The articles describes verbal recollections of Sibiraks, people deported between 1940-1941 to different regions of the Soviet Union (mainly Siberia and Kazakhstan). All these recollections were gathered between 2002-2005 in the course of interviews with representatives of the deportees, who live in Lódz and nearby. The article discusses the differences between verbal and written accounts of Sibiraks' experiences and their value in ethnological and anthropological studies. The community dimension of the narratives as well as characteristic features of memory recorded in them have also been presented. It is described as an intermediate form between stricte autobiographic memory and 'postmemory'. In conclusion the authoress hints at some interpretations, which could be used in future ethnological and anthropological exploration of the 'Polish Siberia' and the Siberian experiences.
The review paper surveys the struggles on psychology and social science at large around concepts touching upon the self. The survey claims that behind the conceptual chaos one could trace rivaling theories regarding how to reconstruct the authority of one of the most crucial anchoring points of psychology namely personal reference. A detailed analysis is given of the deconstructionist and different narrative approaches. The survey concludes by the claim that the respectful status of the disappearing self has to be reconstructed in order to account for the key role of autobiographic moments and individualized interpretations.
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