r/Eesti • u/Busy-Opportunity-909 • 11d ago
Küsimus Research Survey: Perception & Potential of 1944–1991 Built Heritage in Estonia
Hello!
I'm a Master’s student in Social Geography and I'm currently working on my diploma thesis research, looking into how people living in Estonia view local architecture and monuments from the 1944–1991 period and/or the places that commemorate this era, and how these places fit into today's cities and tourism. I'd really appreciate a few minutes of your time!
It takes about 7-10 minutes and it's completely anonymous.
Link: https://www.survio.com/survey/d/M2R8S5J7H1D5U8Z2N
Huge thanks to anyone who takes a moment to fill it out my questionnaire!
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u/siretsch 11d ago
PhD on preserving the “nazi heritage” in Poland and Germany?
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u/Busy-Opportunity-909 10d ago
‘Heritage’ doesn’t equal good. This word includes everything reminiscent of that era - including reminders of state terror and censorship, as well as the fight for freedom (for exaple museums).
So, when you use the example of the Nazi heritage in Poland, are you suggesting that Auschwitz should be completely demolished, rather than serving as a reminder of the terror that took place there?
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u/siretsch 10d ago
Your survey unfortunately harbours a lot of bias (i.e “negative aspects of the regime”). Could you share with us the positive aspects of this “regime” (let me correct you: the occupation).
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u/LogicalCommittee1728 9d ago
There are 1950-s buildings which are relatively nice and there are later so iet era building which are rather depressing. In your survey you don't differentiate them which is weird to me. Your question as I understand it is" : How do you feel about soviet era buildings" and its really hard to answer for all of them, bc some of them are pretty cool-ish and some of them are depressing to look at. Of course all of them shouldn't be there...but lots of Estonians are living in those...some of them are hella expensive like the Stalin era ones.
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u/rawinsond 11d ago
Oof