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9.5 Geographical Dispersion
These contents are not the subject of a transfer from dark commemo-
rative event to electronic media report readers.
9.5 Geographical Dispersion of History-Centric
Dark Commemorative Events
Before starting the Crosstabs procedure, all the repeated media reports
were excluded. This selection resulted in a list of 102 different public
events in Istria – also see Table 9.2. The Crosstabs procedure was then
used to create contingency tables, which describe the interaction between
(q8) ‘Place name’ and (q10) ‘Conflict.’ Within this study, the results of the
Crosstabs procedure constitute a strong enough base for the following ge-
ographic visualisation. Relevant examples of events (locations) prepared
for mapping are shown in Figure 9.6. All event locations were mapped to
the map of the trans-border region of Istria using Google Maps (geovisu-
alisation).
As described in sub-chapter 5.3 ‘Region of Istria: A Brief Historical
Overview,’ all conflicts did not affect Istria in the same way and with the
same intensity. If wwi primarily affected the southern coastal area, fas-
cism and wwi i affected both the coastal and central part, while no ma-
jor military clashes occurred during the Croatian Homeland War; on the
other hand, there were military clashes during the war of independence
in the Slovenian part. However, the contemporary dispersion of history-
centric dark commemorative events visible in Figure 9.4 does not com-
pletely follow these historical facts. Some w w i-related events occurred
practically all over the peninsula, although only the area of Pula experi-
enced attacks and casualties. In a similar way, this applies to wwii-related
events, which are scattered throughout Istria, representing the largest
share of all history-centric dark commemorative events. One of their spe-
cial features is the commemorative educational tour of primary and sec-
ondary school pupils from Buzet to Pazin, Kresini, Šaini and Bokordići
(it should not be considered entirely from a tourist perspective).⁸ A sim-
ilar example of an Italian pupils tour accompanied by teachers and the
Mayoress of Rome, linked to the post-wwi i socialist revolution and the
Italian exodus, was also observed. The entire tour exceeded the geograph-
ical framework of this study, and in addition, because of the lack of infor-
mation in the electronic media reports, it was not possible to accurately
⁸ Only locations and not the path between them were exposed in the media report; there-
fore, the points are simply connected on the map (Figure 9.4).
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These contents are not the subject of a transfer from dark commemo-
rative event to electronic media report readers.
9.5 Geographical Dispersion of History-Centric
Dark Commemorative Events
Before starting the Crosstabs procedure, all the repeated media reports
were excluded. This selection resulted in a list of 102 different public
events in Istria – also see Table 9.2. The Crosstabs procedure was then
used to create contingency tables, which describe the interaction between
(q8) ‘Place name’ and (q10) ‘Conflict.’ Within this study, the results of the
Crosstabs procedure constitute a strong enough base for the following ge-
ographic visualisation. Relevant examples of events (locations) prepared
for mapping are shown in Figure 9.6. All event locations were mapped to
the map of the trans-border region of Istria using Google Maps (geovisu-
alisation).
As described in sub-chapter 5.3 ‘Region of Istria: A Brief Historical
Overview,’ all conflicts did not affect Istria in the same way and with the
same intensity. If wwi primarily affected the southern coastal area, fas-
cism and wwi i affected both the coastal and central part, while no ma-
jor military clashes occurred during the Croatian Homeland War; on the
other hand, there were military clashes during the war of independence
in the Slovenian part. However, the contemporary dispersion of history-
centric dark commemorative events visible in Figure 9.4 does not com-
pletely follow these historical facts. Some w w i-related events occurred
practically all over the peninsula, although only the area of Pula experi-
enced attacks and casualties. In a similar way, this applies to wwii-related
events, which are scattered throughout Istria, representing the largest
share of all history-centric dark commemorative events. One of their spe-
cial features is the commemorative educational tour of primary and sec-
ondary school pupils from Buzet to Pazin, Kresini, Šaini and Bokordići
(it should not be considered entirely from a tourist perspective).⁸ A sim-
ilar example of an Italian pupils tour accompanied by teachers and the
Mayoress of Rome, linked to the post-wwi i socialist revolution and the
Italian exodus, was also observed. The entire tour exceeded the geograph-
ical framework of this study, and in addition, because of the lack of infor-
mation in the electronic media reports, it was not possible to accurately
⁸ Only locations and not the path between them were exposed in the media report; there-
fore, the points are simply connected on the map (Figure 9.4).
207
