Public Narratives of Decolonization and Racial (In)Justice in Central and Southeast Europe

This collection of essays examines the spheres of arts, culture, and digital communication to trace debates that revolve around the notions of decolonization and racial (in)justice in Central and Southeast Europe. It asks how the global narratives of racial and ethnic solidarity find their way into regional contexts. How do these narratives activate the present political agenda as well as the historical pasts? How are they understood and expressed by professionals like academics, artists, activists, and above all, by actors from the lay digital audience? The edited volume presents provocative cases of political and cultural debates from Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. Individual contributions employ an interdisciplinary framework, ranging from memory and media studies to cultural and visual studies. They discuss various phenomena from the fields of popular culture, visual arts, public art, and literature, as well as the regional examples of Black Lives Matter and Roma Lives Matter movements.