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Surroundings: Dimensions of Being a Bystander in Rural Poland
Author(s): Karolina KoprowskaSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Rural and urban sociology, History of the Holocaust, Hermeneutics, Philosophy of History
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: bystander; witness; Holocaust; village; landscape;
Summary/Abstract: Koprowska brings studies on cultural landscapes – including terms such as “surroundings” and the “taskscape” – to bear on passages from peasants’ narratives submitted to a competition held in 1948 and titled “Descriptions of My Countryside”. She categorizes peasant onlookers during the Holocaust and identifies four levels of their involvement: deliberate actions aimed at creating the surroundings (fulfilling specific tasks), sensual perception, presence that has a bodily and affective dimension, as well as silence and the difficulty of articulation.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 347-360
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
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