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Evakuācijas politikas atspoguļojums laikrakstā «Tēvija» (1944-1945)

Referāta mērķis ir izsekot tam, kā laika periodā no 1944. gada vidus līdz 1945. gada aprīļa beigām laikrakstā “Tēvija” tika atspoguļota vācu okupācijas iestāžu realizētā evakuācijas politika un ar kādiem propagandas līdzekļiem tika mēģināts ietekmēt Latvijas iedzīvotāju rīcību. Laikraksts “Tēvija” izvēlēts tāpēc, ka tas bija ne tikai minētā laika perioda lielākais un lasītākais laikraksts, bet arī okupācijas režīma neformālais oficiozs

Writing the Past in the Present

This paper draws upon aspects of my autobiography to help understand the ways in which the recollection of childhood experiences may ignite earlier memories inherited from past generations. Where should I begin? Perhaps on the quayside in Rotterdam …

«It seems to me that I have two homes»: Latvian Emigrants’ Narratives about Integration in Swedish Society

Cross-border migration is an important life event that significantly changes the lives of migrants. Life stories give opportunities to follow this process from the point of view of the social actor. Oral history research is used in migration studies …

Escape Narratives of World War Two Refugees from Latvia

Narrative perspectives on intergenerational transmission of memory

The goal of the study is to examine narrative perspectives in the intergenerational transmission of memory, at once identifying factors that influence the creation of a generation’s identity and narratives

Lauku īpašums atmiņās un dzīvesstāstos Daugavpils novadā

Krājuma pamatā 2016. un 2017. gada vasarā Latvijas Universitātes un Daugavpils Universitātes pētnieku un studentu kopīgās mutvārdu vēstures un folkloras ekspedīcijās Daugavpils novadā ieraudzītais, sajustais, izpētītais. Krājumā Daugavpils novada …

Mapping Oral History: Routes, Centres, and Space-Times of Exiled Latvians

Corresponding to a growing interest in the digital humanities, oral historians with an interest in the concepts of place, memory, and belonging have started to create various narrative mapping projects.

Writing the Past in the Present

This paper draws upon aspects of my autobiography to help understand the ways in which the recollection of childhood experiences may ignite earlier memories inherited from past generations.

«It seems to me that I have two homes»: Latvian Emigrants` Narratives about Integration in Swedish Society

The authors of this report will focus on a study of adaptation strategies used by migrants when joining the host country (Sweden), using the analysis of oral history interviews as the basis of their research. They will compare two waves of migration …

Escape Narratives of World War Two Refugees from Latvia

At the end of World War II, approximately 170,000 Latvians found themselves in Displaced Persons camps in occupied Germany. During this period they formed an exile ideology and started to think of themselves not as emigrants or refugees but as self-proclaimed exiles.