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The Role of Informal Practices in the Symbolic Use of Space in Szeklerland

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses how the symbolic use of public space in rural settlements in Szeklerland uses informal tools to build local identity. The study focuses on the practices of the three decades after the regime change in 1989, but also outlines the informal practices of the previous era in order to contextualise the phenomenon more deeply. The symbolic use of space in this region – where the Hungarian population lives in a minority status – has a powerful national identity-building function, a role that gives rise to a whole range of informal solutions. In addition to formal, official frameworks, informal solutions show a continuous operation in the examined period but can be categorised according to changing trends depending on the political and socio-cultural conditions of each period.

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