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2024-12-02 17:00

Vokietijos istorijos institutasVokietijos istorijos instituto Varšuvoje padalinys Vilniuje bendradarbiaudamas su Vilniaus universiteto Istorijos fakultetu ir Lietuvos istorijos institutu, maloniai kviečia Jus gruodžio 2 d. į prof. dr. Stephanie Herold paskaita „Transfromation as Heritage. Provisional Housing after the Second World War in Germany“.

Paskaitą moderuos prof. dr. Marija Drėmaitė.

Paskaita vyks Vilniaus universiteto Istorijos fakultete gruodžio 02 d., 17 val. 211 auditorijoje.


Daugiau apie paskaitą:
The destruction caused by the Second World War led to a massive housing shortage (not only) in Germany. To remedy this, the construction of temporary accommodations had already begun in the war's final years to provide people with provisional shelters (these so-called „Behelfsheime“ were either self-built or erected by forced labourers). After the end of the war, any existing space was used for residential purposes, including former camps for forced labourers and prisoners of war. Although initially of a provisional nature, quite a few of these places are still used today. The buildings have been transformed, expanded, extended, partially demolished, and remodeled along the way. However, they have been preserved as places of residence to this day – despite their apparent banality and often difficult heritage. The various transformations bear witness not only to personal fates but also to historical and social changes. Thus, the places gain their significance as cultural heritage precisely through these changes. But what does this mean for our approach to this heritage, whose main characteristic seems to be constant change?

Stephanie Herold is an art historian, monument conservator, and professor for Urban Conservation and Cultural Heritage at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning at the Berlin Institute of Technology - TU Berlin. Her research focuses on young architectural heritage from modernism to postmodernism (focusing on GDR architecture), dissonant heritage in Central and Eastern Europe, emotions, affects in heritage-making and aesthetics. She is a member of ICOMOS Germany, chair of the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation (Arbeitskreis Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege), and deputy spokesperson of the Research Training Group Identity and Heritage.