Rural Localities in the Hinterland of Large Cities in Slovakia: from the research on suburban municipalities near Bratislava

• Authors: Janto Juraj

Title variants

CS

Vidiecke lokality v zázemí veľkých miest na Slovensku. Z výskumu suburbánnych obcí pri Bratislave

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The so-called hinterlands of cities constitute one of the important categories of rural localities; these are municipalities that are connected with a nearby city through employment and other activities of their inhabitants. Many of them are part of the suburbanization process with growing residential housing and growing population tied to the urban settlement. The process of (modern) suburbanization in Slovakia appeared in the second half of the 1990s, most markedly near Bratislava and in the vicinity of other larger cities. This category of municipalities is growing in size and number and it is thus becoming an increasingly important phenomenon of rural (or rural-urban) settlement. Qualitative (ethnographic) research on these villages in Slovakia is still in its infancy. In our research on two localities near Bratislava we focused on finding out the level and form of relations between local old inhabitants and new settlers. We also noticed the motivation of new residents to move to the village. We obtained data from the declared statements of informants in an ethnographic interview. Their analysis showed that contacts between the two groups occur randomly and sporadically, and their form is formal and courtesy. The most frequent factors for moving into the village were the price of the house, the desire to live in a “green” and peaceful rural environment, and the feeling of privacy and freedom.

Keywords

EN

Rural settlements; hinterland of cities; suburbanization of Slovakia; social relations

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 202 - 212

Contributors

author

Janto Juraj