Palimpsestic Memoryscape: Heterotopias, “Multiculturalism” and Racism in Białystok.
This article examines the palimpsestic memoryscape of Białystok to illuminate the ongoing struggle in contemporary Poland between two memory regimes: the declarative “multiculturalism” and the submerged racism. It employs the concept of “heterotopia” and the method of walking in order to study the J...
| Publicado en: | History & Memory Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 33 - 76 |
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Fall/Winter2022
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