CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Ionescu, Daniela Raluca |
|---|---|
| Title | URBAN POLITICS AND THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN POST-SOCIALIST BUCHAREST |
| Summary | With the concern of a boundary between the state, the market and the civil society the present paper tries to understand a fine section within the broader debate of an urbanization process in post-socialist Romania, to gain a deeper perception on the renovation and selling process of old nationalized buildings declared representative for the cultural local heritage. This focus implies an understanding of the social space as incorporating social actions, as a means through which the social actors (architects, state officials and journalists) develop a general discourse or engage in a representational space by attaching meaning and regarding the nationalized houses as statements of esthetical perception, means of increasing the cultural heritage or excuses found by the political class in the process of establishing their positions in the field of power. In addition, the paper addresses the construction and negotiation process of cultural heritage within a general framework of urban renewal, not as a way of reclaiming the city history but rather as a means in the reinterpretation of the politics of accumulation. |
| Supervisor | Monterescu Daniel/ Dafinger Andreas |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/ionescu_daniela.pdf |
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