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Housing Estates in the Baltic CountriesLiving in a Large Housing Estate: Insider Perspectives from Lithuania

Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries: Living in a Large Housing Estate: Insider Perspectives... [ThisLithuania chapter explores the concept of a particular type of living environment—a large socialist housing estateSocialist housing estate—and its daily lifeSoviet daily life in Soviet times through the memories and narratives of its residents. The analysis compares experiences of those who moved into and lived in three VilniusVilniusmikrorayonsMikrorayon: LazdynaiLazdynai (awarded the Lenin prize in 1974), ŽirmūnaiŽirmūnai (awarded the State prize in 1968) and KaroliniškėsKaroliniškės, built when the euphoria of getting a new apartment of one’s own was already dampened by increasing general criticism of mass housingMass housing. The research relies upon 29 in-depth qualitative interviews with people who, at the time, were newcomers to the newly built districts and who still reside there. Findings suggest differences in opinions about living environments between residents of LazdynaiLazdynai and residents of the other estates, the former being strongly influenced by the Lenin prize and its echoes in public discourse. The analysis examines the shift in attitudes over time concerning this model of living environment together with particular aspects of it, starting with the earliest, often highly optimistic impressions back in the late 1960s and culminating in the defensive nostalgia prevailing in contemporary opinions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Housing Estates in the Baltic CountriesLiving in a Large Housing Estate: Insider Perspectives from Lithuania

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Hess, Daniel Baldwin; Tammaru, Tiit
Janušauskaitė, Viltė
Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries — Aug 28, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019. This book is an open access publication.
ISBN
978-3-030-23391-4
Pages
181 –199
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-23392-1_9
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Abstract

[ThisLithuania chapter explores the concept of a particular type of living environment—a large socialist housing estateSocialist housing estate—and its daily lifeSoviet daily life in Soviet times through the memories and narratives of its residents. The analysis compares experiences of those who moved into and lived in three VilniusVilniusmikrorayonsMikrorayon: LazdynaiLazdynai (awarded the Lenin prize in 1974), ŽirmūnaiŽirmūnai (awarded the State prize in 1968) and KaroliniškėsKaroliniškės, built when the euphoria of getting a new apartment of one’s own was already dampened by increasing general criticism of mass housingMass housing. The research relies upon 29 in-depth qualitative interviews with people who, at the time, were newcomers to the newly built districts and who still reside there. Findings suggest differences in opinions about living environments between residents of LazdynaiLazdynai and residents of the other estates, the former being strongly influenced by the Lenin prize and its echoes in public discourse. The analysis examines the shift in attitudes over time concerning this model of living environment together with particular aspects of it, starting with the earliest, often highly optimistic impressions back in the late 1960s and culminating in the defensive nostalgia prevailing in contemporary opinions.]

Published: Aug 28, 2019

Keywords: Housing estates; Mass housing; Mikrorayon; Soviet daily life; Vilnius, lithuania

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