This article attempts to analyze controversies over a former armament factory called Zbrojovka Brno. The area, full of various and often contradictory symbolic meanings, constitutes a significant urban memory space. We claim that this brownfield forms a part of urban memory that extends beyond its built materiality, mainly through its symbolic presence in the practices of various social actors. The article encompasses two closely interlinked aspects of contemporary urban memory practices addressing the past lives in the city: those shaping what is remembered as well as those influencing what should be remembered in the future. The first consists of narratives circulating in the discourse of the actors who are engaged within this brownfield, and the second is represented by forms of justifications and critiques that are considered legitimate in disputes about the future of "Zbrojovka." The analytical framework used in this research draws on the theoretical contributions of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot, especially their pragmatic theory of justifiable orders of worth pluralism.

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