Sejny opowiedziane. Reporterskie reprezentacje miasta pogranicza
Narrating Sejny. Reporters’ Representations of a Borderland Town

Summary/Abstract: A presentation of Sejny as a borderland town, depicted in journalistic portrayals from the early twentieth century to the present and revealing its dual character – as a space of tension and coexistence. In the writings of Dzikowski, Podoski, Niczyporowicz, Lovell, and others Sejny appears at times as a site of ethnic conflict, and at other times as a haven of peace and spirituality. Particular attention is paid to the role of the Lithuanian minority and, in a broader context, to the activities of the Borderland Foundation, which seeks to reconstruct the lost cultural mosaic. Sejny is portrayed as a palimpsest – a town where various layers of memory and identity remain present and legible.

• Details
• Contents