Creating the Metropolis GZM: Between the Institution and the Space of Social Narrative

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17 December 2025
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978-83-226-4513-0

Creating the Metropolis GZM: Between the Institution and the Space of Social Narrative

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Zuzanna Neuve-Église
University of Silesia in Katowice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4062-0947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31261/PN.4262
Keywords:
Metropolis GZM, discourse, press analysis, governance, metropolisation, social representations

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The monograph explores the formation of the Metropolis GZM (Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia) within the broader process of metropolisation. The author examines whether this functional area can evolve into a lived space and serve as a new reference point for local identity. Focusing on the cultural and symbolic dimensions of metropolisation, the study analyses press discourse and reader comments from two major regional newspapers (Dziennik Zachodni and Gazeta Wyborcza, 2007–2018). It reveals the complexity of the media representations of the metropolis and the role of the press in shaping collective imagination. This monograph serves as a comprehensive resource for researchers, practitioners and anyone interested in urban transformation, metropolitan governance and the media’s influence on collective imagination.

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Author Biography

Zuzanna Neuve-Église, University of Silesia in Katowice

PhD in Social Sciences, sociologist, philologist, translator and teacher of English and French. Currently an assistant professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice. Her research interests include discourse, communication, metropolisation processes, governance, collective identities, territorial identification, and mental health issues. Since 2016, she has been involved in the activities of the Observatory on Urban and Metropolitan Processes. She participates in scientific and educational projects funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW), the European Commission and the European Regional Development Fund (INTERREG Central Europe programme). A scholarship holder of the Erasmus+ program (France) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (Belgium). [24.04.2025]

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