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Revising the Politicized Landscape Nowa Huta, 1949‐1957
Author(s) -
Lebow Katherine A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1999.11.1-2.165
Subject(s) - vision , settlement (finance) , toponymy , public space , history , state (computer science) , communism , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , archaeology , projection (relational algebra) , political science , geography , law , sociology , politics , engineering , architectural engineering , algorithm , artificial intelligence , world wide web , anthropology , computer science , payment
Using New Theories of state‐society relations under Communism, this article focuses on changes made to Nowa Huta's street and settlement names in 1957 as a result of de‐Stalinization, and on opinions expressed by town residents in anticipation of these changes in a public opinion survey. These events may be viewed as a dialogue between rulers and ruled, in which toponymy serves as a symbolic medium for the projection of conflicting visions of Poland's past and future. [Poland, Nowa Huta, place names, new towns, public opinion]