Decommunization of the public space in Poland - an outline of the issue Cover Image

Dekomunizacja przestrzeni publicznej w Polsce - zarys problematyki
Decommunization of the public space in Poland - an outline of the issue

Author(s): Joanna Kałużna
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: social memory; collective memory in public sphere; historical policy; decommunization

Summary/Abstract: The analysis presented in the paper examines the process of decommunization of the public space in Poland. The initiatives taken between 1989 and 2016 have been described as well as the act adopted on April 1, 2016, which was the first legislative act banning the propagation of communism and other totalitarian regimes by naming buildings, objects and public utilities as a whole.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 157-171
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish