( " ABSTRACT:((This(article(explores(historicoVeconomic(traces(in(the(ancient(cities(of(Zadar ( and(Trogir(in(the(Adriatic(Sea.(Islands(in(the(past,(they(emerged(later(as(small(peninsula( cities,( connected( by( bridges,( canals( or( both.( The( reasons( for( this( were( economic( and( political:( to( protect( the( islands'( natural( resources,( trade( and( territoriality.( The( historicoV economic( angle,( covering( the( early( and( late( medieval( period,( offers( insight( into( ancient,( urban(and(economic(traces(in(Zadar(and(Trogir.(Findings(suggest(that(the(peninsula(city( space,(representing(the(Mediterranean(archetype,(had(an(important(purpose(in(organising( political,( economic( and( social( life.( Ancient( traces( point( to( the( events( contributing( to( the( economic(prosperity(of(Trogir(and(Zadar(while(urban(traces(remind(us(of(the(military(and( religious( purpose( of( the( peninsula( city( walls.( Market( squares( served( as( the( hubs( of( the( economic( life( and( influenced( the( development( of( various( trading( activities( and( artisan( occupations.(Such(organisation(of(the(peninsulaVcity(space(has(created(the(foundations(for( a(contemporary(cultural(heritage(and(has(important(implications(for(regional(tourism.(The( biggest( challenge( for( the( administration( lies( in( exploring( creative( ways( of( preserving( the( ancient( peninsula( city( space,( including( artisan( trades( and( archaeological( artefacts.( This( requires(stakeholder(engagement(between(city(planners,(public(and(artisan(tradesmen(as( well( as( finding( and( utilising( various( funding( sources,( including( European( Union( funds,( inward(investment(and(education(about(heritage.( " KEYWORDS: ( ( historicoVeconomic( traces,( former( island( cities,( peninsula( city,( Zadar,( Trogir,(Croatia Analysis(in(this(paper(centres(on(historical(and(economic(facets(of(the(ancient(Dalmatian( former(island(and(now(peninsula(cities(Zadar(and(Trogir(that(influenced(the(development( of(their(contemporary(cultural(heritage(and(regional(tourism.(With(this(in(mind,(the(focus( is( on( the( Croatian( early( and( late( medieval( period,( when( the( peninsula( cities( enjoyed( economic(prosperity(while(also(being(subject(to(a(great(power(struggle(in(the(Adriatic(Sea,( especially( from( the( Venetian( Republic.( The( geographical( position( of( the( peninsula( cities,( their( isolation( from( the( hinterland,( and( the( scarcity( of( natural( resources( all( played( important(roles(in(the(region's(specialisation(in(areas(such(as(agriculture,(fisheries,(oysters( and( olive( plantations,( sea( salt( and( cheese( production.( As( historian( Fernand( Braudel( observed( of( the( Mediterranean( region:( "the( meagre( resources( of( land( are( added( to( the( meagre(resources(of(the(sea"((1992:(110). (Time(was(money(and(distance(was(first(enemy(of( Mediterranean(cities.(This(struggle(against(distance(required("perpetual(vigilance(but(also(
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss and use living stories to provide examples and some basic principles of cooperation as the alternative way of organising island community. Design/methodology/approach – This study draws upon autoethnography and storytelling to show co-operative practices. Storytelling is supported by deconstruction of living stories. Findings – Island communities create and maintain resistance through a culture of cooperation. Living stories (I-V) illustrate different instances of cooperative practices, for example, friends in need, gathering, search and moba, and where sympathy, gift, and humanity and care are essential elements. Research limitations/implications – It would be interesting to explore whether island communities elsewhere exhibit similar patterns. Practical implications – Deconstructed stories helped in reconstructing the bigger picture of how the people on the island offer collective resistance by developing different ways of cooperation. Social implications – Living stories (I-V) based on reciprocity of taking turns and giving back to the community, is a strategy for survival and of collective resistance within the rural island communities. Originality/value – Appreciation of the true value of collective resistance based on gift and reciprocity rather than financialisation and economisation aids to better understanding of the needs of traditional societies of island archipelagos, on the part of policy makers and other stakeholders who are involved in the process of planning for island development.
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