Archaeological digs and berlin’s urban environment: remembering and forgetting the traces of the Second World War

• Autores: Eloise Florence
• Localización: IC Revista Científica de Información y Comunicación, ISSN 1696-2508, Nº. 15, 2018, págs. 117-139
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Excavaciones arqueológicas y el entorno urbano de Berlín: recordar y olvidar la huellas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
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  • español

    Este ensayo examina cómo la memoria de la Segunda Guerra Mundial está mediada por la arqueología en dos sitios turísticos en Berlín. A través de los datos compilado de sitios visitados y observaciones del sitio, los motivos de entierro, autenticidad y valor histórico se relacionan directamente con la negociación en curso de recordar y olvidar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ya que está integrada en el entorno urbano de Berlín.

  • English

    This essay examines how the Second World War can be remembered through archeology at two tourism sites in Berlin. Through data collected from site visits and observations, the motifs of burial, authenticity, and historical value are found to engage directly with ongoing negotiations of remembering the Second World War. This contributes a revised way of examining cultural remembering through material traces of the war on Berlin’s urban environment.

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