Classifying the Unwritten City: Towards a Structured Historiography of Prishtina’s Urban Development
Session
Architecture and Spatial Planning
Description
The urban history of Prishtina remains a largely underexplored field, with existing scientific work constrained to a handful of books, scattered articles, and limited archival materials, including urban planning maps and public infrastructure projects. Despite the city’s central role in Kosovo’s social and political transformation, and spatial evolution—particularly during the Yugoslav Modernist period— its urban historiography remains fragmented and unclassified, with researchers, architects, and planners still lacking a systematic literature review and structured classification of available sources. This paper aims to fill this gap by conducting a comprehensive search and categorization of the scarce documentation on Prishtina’s urban history. Drawing upon resources from the Prishtina City Museum, Municipal Archives, and rare academic contributions, the study identifies, evaluates, and organizes these materials to establish a coherent foundation for future research. By providing the first professional classification of Prishtina’s urban historiography, the paper highlights critical knowledge voids, outlines thematic research pathways, and offers an essential tool for advancing scholarly and professional debates on the city’s historical urban development.
Keywords:
Prishtina; Urban History; Modernism; Archival Research; Historiography
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-41-2
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
25-10-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2025 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.10
Recommended Citation
Jashari, Rineta and Ahmeti, Shqiprim, "Classifying the Unwritten City: Towards a Structured Historiography of Prishtina’s Urban Development" (2025). UBT International Conference. 11.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2025UBTIC/ASP/11
Classifying the Unwritten City: Towards a Structured Historiography of Prishtina’s Urban Development
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
The urban history of Prishtina remains a largely underexplored field, with existing scientific work constrained to a handful of books, scattered articles, and limited archival materials, including urban planning maps and public infrastructure projects. Despite the city’s central role in Kosovo’s social and political transformation, and spatial evolution—particularly during the Yugoslav Modernist period— its urban historiography remains fragmented and unclassified, with researchers, architects, and planners still lacking a systematic literature review and structured classification of available sources. This paper aims to fill this gap by conducting a comprehensive search and categorization of the scarce documentation on Prishtina’s urban history. Drawing upon resources from the Prishtina City Museum, Municipal Archives, and rare academic contributions, the study identifies, evaluates, and organizes these materials to establish a coherent foundation for future research. By providing the first professional classification of Prishtina’s urban historiography, the paper highlights critical knowledge voids, outlines thematic research pathways, and offers an essential tool for advancing scholarly and professional debates on the city’s historical urban development.