Women in the Contemporary Polish Streetscape. Memory Wars

• Authors: Justyna B. Walkowiak , Małgorzata Rutkiewicz-Hanczewska

Abstracts

EN

As diversity, equity and inclusion policies gain momentum in the Global North, the strikingly low visibility of women in Polish public space is being addressed not only via bottom-to-top activism but also through initiatives by local governments. This, in turn, results in controversies over the very need for gender equality in urban naming, as well as over the commemoration-worthiness of particular personages. The present paper aims to assess the changes that have taken place in Poland since the beginning of 2018, when an analysis of the 12 biggest cities revealed a persistent under-representation of women as namesakes in street naming. We offer a quantitative analysis and then focus on four selected case studies, each exemplifying one type of situation: open conflict, covert tactics, and two combinations of surface vs core values relationship.

Keywords

EN

female street names; gender equality; under-representation of women; Poland

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 128
• Pages: 205-228

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Justyna B. Walkowiak

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000173014591

author

Małgorzata Rutkiewicz-Hanczewska

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000236850352

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2023.128.09

Biblioteka Nauki

28705880