Non-places of Memory: Space, Materiality and False Cemeteries

The article deals with the concept of non-place of memory (NPM). (1) Author defines NPM broadly as entity which once created by people lost its perceptive properties as man-made, but at the same time kept it material basis. In the narrower sense of the definition NPM are places of murder and bodies...

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Published inStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai. Studia Europaea Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 23 - 44
Main Author Posluszny, Lukasz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cluj-Napoca City Universitatea Babes-Bolyai 01.12.2020
Journal Studia Europaea
Subjects
Analysis
Burials
Cemeteries
Douglas, Mary
False recall
Genocide
Massacres
Materiality
Memory
Murders & murder attempts
Museums
Romani people
Semantics
Poland
New York
United Kingdom
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Summary:The article deals with the concept of non-place of memory (NPM). (1) Author defines NPM broadly as entity which once created by people lost its perceptive properties as man-made, but at the same time kept it material basis. In the narrower sense of the definition NPM are places of murder and bodies deposition sites which are either unrecognized as such or haven't been yet changed into places of memory. Analysis are based mostly on cases of Roma massacres in Poland which took place during II World War, and compared with history of burials and concept of cemetery. Transitions of NMP is then explained by using the Mary Douglas' concept of anomaly.
ISSN:1224-8746
2065-9563
DOI:10.24193/subbeuropaea.2020.2.02