Use of Urban Public Space in a Cultural Festival. Case Study of the Hungarian Cultural Days in Cluj Napoca
Use of Urban Public Space in a Cultural Festival. Case Study of the Hungarian Cultural Days in Cluj Napoca

Summary/Abstract: The study presents the spatial policies practiced in the cultural festival Hungarian Cultural Days of Cluj, that can be interpreted both as part of the spatial self-representation of the participating/organizing community and as part of the city’s well-contoured cultural strategy presenting Cluj-Napoca in terms of ‘city of events’, a dynamic, creative and multicultural place. Following an introductory conceptual chapter off ering general considerations on the use of space in public events and the importance of (cultural) festivals both in community representation and settlement branding, the case study off ers a general presentation of the event to be analysed, focusing on the specifi c spatial practices of the eight diff erent editions of the Hungarian Cultural Days of Cluj and their possible interpretations.

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