Život v suburbiách Bratislavy: vybrané etnologické aspekty
- Beňušková, Z., & Vrzgulová, M. (2025). Život v suburbiách Bratislavy: Vybrané etnologické aspekty. Bratislava: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie SAV, v. v. i.
The publication Life in the Suburbs of Bratislava. Selected Ethnological Aspects is dedicated to selected issues related to life in the residential suburbs of Bratislava. Over the past quarter-century, the surroundings of Bratislava have witnessed the emergence of a ring of settlements whose built-up areas have expanded at the expense of outlying zones, with some already merging into a continuous built-up area.
The purpose of this publication is to offer insight into life in these localities, not through numbers and statistical data, but through interviews, observation, and the analysis of materials that reflect everyday life in the suburbs. The research was carried out in 2022 and 2025, supplemented with internet sources. The publication brings together topics that connect and complement the extensive research on Bratislava’s suburbs conducted by geographers and sociologists over the past two decades. Two of the three municipalities where we conducted research rank among the most rapidly developing localities around Bratislava and have the potential to grow into towns with tens of thousands of inhabitants. The third settlement represents a compact locality that does not possess the same potential for rapid growth, as conditions for developers’ entry there have been less favourable. It is the first Slovak academic publication to focus specifically on the phenomenon of settling in intra- and extra-urban spaces, illustrated by the example of the transformation of a recreational zone into a permanently inhabited area. The results of our qualitative research challenge the established stereotype of suburban uniformity.
Keywords:
suburbium, community, public space (both physical and virtual), social capital, everyday life, quality of life, belonging
