The master's thesis deals with changes in Slovenian grassroots venues after 1991, which is the period that marks Slovenia's transition from a socialist to a capitalist system. In Slovenia, in the 1990s and later, we have been witnessing the disintegration process of some grassroots venues and the decline of this type of alternative cultural creativity. On the other hand, we can observe a new impetus for the cultural creativity of young people that manifests itself through newly created grassroots venues with new characteristics. Empirical data obtained through semi-structured interviews with »insiders« of grassroots venues, members of the local community and local decision-makers show that the selected grassroots venues were influenced by the processes and social changes like demilitarization, privatization, EU accession of Slovenia, the economic crisis in 2009 and others , but are marked to an even greater extent by more modern processes that are not so much tied to Slovenia's (post)socialist past – for example, the Covid-19 pandemic crisis or the digitalization and individualization of young people. The data furthermore shows that while national and European mechanisms and policies can shape or influence the functioning of grassroots venues, local decision-makers, the local community and grassroots venues themselves play a decisive role in this processes. This shows that in addition to historical crises and breakthroughs, current social tensions and dynamics need to be taken into consideration.
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