Changes in urban toponymy during the post-Yugoslav period (1990-2018): a comparative study of Zagreb and Belgrade

Prvostupnički se rad bavi usporedbom promjena urbane toponimije u postjugoslavenskom, odnosno postsocijalističkom periodu u glavnom gradu Republike Hrvatske Zagrebu i glavnom gradu Republike Srbije Beogradu. U prvom se dijelu rada istražuju i objašnjavaju specifičnosti u promjeni gradskog teksta u Zagrebu i Beogradu. Proučava se vremenski i prostorni raspored ukinutih i nastalih toponima, kao i njihova kategorizacija prema tipu naziva. Promjene u toponimiji stavljaju se u kontekst političkih i ideoloških promjena s kraja 20. i početka 21. stoljeća, odnosno rušenja stare kanonske strukture socijalističkog jugoslavenskog sistema i stvaranja novog, nacionalno određenog kanona, čiji je gradski tekst integralni dio. Analizira se i utjecaj ratnih migracija na toponimiju gradskih predgrađa i prigradskih naselja. Drugi dio rada uspoređuje saznanja o promjenama u Zagrebu i Beogradu i određuje sličnosti i razlike u odnosu prema urbanoj toponimiji u glavnim gradovima novonastalih postjugoslavenskih država.The undergraduate thesis is researching changes in urban toponymy in the post-Yugoslav and post-socialist period in Zagreb, the capital of the Republic of Croatia, and Belgrade, the capital of the Republic of Serbia. First part of the thesis is researching and explaining the specifics of changes in the city text of Zagreb and Belgrade, respectively. The temporal and spatial layout of abolished and newly created toponyms is analyzed, as well as their categorization by type. Changes in toponymy are placed in the context of political and ideological upheaval in the period of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, that is, of the toppling of the old Yugoslav socialist cannonical structures and their replacement by newly created, nationally-oriented ones, of which the city text is an integral part. The influence of war-induced migrations on the toponymy of city suburbs and satellite towns is also considered. The second part of the thesis is comparing the changes in Zagreb and Belgrade and trying to determine the similarities and differences in the relations with urban toponymy in the capital cities of newly established post-Yugoslav states