1st Edition

Memory in Postmigration Communities Field of Memory

By Małgorzata Łukianow Copyright 2026
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers an exploration of Postmigration memory fields—spaces where multiple and often conflicting memory narratives of the same past event intersect within a limited locality. Focusing on Poland and the remembrance of the postwar and post-communist periods, it examines what happens when diverse mnemonic trajectories converge in small communities: how memories coexist, clash, merge, or... Read more

The Dynamics of Coexistence: An Introduction  Evidence and Methodologies  1. Doxa and Memory, or Poland Is Born and Falls in “Recovered” Towns  2. National Memory as Heterodoxy  3. Changing Temporal Frameworks as Doxa-Making  4. Memory Consortia  Postscript: Scenes of Mnemonic Struggle  Appendix 1: Glossary of Key Terms  Appendix 2: Detailed Data Overview

Biography

Małgorzata Łukianow is a sociologist at the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on memory studies, with particular expertise in oral history. She has previously held positions at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, and the University of Michigan. She co-chairs the Polish Regional Group of the Memory Studies Association.

'This book is a rigorously researched, theoretically rich, and conceptually ambitious study of memory in two contemporary Polish communities shaped by postwar migration. Łukianow introduces practical definitions for the still-emerging field of memory studies and demonstrates that multidirectionality and agonism are not just ethical orientations but are shaped by unevenly distributed forms of symbolic recognition. The author’s meticulous analysis  and theoretical rigor make this book a much-needed intervention in memory studies of Central Europe.'

Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, Professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences.