Annotation: The article attempts to question the concept of “postsocialist city” by pointing to the plurality of academic discussions about both the notion of “city” and “postsocialism”. It outlines selected arguments for using ethnographic methods in studies on postsocialism that have been put forward (especially) by scholars in anthropology. At the same time, it cites examples of urban research adopting such an approach. Finally, it argues for using of the concept of “postsocialist city” in urban studies as reflecting the complexity of its everyday, but also academic, meanings.

Keywords: everyday life, city, postsocialism, overview of the critiques