European Capital of Culture 2016 Effect

Paweł Kubicki is a sociologist and works as an associate professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Poland. His fields of interest are the sociology and anthropology of the city, European integration, nations and nationalisms in Central Europe.Bożena Gierat-Bieroń is a political scientist and works as an associate professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Poland. Her academic interests concentrated at cultural policies and European integration processes. Joanna Orzechowska-Wacławska is a sociologist and economist. She works as an assistant professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of economics and sociology. Her current research focuses on the issues of national identity, contemporary nationalism and populism in Europe.

• Introduction 1. The ECOC Programme and Urban Renewal 2. Research Premises and Methodology 3. Identity and Urban Narratives The foreignness of cities as longue-durée heritage The ECOC competition as a generational experience Urban narratives The image of the cities Social capital Lublin: Łódź: Katowice: 4. Cities’ Cultural Policies in the Light of the ECOCCompetition 5. Urban Networks. Coalitions of Cities From tournament of cities to coalition of cities 6. Infrastructure. New Cultural Institutions Between Bilbao and Valencia New cultural institutions in Poland in the light of the ECOC 2016applications The Katowice Culture Zone. Creativity in a modernist form 6 ContentsGdańsk institutions: politics and culture Szczecin and the “best buildings” in Europe and the world Wrocław’s ‘giant’: the National Forum of Music 7. Europeanness and the Europeanisation of Polish Cities The role of the ECOC competition in the debate on Europeannessand Europeanisation of cities The Europeanness of Polish cities in the light of the ECOC 2016competition 8. Summary of Research 9. Appendix Analysis of the applications of Polish cities bidding for the title ofEuropean Capital of Culture 2016 Analysis of the initial programme briefs 1.Gdańsk: “Freedom of Culture. Culture of Freedom” 2.Katowice: “City of Gardens” 3.Lublin: “City in Dialogue”4.Łódź: “(R)evolution of Imagination” 5.Poznań: “Poznań Cultural Storm” 6.Szczecin: “Power to Join” 7.Wrocław: “Spaces for Beauty” Cities in a process of change: redefining identity, re-evaluating thefunction of the city, metamorphosis of the image 1.Gdańsk – an axiological discourse on freedom 2.Katowice: from industrial city to garden city 3.Lublin: generating local culture and aiming eastwards 4.Łódź: revolution versus evolution 5.Poznań: between economics and culture 6.Szczecin: cultural crossing of borders 7.Wrocław: mental metamorphoses Contents 7Adaptation of European ideas (selected examples) 1.The “European dimension” criterion 2.The “City and residents” criterion Innovativeness of the project (best examples) Predicted short- and long-term consequences of implementation ofthe ECOC 2016 projects Bibliography