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Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, czyli jak kulturalnie sprywatyzować przestrzeń publiczną
Center of Contemporary Art Area in Toruń – How to Privatize Pub lic Space in a Cultural Way

Author(s): Jacek Gądecki
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: private-public partnership; culture; commerce; privatization of public space

Summary/Abstract: The privatization of the Center of Contemporary Art (CCA) area in Torun allows us to observe relatively new processes in Polish urban reality. The case shows how private-public partnership and place marketing are constructed and how partners combine spheres of culture and commerce to realize the investment. Private investor, using the cultural arguments, tries to create a shopping mall in the recreation area located next to the historical center of the city. The aim of the paper is to analyze the dynamics of the process of privatization and strategies used to privatize the public space in an attractive district of Torun.

  • Issue Year: 9/2008
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 111-121
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish