanding of dynamics of social togetherness and division is undeniable. Cities play a specific role in fostering exchange, cultural layering and diversification, nonetheless communities development depends also on the nature of local relations between citizenship, civic organisations and political authorities.

More details soon.

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The main researchers involved in this project with UCL met to define the main focus as well as the research framework and protocols. The main subject of the research can be summarised as Together and apart in small Danubian border towns.
The towns they will be looking at are: Hainburg an der Donau (Austria, bordering Slovakia) where they will focus on ‘89; and Vidin (Bulgaria, bordering Romania), with a focus on traces of its multi-ethnic past and new exchanges by the recent opening of a bridge.
A team of 10 people will be involved in the field work, starting in May 2020, locally joined by (phd) students.