出版社：Estonian Literary Museum and Estonian Folklore Institute
摘要：The article examines the subject of post-Soviet military bases in Poland,and deals with two main issues: 1) presenting such sites as entanglementsof place, materiality, military and symbolic elements in the process of creatingcommonality, and 2) regarding them as products of local “imaginings” andexternal touristic expectations. I look at how ways of constructing heritage areshaped and constructed through locals’ encounters with tourism. Following this,I claim that the defining criteria of what can be regarded as heritage relevant toaccompanying transformations of original functions of military sites or post-Sovietmilitary bases involve value, substantiality, and the passage of time. To elaborateon these research questions, I draw on data from two places where the SovietArmy was deployed: Borne Sulinowo, along with Kłomino, and Międzyrzecz, withKęszyca Leśna. The differences in size, function, and proximity to bigger citiesare factors that helped to determine the distinct ways in which the local peopledealt with the Soviet military presence, and how the foreign military past canbe used in the process of handling different types of tourists, those interested innature, often well-preserved near the former military space, those interested inhistory and those following the trail of military issues (e.g. fortresses, bunkers,and fortifications). The sites for local inhabitants are where they live, for touriststhey are places to see, and for some people they can be interesting spaces to setup military camps or fortresses.
关键词：Cold War; entanglement; military heritage; Poland; post-Soviet military;base; transformation; tourism
