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| − | {{Teaser| The Slovenian winner of the bid for the [[European Capital of Culture 2025]] ‐ together with the German city of Chemnitz (former Karl-Marx-Stadt) ‐ is the youngest town in Slovenia, long-known as the Slovenian Las Vegas, since it is home to one of the biggest casino companies in Europe. Yet, the peripherisation process of the "westernmost lighthouse of our state that will warn us of the dangers of the reactionary West" was happening for many long decades. The nail on the coffin was the global financial crisis of 2008, which brought even the gambling-tourism industry to a stall. Nova Gorica had to find a new path and a new identity on its own. And culture was a nice way out for a newly-impoverished town with a peculiar, yet vivid, cultural scene. | + | {{Teaser| |
| + | The Slovenian winner of the bid for the [[European Capital of Culture 2025]] ‐ together with the German city of Chemnitz (former Karl-Marx-Stadt) ‐ is the youngest town in Slovenia, long-known as the Slovenian Las Vegas, since it is home to one of the biggest casino companies in Europe. Yet, the peripherisation process of the "westernmost lighthouse of our state that will warn us of the dangers of the reactionary West" was happening for many long decades. The nail on the coffin was the global financial crisis of 2008, which brought even the gambling-tourism industry to a stall. Nova Gorica had to find a new path and a new identity on its own. And culture was a nice way out for a newly-impoverished town with a peculiar, yet vivid, cultural scene. | ||
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Revision as of 16:54, 14 February 2021
... more about "GO2025 The City Yet to Become"
Miha Kosovel +
While winning the bid for the European Cap … While winning the bid for the European Capital of Culture speaks of a city's vision for the future, Miha Kosovel of Razpotja magazine introduces the term transfrontal and reminds us of how understanding the history of a region can better prepare us for the mental and physical shifts needed in co-creating a new reality.hifts needed in co-creating a new reality. +
In this postcard celebrating Nova Gorica in the 1950s, we find many symbols of the city's identity that continue to mark it today. +
While winning the bid for the European Cap … While winning the bid for the European Capital of Culture speaks of a city's vision for the future, Miha Kosovel of Razpotja magazine introduces the term transfrontal and reminds us of how understanding the history of a region can better prepare us for the mental and physical shifts needed in co-creating a new reality.hifts needed in co-creating a new reality. +
