Remembering (De)industrialisation: Moral Emotions in the Memory of Post-Socialist Transformation in Lithuania and Poland (MEPOST)

ABSTRACT

The MEPOST project focuses on the collective memory of the political transformation and the related memory of (de)industrialization in Poland and Lithuania. It stresses the moral emotions present both in the communicative memory of former industrial workers and in the cultural memory presented by museums and other institutions involved in the protection of industrial heritage. The project will analyze two extensive collections of biographical interviews, collected as part of research conducted at the University of Warsaw and Vilnius University over the last 15 years. The analysis of cultural memory will be conducted on the basis of field research in museums and in-depth interviews with curators, heritage specialists and activists involved in commemorating industrial history.