About the Author:
Mariusz Czepczynski is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic Geography at the University of Gdansk, Poland.
Review:
'Post 1989 societal changes have impacted palpably on East European urban structures. Cultural Landscapes of Post-Socialist Cities offers a vivid account of these changes. With its carefully crafted blend of general overview and specific case example, it highlights tensions between "insider" and "outsider" perspectives, between past, present and future, the book could be both pedagogically effective and conceptually evocative.' Anne Buttimer, University College Dublin, Eire 'Czepczynski's book makes a welcome appearance among a steady, yet rather sparse, flow of publications dedicated to the topic of post-socialist urban transformation. While others tend to be edited collections of articles by different authors, his work stands out as one that develops theoretical ideas on the subject more in-depth... The book is a welcome and recommended read.' H-Soz-u-Kult 'With this new book, Marius Czepczynski offers interested readers a sophisticated account of the transformations experienced in urban environments across central, east, and southeast Europe. With conceptual richness and clarity, Czepczynski skillfully integrates both theoretical and empirical material and guards against exaggeration, simplification, or stereotyping... I highly recommend it.' Slavic Review '... the book is a welcome contribution to the scholarship on postsocialist Central Europe, as well as to current research on transitional cities, which has somehow been dominated by writings on Chinese cities.' City & Community 'Czepczynski's thought-provoking book on post-socialist cityscapes makes for timely reading, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which has become emblematic of the transformation of the Central European bloc. The demolition of the Wall was both a material and symbolic act and this is a book on material and symbolic practices and representations of power in the urban landscape... it will certainly be of interest to postgraduate students and scholars of cultural geography, architectural history, urban planning and visual arts.' Europe-Asia Studies '... Czepczynski's work is a valuable and much needed contribution to this area of study. The book is definitely a must have for all research libraries that have an interest in urban spatial change, and its empirical and analytical qualities will be useful for researchers interested in the form, function and meaning of Central European cities and urban phenomena.' European Spatial Research and Policy 'Czepczynski admirably covers the processes of landscape change in Central Europe in the socialist and post-socialist eras and there is much to glean in this fine work of cultural study.' Suomen Antropologi, Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
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