“Nie sądzić” and “Wielki strach”: Two Short but Important Films
Sławomir Sikora
slawomir.sikora@uw.edu.plUniversity of Warsaw (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-8543
Abstract
Recently, the term “non-memory” (which should not be equated with oblivion) has gained importance in the Polish discourse on memory. It seems that scholarly discussions analysing the issues of World War II and post-war experiences have been dominated by the language of psychoanalysis; however, it is worth taking into consideration also vernacular languages. The author discusses the issues of memory and non-memory in relation to the extremely traumatic post-war experiences depicted in the two short films Nie sądzić (Not to Judge, dir. Pawlina Carlucci Sforza and Magdalena Lubańska, 2017) and Wielki strach (The Fear, dir. Pawlina Carlucci Sforza, 2020). They deal with this issue from different perspectives: the first in a more indirect way, the second – directly. People returning from forced labour in Germany after World War II were plundered and murdered by a local gang in a forest near Przeworsk. Traumatic knowledge about these events had been hidden for over seventy years.
Keywords:
anthropology, Pawlina Carlucci Sforza, Magdalena Lubańska, vernacular language, Dębrzyna, memory, non-memoryReferences
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Authors
Sławomir Sikoraslawomir.sikora@uw.edu.pl
University of Warsaw Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-8543
PhD, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw; his field of interest covers primarily visual and urban anthropology, and anthropology of contemporary culture. Author of the books Fotografia. Między dokumentem a symbolem [Photography: Between a Document and a Symbol] (2004) and Film i paradoksy wizualności. Praktykowanie antropologii [Film and the Paradoxes of Visuality: Practicing Anthropology] (2012), as well as numerous scientific articles. Co-author of the film Żeby to było ciekawe (Making It Interesting, 2009) and co-editor of the book Zanikające granice. Antropologizacja nauki i jej dyskursów [Vanishing Boundaries: Anthropologisation of Science and Its Discourses] (2009). Coordinator of several funded research projects, including Oddolne tworzenie kultury [Bottom-up Culture] and Obrazy różnorodności kulturowej i dziedzictwa [Images of Cultural Diversity and Heritage] (NAFA Film Festival, Warsaw 2015).
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