Mongolskie oblicza postpamięci

Abstract

The Faces of Mongolian Postmemory

This article applies the concept of postmemory to demonstrate the relation of modern Mongolia to its own past and history. The authors illustrate how the experience of trauma has influenced formation of Mongolian identity. The concept presented here emerged during the anthropological field research in Mongolia 2012. The article discusses dimensions of collective memory such as identity, trauma, and traditions. These elements create spiral concept of time. The postmemory of traumatic historical collective experience of Mongolia is possible because of nonlinear temporality. Time loop allows continues reference to the power of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.