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<p>This paper presents collaborative interdisciplinary research on the mixed natural and cultural heritage of the former Iron Curtain in the Czech town of Aš. Sociocultural anthropology, history, and geobotanical and environmental studies were the main disciplines that were equally involved. The former Iron Curtain is one of Europe’s longest linear landscape features and an exceptional symbol of European history. The researched area covers the Czech-Bavarian and Czech-Saxonian borders, mainly the Aš spur. The research investigates the impacts of the long-term existing isolated strip of land of the Iron Curtain both on natural and sociocultural levels. It further examines the post-socialist transformation of the given area and the elements and processes of redefining local memory and identity through handling the local Iron Curtain heritage.</p>
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This paper presents collaborative interdisciplinary research on the mixed natural and cultural heritage of the former Iron Curtain in the Czech town of Aš. Sociocultural anthropology, history, and geobotanical and environmental studies were the main disciplines that were equally involved. The former Iron Curtain is one of Europe’s longest linear landscape features and an exceptional symbol of European history. The researched area covers the Czech-Bavarian and Czech-Saxonian borders, mainly the Aš spur. The research investigates the impacts of the long-term existing isolated strip of land of the Iron Curtain both on natural and sociocultural levels. It further examines the post-socialist transformation of the given area and the elements and processes of redefining local memory and identity through handling the local Iron Curtain heritage.

Iron Curtain in Aš: Socialist Heritage and Its Destiny after 1990

Seminar of General and Comparative History, Faculty of Arts

Department of Social and Cultural Ecology, Faculty of Humanities

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics

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This paper presents collaborative interdisciplinary research on the mixed natural and cultural heritage of the former Iron Curtain in the Czech town of Aš....

Iron Curtain in Aš: Socialist Heritage and Its Destiny after 1990

Published Online: Jan 28, 2024

Page range: 203 - 222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2023-0013

Keywords
Iron Curtain heritage, socialist heritage, post-socialist transformation, redefining local memory and identity

© 2023 Linda Kovářová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Iron Curtain in Aš: Socialist Heritage and Its Destiny after 1990

Published Online: Jan 28, 2024

Page range: 203 - 222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2023-0013

KeywordsIron Curtain heritage, socialist heritage, post-socialist transformation, redefining local memory and identity

© 2023 Linda Kovářová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Iron Curtain heritage, socialist heritage, post-socialist transformation, redefining local memory and identity