Adriatic Maritime Pilgrimages
in Local, National and Transnational Context
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Associate Professor , PhD Mario Katić, manager
Assistant Professor, PhD Mirela Hrovatin
Karmen Turčinov, PhD associate
Adriana Pojatina, PhD student
Petra Valovičić, PhD student
Associate Professor, PhD Trpimir Vedriš, associate
Associate Professor, PhD Ante Blaće, associate
Assistant Professor, PhD Tomislav Klarin, associate
news
Our collaborator PhD Trpimir Vedriš discussed the findings of his research within the framework of this project for the newspaper Zadarski List. The interview can be found at the link.
On Thursday, February 1st, 2024, in Zadar, PhD Trpimir Vedriš held a public lecture titled "Who were St. Asel, St. Marcela, and St. Ambrose? The cult of the saints of Nin between tradition and new research."
From May 2nd to May 5th 2024, in Zadar, our conference "THE SACRED SEA: RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN MARITIME CONTEXT" will take place!
During July 2023, in cooperation with Croatian Radio Television, project manager Mario Katić worked on making of a documentary film about Fašinada in Perast. We are looking forward to the realization of the film!
In co-authorship with Ph.D. Inga Vilogorac Brčić, Ph.D. Trpimir Vedriš, published an article. The article was published in 2022 in the yearbook of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb.
PhD Mario Katić published an article in Kotorski zbornik, 2022.
At the begining of February, 2023, the fourth meeting of the research team of the Pilgrimar project was held.
During the month of May 2022, stakeholders of the local communities of Sali, Dugi otok and Murter, the island of Murter participated in
project focus groups.
During 2022, ethnographic field research was carried out in all localities within the project (Nin, Kukljica, Sali and Piškera, Murter and Tarac as well as Perast). Researches have brought new insights and focuses as well as deepening of existing knowledges.
Mirela Hrovatin participated in 9th "Sacred Journeys Conference" by presenting "Staying outside of Tourism: Small-scale Pilgrimage and ICH Policies on the Example of Nin, Croatia".
Petra Valovičić participated in "European Association for the Study of Religions Conference" themed Religions and States of Freedom. She performed a presentation entitled "Just wait until they start to sing. Singing on pilgrimage to Piškera".
Associate professor, PhD Trpimir Vedriš participated in "Thirty Second Marulić's Days" with the presentation "Emergence of apostolic origin in the shadow of the Turkish threat: traces of humanist hagiography in fifteenth-century Nin".
Associate professor, PhD Mario Katić participated in the scientific conference "New Approaches to ReEnchanting Central and Eastern Europe" with a presentation entitled "Adriatic Maritime Pilgrimages and the Re-Enchantment".
On February 10, 2021, the third meeting of the research team of the Pilgrim project was held at New Campus of the University of Zadar.
In November 2021, Associate Professor, PhD Trpimir Vedriš published an article.
During 2021, ethnographic researches were conducted on several occasions in five localities (Nin, Kukljica, Tarac, Piškera and Perast)
During May, September and November 2021, an aerial survey of the site was made.
During May and September of 2021 focus groups were organized in the localities of Kukljica and Nin.
Research on the tourist perspective and experience of maritime pilgrimages of local residents and tourists who spend the night at the location where a particular pilgrimage takes place has begun. So far, the pilgrimage sites of Gospa od sniga in Kukljica on the island of Ugljan and Gospa od Zečeva in the town of Nin have been processed.
During May, field research was carried out in Nin. The research included the pilgrimage and the feast of Gospa od Zečeva, during which knowledge about the importance of the holiday for the local population, as well as pilgrims coming from more distant parts of Croatia and other countries were deepened by using methods of participant observation and interviews.
In addition few smaller meetings with more informants were held and new individual and group interviews were arranged for the next part of the research. Contact was also established with new pastor and local self-government, within which further synergistic development of social and cultural contents was agreed. All together with the aim of protecting and preserving cultural heritage and maintaining continuity of veneration of Gospa od Zečeva while revitalizing certain parts of the celebration by adapting it to modern times.