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Introduction
TheareacalledGaliciathatexistedbetween1772and1918asageopolitical
entitywasassociatedwiththedominanceoftheHabsburgEmpire,which,with
RussiaandPrussia/Germany,wasoneofthemainpowersinCentralEurope.In
theinterwarperiod(i.e.,afteritsactualerasurefromthemapofEurope)itstill
constitutedoneofthemostmulti-cultural,multi-ethnic,andmulti-faithterritories.
AfterWorldWarII,andpreciselyaftertheHolocaustofGalicianJews,afterthe
divisionoftheformerprovincebetweenPolandandtheSovietUkraine,andthe
resettlementofthepopulation,thelastresiduaofGaliciannessandoftheworld
towhichtheybelongedhavedisappearedfromthefaceoftheearth.Today,the
areaofGalicianowdividedbetweenPolandandUkraineanddespiteitsabsence
fornearlyacenturystillarousesinterest
Galiciabecamethesubjectofmanyvaluablestudies,notonlyamongPolish
scholars.Mostofthisresearch,however,manifestedanapproachthatinvolved
thereconstructionofthesubject,thetheme,or-particularly-themythof
Galiciainliteratureandculture.Inthemeantime,thehorizonofstudieson
theformerHabsburgprovincethathavebeenundertakeninthecontextofthe
publicationGalicianPolyphony:PlacesandVoicesisdefinedbysuchresearch
perspectivesasmemorological,post-dependence,andaboveall-geopoetrological
studies.TheapplicationofthesemethodologiestoGaliciansubjectmatterledto
anapproachcenteredaroundpoetologicalandpoliticalaspectsoftherepresentation
ofspace,theissuesofnegotiatingindividualandcollectiveidentityinthespace
ofcoexistenceandstruggleofdifferentcultures,aswellasthevariousideological
conceptualizationsofGalicia,subjecttocriticalreflectioninthepresentedtexts.
Specificissuesthatareconsideredinthispublicationare:
a)Thecategoryofcollectiveandculturalmemory,andgeopoetryinrelationtothe
functioningofGaliciaintheliteraturesofthedifferentlanguagesoftheregion;
b)Issuesrelatedtotherelationshipofplacesandlanguage/languagesandtheir
correlationwithindividualandcollectiveidentityinGalicia;