War Damage and Destruction Maps. Representations of Cities, 1939–1949

Přednáška, pořádaná Výzkumným centrem historické geografie (Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.) ve spolupráci s Collegiem Carolinem, se bude konat 22. března 2023 od 15:00 v Akademii věd ČR (místnost č. 205) na Národní 3. Přednášet bude dr. Carmen M. Enss (Universität Bamberg, projektu UrbanMetaMapping).

Pozvánka

More and more cities destroyed during the Second World War are uncovering war damage maps from their archives, such as the London County Council Bomb Damage Maps (1939–1945). The first bomb incident maps were created in larger European cities at the start of the air raids. Subsequently, city authorities carried out damage surveys throughout the war. They continued to produce and update damage maps after the end of the war. While damage maps from London and Warsaw have been examined in detail, most maps from local archives in Central Europe are still difficult to decipher due to a lack of dates, legends and supporting written sources. The research project Recording War Damage in World War II Europe at the University of Bamberg has now published 65 damage maps from Essen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig and Nuremberg in an atlas. The publication enables comparative research into mapping strategies, the social functions of maps and the use of maps during and after the war in Germany. While some of the maps were drawn for disaster management, most of them laid the foundation for post-war reconstruction planning. The talk will provide an outlook on current research on damage maps for smaller cities in Poland by the UrbanMetaMapping research consortium and discuss the reliability of statistical data presented in war damage maps.

Přednáška proběhne v angličtině. Pro více informací, prosím, kontaktujte dr. Jitku Močičkovou (Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.): mocickova@hiu.cas.cz.

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