Possibilities Of Producing Symbol Of Planned Agricultural Settlement

Planned agricultural settlements have been built in the end of 18th century and at the beginning of 19th century in the eastern part of Republic of Croatia. These settlements differ from other villages and living there provided better conditions for the inhabitants. In the agricultural settlements there were administrative buildings, residential buildings for seasonal workers, public and industrial buildings, but also area for sports and, according to plans, green infrastructure. On bigger settlements lived more than 50 families. After losing initial reasons of founding they started to disappear and decline in population. Lately few isolated, non-governmental groups expressed their intention to keep the memories referred to life in these settlements, wherein uniqueness of spatial and organizational way of life gets the cultural meaning. The settlements were underestimated until one of these building complexes has been inscribed on the list of Cultural Heritage. The aim of this research paper is to compare macro level as national level of producing and materialization of collective memories and micro level as local level on which narratives of collective memories appear. Overlapping of these levels gives an overview of possibilities and direction of development of symbols referring to Baranya’s planned agricultural settlements. The paper provides relevant literature overview and the results of the empirical research. The research methodology includes questionnaires of target groups, gathered in communities oriented on maintaining memories on observed settlements. Given results are indicative and they are interpreted in accordance with limited sample of the examinee.