<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>For long decades in Hungary, not just the inhabitants and their lifestyles but the buildings of the villages were seen as outdated; only small details found their ways as decorative elements of representative architectural styles. A change in the evaluation happened in the second part of 20<sup>th</sup> century, which led to vivid academic and professional research, extensive popularity and support by the leading socialist power and the public. The paper focuses on the transformation of the built elements from the countryside to the centres, both physically and in their evaluation between World War II and 1989.</p></abstract>

For long decades in Hungary, not just the inhabitants and their lifestyles but the buildings of the villages were seen as outdated; only small details found their ways as decorative elements of representative architectural styles. A change in the evaluation happened in the second part of 20th century, which led to vivid academic and professional research, extensive popularity and support by the leading socialist power and the public. The paper focuses on the transformation of the built elements from the countryside to the centres, both physically and in their evaluation between World War II and 1989.

Heritagizing the Countryside in Hungary

Department for Social Integration and Social Policy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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For long decades in Hungary, not just the inhabitants and their lifestyles but the buildings of the villages were seen as outdated; only small details found...

Heritagizing the Countryside in Hungary

Published Online: Dec 24, 2018

Page range: 19 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2018-0003

Keywords
vernacular architecture, Hungary, socialism, protection and peripheralization

© 2018 Melinda Harlov-Csortán, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Heritagizing the Countryside in Hungary

Published Online: Dec 24, 2018

Page range: 19 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2018-0003

Keywordsvernacular architecture, Hungary, socialism, protection and peripheralization

© 2018 Melinda Harlov-Csortán, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
vernacular architecture, Hungary, socialism, protection and peripheralization