Militarized landscapes - landscapes of memory: Practices of localized remembrance of the Cold War

这一后续项目旨在通过纳入东德案例研究、召开一次开放空间会议作为公共地理学方法以及为其他出版物留出时间来拓宽原始项目的视角。到目前为止，实地工作已经完成，并已汇编了一些初步结果。对空间敏感的纪念做法，即公共纪念碑保护、博物馆工作和地质发掘等发现做法，已经得到重建。此外，非专业历史学家和历史爱好者的实践社区也被纳入研究范围。它已经显示了他们如何共同制作冷战记忆的景观。同时，借鉴西奥多·沙茨基的实践理论，提炼出记忆景观的概念。在这种观点中，记忆的景观是交织的实践和安排的复杂束。在实证研究中，很明显，西德对冷战的记忆往往与东德的记忆有关。然而，它的主题很少超越德意志边界的记忆主题。这就是为什么一个额外的案例研究应该阐明与冷战时期有关的东德记忆景观。此外，研究参与者也有与其他实践联系的冲动。这一势头源于我们的焦点小组讨论，并将在开放空间会议上延续下去。后者将满足在公共地理学原则的脉络中进行对话的不同实践的需要，并将允许对在德国共同制作冷战记忆景观的新视角。

This follow-on project intends to broaden the perspective of the original project by including an East-German case study, convening an open space conference as a public geography approach, and allowing time for additional publications. So far, field work has been completed and some preliminary findings have been compiled. Space-sensitive practices of remembrance, i.e. public monument protection, museum work, and practices of discovery like geocaching, have been reconstructed. In addition, practice communities of lay historians and history enthusiasts have been included in research. It has been shown how they co-produce landscapes of memory of the Cold War. Also, the concept of landscape of memory, which draws on Theodore Schatzki's practice theory, has been refined. In this view, landscapes of memory are complex bundles of interwoven practices and arrangements. In emprirical research, it became apparent that West German landscapes of memory of the Cold War often relate to their East German counterparts. However, its themes seldomly reach beyond the topos of memory of the inter-German border. This is why an additional case study should shed light on East German landscapes of memory pertaining to the Cold War era generally. Additionally, research participants have taken on impulses to connect with other practices. This momentum originates in our focus group discussions and will be perpetuated in an Open Space Conference. The latter will cater for the need to engage different practices in a dialogue in the vein of the tennets of public geography and will allow fresh perspectives on the co-production of landscapes of memory of the Cold War in Germany.