The Troubled Pasts of Hungarian and German Minorities in Slovakia and Their Representation in Museums
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0002" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0002</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0002" target="_blank" >10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0002</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Troubled Pasts of Hungarian and German Minorities in Slovakia and Their Representation in Museums
Original language description
In the 20th century, the two world wars reshaped the map of Central Europe as well as the status of Central Europe's diverse societies. In my article, I focus on the Hungarian and German minorities in Slovakia and the representation of their problematic historical past in contemporary Slovak museums. More specifically, I zoom in on the exhibition Exchanged Homes displayed in Bratislava, which aims to commemorate the fate of Hungarians, Germans, and Slovaks, all of whom were affected by the population transfers after World War II. Based on the concept of memorial museums theorized by Paul Williams, I aim to show how the different exhibitions engage with the traumatic past of forceful resettlement. By offering multifaceted memories of a troubled past, these exhibitions avoid categorizing "victims" and "perpetrators" along national or ethnic lines. My paper thus analyzes the concepts and components of the exhibitions-the context of the postwar events, oral history interviews, and objects of everyday use that should bring the visitor closer to the experience of the people who were forced to leave. I argue that exhibitions of this sort have the ability to challenge the dominant historical narrative focusing on a national "Slovak" history and help the process of reconciliation between the Slovak majority society, and the Hungarian and German minorities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Nationalism Memory and Language Politics [online]
ISSN
2570-5857
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
52-71
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85061744378