The Monument to Defenders in Dubrovnik as a realm of memory

Tema diplomskog rada je dinamika koju generira Spomenik braniteljima u Dubrovniku. Kroz prizmu antropologije društvenog sjećanja istražuje se interakcija ljudi i spomenika, značenja koja se spomeniku pripisuju te manifestacije koje se održavaju na tom prostoru promatrajući spomenik kao mjesto sjećanja. Cilj rada je prikazati na koji način spomenik oblikuje mjesto te što ljudi kroz prakse i naracije vezane uz spomenik govore o svom gradu i sjećanju na rat. Etnografska građa prikupljena je polustrukturiranim/ strukturiranim intervjuima, promatranjem sa sudjelovanjem, analizom medijskih izvora te turističkih brošura grada Dubrovnika.This thesis is about the dynamics generated by the Monument to Defenders in Dubrovnik. From the perspective of the anthropology of social memory, the author analyses the interaction between people and the monument, the meanings with which this monument is attributed and practices occurring at the site that treat the monument as a realm of memory. The main goal of the thesis is to show in which way the monument forms the place and what people say about their city and the memory of war through practices and narrations linked to the monument. Ethnographic material is collected on the basis of half-structured and structured interviews, participant observation, the analysis of media sources and tourist brochures of the city of Dubrovnik