Postcolonialism in Belarusian Culture. New Relevance and Approaches to Study

Abstract

The article of EHU MA Graduate and the Head of the EHU Center for German Studies Vera Dzyadok is based on the materials of her master’s research. The article is presenting an attempt to apply postcolonial theory to the study of the history of museum institutions in Soviet Belarus. The post-colonial approach to the study of former Soviet countries has received additional relevance in the last year in connection with Russian aggression in Ukraine. Based on the developments of a wide range of Western, as well as Belarusian and Ukrainian authors, the article substantiates legitimacy and productivity of such an approach, which may bring a new understanding of the history of Belarusian art.