"Ekshumacje polityczne: teoria i praktyka” edited by Alexandra Staniewska and Ewa Domańska – a review

Abstract

This paper reviews the book "Ekshumacje polityczne: teoria i praktyka" edited by Alexandra Staniewska and Ewa Domańska. This monumental work, published in 2023, is an attempt to compile texts from various authors: anthropologists, literary historians, archaeologists, and geographers. Such a broad approach to the issue allows for examining political exhumations from different perspectives.

Ewa Domańska advocates for the creation of a new research method – the so-called "bones as method." She argues that research on remains should be transdisciplinary and hybrid. "Ekshumacje polityczne" serves as evidence that she is correct.