<p>Istraživanje je fokusirano na ispitivanje uloge centara sela u<br />seoskoj zajednici, razvoj i transformaciju seoskih javnih prostora na<br />području Banata u savremenim granicama Vojvodine, kao i<br />međuzavisnosti tih transformacija centara sela i raznih uticajnih<br />faktora, pre svega društvenih, političkih, kulturoloških, religijskih<br />i ekonomskih. Analiza obuhvata vreme od XVIII do XXI veka, unutar kojeg<br />su definisana četiri perioda u kojima se razmatra transformacija<br />prostora po utvrđenim tematskim pitanjima: mesto u seoskoj strukturi,<br />oblik, način ulivanja ulica, funkcija slobodnog prostora,<br />arhitektonski okvir i prostorni mobilijar javnih prostora sela.</p> / <p>The study is focused on examining the role of village centers in rural<br />communities, the development and transformation of rural public space in<br />Banat region of nowadays Vojvodina, as well as the interdependence of<br />these transformations and various influencing factors: social, political,<br />cultural, religious and economic. The analysis covers the period from 18th to<br />21st century in which four periods were defined, exploring the transformation<br />of the space based on a predefined set of thematic issues: place in the<br />village structure, its shape, the way streets are flowing through the space,<br />function of free space, architectural framework and spatial street furniture in<br />public space of villages.</p>