Institute of Slavic Studies (PAS)
Makroregion województwo mazowieckie (PL9) · Poland
ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Recycling the German Ghosts. Resettlement Cultures in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia after 1945
Ghosts are often presented as the spirits of the dead haunting the living. But what if we understood them as material remains, bringing to light overlooked past and enabling us to grasp the experience of the otherness? I propose such an approach in research on displacement, on territories previously inhabited by one culture but after a forced migration resettled by another one. The displacement comprises expulsion and resettlement. While the former is well-researched, much of the latter remains understudied: especially the settlers experiences with things previous inhabitants had left behind. Things act as ghosts of previous culture and force settlers to interact with the spectral presence…
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