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Images from our fieldwork & research
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Glimpses
Images from our fieldwork & research
Assorted research visuals
Professor Alice von Bieberstein gave a seminar titled ‘Sovereign accumulation and the recursiveness of dispossession in post-genocide Turkey’, showing that the Armenian genocide was not only a project of mass murder and deportations but also a moment of primitive accumulation, laying the groundwork for a post-imperial national economy and fundamentally changing class relations.
35th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution: According to a recent survey by CVVM, 75% of Czechs believe the societal changes of November 1989 were "worth it"—the highest approval since 1999. Yet, this optimism contrasts with rising populist and illiberal sentiments in Czech society. A paradox worth reflecting on. Fieldwork glimpse, November 2024, Johana Wyss
Uncanny fields: In Rechnitz, efforts by the local association RE.F.U.G.I.U.S. to find the remains of 180 Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers murdered on March 24–25, 1945, have been unsuccessful. The "Kreuzstadl" has become one of Burgenland’s most famous memorials (October 2024).
Jitka Králová presents her initial findings from ethnographic fieldwork in the Ústí region, highlighting the socio-economic drivers behind political polarization. Student Research Seminar at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, October 2024.
Parliamentary Election Day in Georgia, 26.10.2024. Add billboards from the ruling party, Georgian Dream (n.41), capitalised on Georgians' fear of another war with Russia. Here, on the left, we see Mariupol's ruins after Russia's bombing, with the overwriting 'no to war'. On the right, an image of Georgia's town of Batumi's skyscrapers with the phrase 'choose peace'. Fieldwork glimpse, October 2024, Laura Mafizzoli.
The photograph held in the glimpse captures a former luxurious spa complex built for the employees of the Schicht’s manufacturing plants in Aussig / Ústí nad Labem. The spa building, which has since the postsocialist transition been left to decay, evokes the abandonment of prosperity and care for the working classes. Filedwork glimpse, June 2024, Jitka Králová
Throwback to our amazing team meeting at the Institute of Ethnology project office in beautiful Prague. What an incredible time working together! (September 2024)
29 Hungarian Jews were murdered here in 1945 during the construction of the 'Southeast Wall' in Jennersdorf, Burgenland. The bodies were exhumed in the presence of Simon Wiesenthal and a memorial was erected in 2022. Fieldwork glimpse, Aug. 2024, Franz Graf.
Working with local experts: Regional research institutions provide valuable insights and resources, offering access to local archives, historical records, and specialized knowledge that are crucial for understanding regional contexts and nuances. Fieldwork glimpse. August 2024, Dr. Ondřej Kolář of the Silesian Museum in Opava with Johana Wyss
Memorial museum of Roman Shukhevych, leader of Ukrainian Insurgent Army during their war for independence, anti-Polish massacres and anti-Jewish pogroms. Shukhevcych was ambushed here by Soviet authorities. Ca. 500 000 Ukrainians were deported in retaliation. A Russian attack destroyed the museum in 2024. Diána Vonnák (Photo by Maksym Kozytskyi)
Controversial memorials: Monument in Basovizza, near Trieste. Since 1992, a National Monument, commemorating the "victims of the Foibe massacre." It also reflects the manipulation of history by the Italian far-right. One of the focus areas of the MEMPOP project. Fieldwork glimpse. August 2024. Laura Mafizzoli
Ethnographic Lens: While an ethnographer struggles with understanding how commemorative narratives are constructed, the camera's lens provides an answer with apparent simplicity—through the indispensable collaboration of the state, the media, and the church. Fieldwork glimpse. May 2019, Astrea Nikolovska
Ambiguous loyalties: Soviet Monument in the center of the town vs. anti-Soviet monument hidden in the nearby forest. In Bukovina, one of the MEMPOP project's fieldwork sites. Fieldwork glimpse, June 2024, Ioana Brunet
Memento 1956: The Bridge at Andau serves as a reminder of the Hungarian uprising and symbolizes the willingness to help. This spirit has been increasingly challenged, not only in Burgenland—one of the #MEMPOP project's focus areas. Fieldwork glimpse, March 2024, Franz Graf
Memorial to the Enemy: The Hrabyně Memorial—initially honouring the Soviet Army but built by former Wehrmacht soldiers. Reflects tangled legacies and shifting identities in Czech Silesia—one of the MEMPOP project's fieldwork sites. Fieldwork glimpse, June 2024, Johana Wyss