CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Nagy, Klára |
|---|---|
| Title | The Eighth of Budapest - Creating New Narratives for a Stigmatized District |
| Summary | District VIII, a central yet stigmatized district of Budapest is in a visible transformation these days. The redrawing of the district’s inner boundaries, urban redevelopment programs, tourism development concepts, newly emerged walking tours and other local events all show a growing interest in changing the bad reputation of the district. Considering these parallel and sometimes interweaving processes, the aim of this study is to define and compare the newly formulated narratives of District VIII, looking for similarities and missing components in terms of the favored cultural narrative. Research questions include what role does cultural heritage play in the urban redevelopment programs and touristic projects in the district and to what extent the different initiatives contribute to the objectives of increasing tolerance and social cohesion in the community of the district and beyond. The analysis of the stated problems was undertaken by using the conceptual framework borrowed from anthropology. The dichotomic notions of hosts – guests and front stage – backstage helped to position the narratives of District VIII regarding their scope and target audience. The main findings of this study include that the interpretation of District VIII is very much fragmented between different stakeholders. Furthermore two apparent characteristics of the outer units of the district, the immigrant and Roma culture, were found to be rather neglected in almost every discussed means of interpretation. The study also reflects on possible directions to enhance the cohesion of the parallel narratives. |
| Supervisor | Inkei, Péter |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/nagy_klara.pdf |
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