Vilnius archipelago: performative walks around this performative city.

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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Vilnius archipelago: performative walks around this performative city
Authors:
Kasner, Malgorzata
In the Journal:
Slavia Meridionalis. 2019, 19, pdf (18 p.)
Keywords:
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20 amžius; Vilnius. Vilniaus kraštas (Vilnius region); Lietuva (Lithuania); Kolektyvinė atmintis / Collective memory; Miestai ir miesteliai / Cities and towns.
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Atminties kultūra; Performative city; Performative memory; Performative turn; Performative walks; Performatyvi atmintis; Performatyvus miestas; Performatyvus pasivaikščiojimas; Performatyvus pokytis; Projektas #skaitomevilniu; Vilnius; #skaitomevilniu; Cultural memory; Performative city; Performative memory; Performative turn; Performative walks; Performatyvioji atmintis; Performatyvus miestas; Performatyvus posūkis; Performatyvūs pasivaikščiojimai; Project #skaitomevilniu; Vilnius.

ENThe present study deals with the performative memory of a city, namely modern Vilnius, the capital of the Republic of Lithuania. The difficult past of Vilnius that is shared by other eastern and central European cities and is marked by the bitter legacy of the “city of changed blood” (Pl. “miasto o wymienionej krwi”, a notion introduced by M. Lewicka) has been subjected to a number of changes effected by modernity and dynamic Europeanization at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The confrontation between the past and modernity has resulted in serious social and national problems (e.g. Polish–Lithuanian relations) dating to the early as well as the most recent history of Lithuania and its capital. Having experienced various totalitarian regimes, Vilnius is an interesting example of the redefining of the memory of the space of a city at a time of a changing political system; it is also an example of the establishing of a hierarchy of new values and symbols. Vilnius is also a cultural hybrid resulting from long-lasting transgressions. However, a comprehensive account of its history still remains utopian. Drawing on the #skaitomevilniu (‘We read Vilnius’) project that was carried out in Vilnius in 2016–2017 and which adopted a performative perspective, the author of the present study attempts to describe a city that is constantly becoming. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.11649/sm.1964
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2392-2400; 1233-3173
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2020-12-17 20:21:37
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