Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss's blog

These are three consecutive theoretical essays by Elizabeth Grosz culminating with the idea of architecture from the outside.

Here is an informative history of the word: Balkanization from the book by Maria Todorova: Imagining the Balkans. Please read her mapping of the history of the word.

The majority of the world’s petrodollars often remain invisible or unaccounted for, only registering briefly, if at all, in offshore locations. Many newly coined corporate free zones now merge with resorts, to avail themselves of the fantasy and caprice that petrodollars enjoy. Most banish the negotiations that are usually associated with the contingencies of urbanism—negotiations such as those concerning labor, human rights or environment. Most of these entrepôts also launder the temporary contents, labor conditions and real estate opportunities of their warehouses, campuses and parks.

Attached file has the full version of the draft.

Balkanisation / Preliminary overview of the term’s original and contemporary meanings
prepared for Goldsmiths Centre for Architecture Research, London, 2006/03/24

“Balkanisation is a geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. Recently the term has been used in American urban planning to describe the process of how gated communities are created. There are also attempts to use the term Balkanization in a positive way equating Balkanization with the need for sustenance of a group or society. It used to be hostile, but recent usages of the term show the potential of Balkanization vis‐à‐vis democratic processes.”