Walls and Gateways

<p> In 1979 Dubrovnik was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site which had consequences for the city's broader cultural heritage. <em>Walls and Gateways</em> explores how this status intersects with the reconstruction and consolidation of identities and locality in the city's post-war context. It analyses how representations perceptions and uses of Dubrovnik's heritage are embedded in particular cultural practices materiality and place. In Dubrovnik's post-war context different uses of cultural memory and heritage provoke both dissonance and unity shape practices and mobilize cultural and political activism.</p>