VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: BOSNIA AND MACEDONIA REVISITED

Session

Architecture and Spatial Planning

Description

Many scholars share the opinion that the creation of the national identity is considered to be one of the most ambitious projects, and is completed in different ways, such as through language, literature, new policies in everyday life and in education, in the production of new literature in art., etc. Others think that tradition also plays a part in being important as a means of creating identity. They even go so far as to say that even if it does not exist, it is their job to invent it, with the reason the same (invented) tradition to fulfill the ideals of the nation or the state itself. On the other hand, architects are convinced that architecture can be implicated in the construction of identity. Architects often highlight not only the potency of architecture to carry a political message, they insist on proving that architecture has a decisive role in creating a national identity.For this reason, the first part of this paper explores the implication of architecture and the political agenda (ideology) in the construction of the nation's identity. Dusan Grabrijan as an architect explores Bosnian architecture and the way Bosnian architecture should be involved in creating national identity, especially after the WW2. The research primarily follows the writings of Grabrijan, through which the architectural wealth of Bosnia is first clarified and then this (national) architectural wealth is examined to be used in the agenda of creating national identity. The theoretical aspect examined by the architect will be conveyed through architectural examples.The second part of this paper clarifies the commitment (institutional) of Grabrijan in 1949 in the field research in Macedonia, to first identify the values of vernacular architecture, and then argue the thesis that its values are basis of the creation of national identity. If the latter is not strongly argued, Grabrijan, leave the path open so that in the future, other authors will make numerous attempts to create national identity through the architecture created over the centuries in the country. Recently, Grabrijan is used to draw the same parallel between architecture and political ideology in both Bosnia and Macedonia

Keywords:

national identity, tradition, architecture, Macedonia

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-982-15-3

Location

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Start Date

25-10-2024 9:00 AM

End Date

27-10-2024 6:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2024.66

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VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: BOSNIA AND MACEDONIA REVISITED

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Many scholars share the opinion that the creation of the national identity is considered to be one of the most ambitious projects, and is completed in different ways, such as through language, literature, new policies in everyday life and in education, in the production of new literature in art., etc. Others think that tradition also plays a part in being important as a means of creating identity. They even go so far as to say that even if it does not exist, it is their job to invent it, with the reason the same (invented) tradition to fulfill the ideals of the nation or the state itself. On the other hand, architects are convinced that architecture can be implicated in the construction of identity. Architects often highlight not only the potency of architecture to carry a political message, they insist on proving that architecture has a decisive role in creating a national identity.For this reason, the first part of this paper explores the implication of architecture and the political agenda (ideology) in the construction of the nation's identity. Dusan Grabrijan as an architect explores Bosnian architecture and the way Bosnian architecture should be involved in creating national identity, especially after the WW2. The research primarily follows the writings of Grabrijan, through which the architectural wealth of Bosnia is first clarified and then this (national) architectural wealth is examined to be used in the agenda of creating national identity. The theoretical aspect examined by the architect will be conveyed through architectural examples.The second part of this paper clarifies the commitment (institutional) of Grabrijan in 1949 in the field research in Macedonia, to first identify the values of vernacular architecture, and then argue the thesis that its values are basis of the creation of national identity. If the latter is not strongly argued, Grabrijan, leave the path open so that in the future, other authors will make numerous attempts to create national identity through the architecture created over the centuries in the country. Recently, Grabrijan is used to draw the same parallel between architecture and political ideology in both Bosnia and Macedonia