The present master’s thesis researches heritage and function of Copek mill before, during and after the reality show Farm The purpose of the master’s thesis is to establish how the television and Municipality of Velika Polana, after agreeing to film the show on this location, influenced heritage.
From the point of view of ethnology, Copek mill is important because it represents authentic example of ethnological heritage. Today it is the only preserved pre-industrial mill on the stream Črnec, in the past there were five such mill operating on this stream. There are not a lot of sources and literature about the mill itself, but Copek mill is most known from the time of Second World War. In that time, more specifically on December 26th 1944, the first committee of the Liberation Front in Pomurje region was established on this place. This is evidenced by the memorial monument on the outside of the mill. From 1944 to 1945 the facility had great significance because secret meetings of anti-occupying forces took place, which occupying forces have never discovered.
Tourists due to its historical background have never besieged the facility, but nowadays that has changed. The facility itself does not contain the social note in the sense of its past and use anymore, rather it has become popular due to the TV show Farm.
The goal of the master’s thesis is to establish the contribution of the Farm to the Municipality of Velika Polana. Through master’s thesis, we want to come to answers, why it was allowed to film the reality show here, although Copek mill is protected as a monument of local importance. By this, the vicinity of Copek mill has been interfered with and changed. We want to established if filming of the reality show is a good opportunity for the development of the tourism and whether it has affected the promotion of the place itself and Municipality of Velika Polana respectively.
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