governance, regeneration, brownfields, culture, temporary activities, Ostrava

The submitted paper aims to conceptually analyze and evaluate the governance of culture-led regeneration of a selected part of an vast industrial brownfield using the example of an industrial city of Ostrava. After 1989, the city as a centre of heavy industry in a centrally planned economy faced a massive process of de-industrialization, giving rise to extensive brownfields. After 1998, the Lower Vítkovice Area located in a total area of more than 250 ha has become the largest brownfield. The studied area is located in the northern section of this brownfield, which over the last decade has undergone extensive regeneration. The article focuses on the location of the former Hlubina Mine, closed in 1994, which was gradually transformed from a primarily informally used space to a formally used cultural space. However, the formalization process also entails some negative aspects. Presentation examine conflicts arising from different value orientations which are reflected in different expectations on brownfield regeneration. Resulting solution of these conflicts is influenced by actor´s power relations that have, therefore, crucial impact on form of physical regeneration of properties and their use for cultural activities. Presentation mainly focuse on transforming relations between cultural activities and brownfield´s spatial forms during the process of governance of regeneration.