Łódzka rewitalizacja i nowe dyskursy tożsamościowe

After the fall of the communist system, cities of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone complex transformation resulting from such processes as democratization, marketization or globalization. Collapse of the communist regime not only was a turning point in political context, but it also introduced changes and initiated processes which have significantly influenced architecture and urban planning as well as the way of thinking about a city in broader social and cultural context. Although it is a quarter of a century, the process of re-defining and formulating a new urban identity initiated at that time has been still taking place. Lodz is a very interesting example of a post-communist and post-industrial city, where current identity discourse is strongly associated with revitalisation projects.The authors represent two fields of humanities: art history and cultural anthropology. The aim of joint research is to carry out analysis that will help answer the question of how a new Lodz identity is created and how a city identity is managed within the scope of planned and already undertaken revitalisation actions.