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The street posted necrolog – a subtle element of everyday urban life (2007-2008)

Field of study: History
Summary:

The aim of this project is to reveal through the Bulgarian street posted necrolog phenomenon that one of the things that Eastern Europeans can offer to the West is its own past. The dynamic European cultural realmendures continuous transformations during which some parts of it have been considered no longer belonging to it, somewhat “foreign”, therefore
– no longer perceived as European. Usually, it is the simple matters of everyday life that constitute the idea of “ours” and “alien” and have the greatest influence on the perception of the “Other”. In this respect, European unity is much more rooted in our common history, especially the one of subtle elements of everyday life. Deeply entrenched routines are the very things that surprise us with their variability as well as with some unexpected similarities or common roots. Exactly this “unity of the mundane” is quite often either forgotten or neglected.

Keywords: Bulgaria, street necrolog, cultural identity, death, urban life, everyday life

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