Okolica: wymiary postronności na wsi
Surroundings: Dimensions of Being a Bystander in Rural Poland

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.

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