{"id":1590,"date":"2010-12-13T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/stealth\/updates\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:04:04","slug":"auction-novi-sads-log-of-spaces-between-personal-interests-and-public-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"A(u)ction \u2013 Novi Sad’s Log of Spaces Between Personal Interests and Public Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A(u)ction \u2013 Novi Sad’s Log of Spaces Between Personal Interests and Public Needs<\/em> reveals the current conflictuous reconfiguration of living space and urban culture of Novi Sad. It investigates the field of play that defines some of the most remarkable dynamic, non-regulated and disturbing changes of the city. Who are the players, for whom do they play, can we recognise the strategies on which they base their actions and how do this reflect to the public interest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novi Sad is seeing a significant transformation in recent years. New districts have been built, large (housing) investments have been made \u2013 illegal <\/em>or not, infrastructure is being laid out, while cinemas are lacking, military locations within the city will be put on auction, and the Petrovaradin Fortress and its city quarters are on the verge of capitalization in the name of tourism. All this takes place while entire society is passing through a structural, political and ideological transition<\/em> for which the guidelines are drafted on the go in an atmosphere of uncertainty. Novi Sad, possibly even more strongly than other cities in its wider region, embarks on a speculative course amidst muddy waters in which the motives, the gains and the responsibilities of the partakers are unclear.<\/p>\n