Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture

Since the fall of the socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, the institutional will to redefine the postsocialist cities' image and identity involves the appreciation of pre-socialist heritage on one hand and the rejection of socialist memories and legacies on the other hand. Thus, in Timişoara (...

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Main Author: Amandine Dargaud
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Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/24301
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description Since the fall of the socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, the institutional will to redefine the postsocialist cities' image and identity involves the appreciation of pre-socialist heritage on one hand and the rejection of socialist memories and legacies on the other hand. Thus, in Timişoara (Romania), the municipality is implementing urban renewal and marketing policies of patrimonialization of the historic center and valorization of the Austro-Hungarian past. However, these policies deals with the weakness of institutional tools, criticisms of the dominant narrative of the city promoted by institutional actors and their relays – like the TM2021 association in charge of preparing the European Capital of Culture event in 2021 –, but also the permanence of dissonant and even conflicting legacies of socialism in the context of europeanization.
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memory
europeanization
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title Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture
title_full Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture
title_fullStr Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture
title_full_unstemmed Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture
title_short Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture
title_sort timisoara de la petite vienne du banat a la capitale europeenne de la culture
topic Postsocialism
heritage
memory
europeanization
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url http://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/24301
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