@misc{Naumov_Nikola._Autor_From_2019,
 author={Naumov, Nikola. Autor and Weidenfeld, Adi. Autor},
 volume={92},
 number={4},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license},
 address={Warszawa},
 journal={Geographia Polonica},
 journal={Geographia Polonica},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2019},
 publisher={IGiPZ PAN},
 language={eng},
 abstract={The 1989 fall of the Iron Curtain marked the beginning of new economic, socio-cultural and political realities for the former socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe. Along with the economic restructuring from statecentralised to market economy, democratisation and liberalisation initiated a transformation of the socialist urban space, which was characterised by the changing role of its iconic landmarks. This conceptual paper examines these post-1989 changes, which range between the removal of these landmarks and their transition into market led iconic and flagship attractions. The paper identifies the changing role of tourism from a topbottom orchestrated to a market led activity, which explains the transformation of some of these landmarks. It introduces a new framework for studying this process by suggesting that iconisation, de-iconisation and re-iconisation processes are interrelated to other strategies and approaches to the transition of the socialist urban landscape into a western market economy. The paper identifies avenues for further research and provides some recommendations for improving the management of similar processes.},
 type={Text},
 title={From Socialist icons to Post-Socialist attractions: oconicity of socialist heritage in Central and Eastern Europe},
 URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/75322/PDF/WA51_98061_r2019-t92-no4_G-Polonica-Naumov.pdf},
 keywords={iconicity, socialism, heritage, tourism, visitor attractions, Central and Eastern Europe},
}