Abstract
In this chapter I use the idea of silence in motion between presence and absence as a frame for viewing an exhibition of refugees in the Austro-Hungarian empire in the First World War. The specific focus is an ethnographic collection of over 500 objects, mainly textiles embroidered by Ruthenian girls and women, who had been evacuated from the Russian front and interned in refugee camps in Austria at the beginning of the war.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Beyond Memory: Silence and the Aesthetics of Remembrance |
| Editors | Alexandre Dessingué, Jay Winter |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 65-77 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315688503 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138826472 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- refugees
- World War, 1914-1918
- exhibitions
