100 years later: the dark heritage of the Great War at a prisoner-of-war camp in Czersk, Poland

Abstract

Abstract

Difficult Heritage of the 20th Century from the Perspective of the Biography of Things

“…And finally, the artefacts are manifestations of great creativity prisoners of war displayed behind a barbed-wire fence (cf. Kobiałka 2018). These simple artefacts allow us to see and, in a way, touch this material dimension of the prisoners' lives.…”

“…One of the camps was located near Czersk. The history and archaeology of the camp has already been discussed in detail (Kajda et al 2017;Kobiałka et al 2017;Kobiałka 2018).…”

“…Zalewska 2016). In Poland, these terms are close synonyms, which leads to some considerable simplifications (see more in Kobiałka 2018).…”

“…They can be narratives with an affirmative, creative and positive undertone; narratives showing the lives of people and things as well as their complex and multidimensional relationships/stories even in places that are not perceived as problematic/inconvenient/difficult (cf. Kobiałka 2018). The theoretical approach referred to as the biography of things can help to extend the archaeological way of studying difficult heritage.…”

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“…m.in. Kobiałka 2018) i funkcjonowanie rzeczy w kontekście ich sprawczości (agency - zob. Domańska 2008: 34-36).…”