| Title |
Reconstruction of Contested History: Vilnius, 1939–1949 / |
| Authors |
Jankevičiūtė, Giedrė |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Baltic Worlds: A scholarly journal from the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).. Stockholm : Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University. 2020, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 67-79.. ISSN 2000-2955. eISSN 2001-7308 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Communism ; occupation ; Vilnius ; Holocaust ; contested history ; migration ; art |
| Abstract [eng] |
The narrative in this article is based on a reconstruction of my personal curatorial experience while working on the exhibition “A Difficult Age: Vilnius, 1939–1949”. The exhibition’s chronological framework – 1939 to 1949 – was established with a focus on historical realities and aimed to frame the narrative of the guest exhibition. The public knowledge of the history of multi-national Vilnius is full of conscious and unconscious omissions, in large part caused by oblivion, but no less by the unwillingness to remember, ignorance, and the refusal to know or even fear of finding out. The narrative based on the history of visual art and artists’ lives is a way to bring up controversial topics and open new perspectives. |
| Published |
Stockholm : Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2020 |
