The Past Is The Present
By Gabija Grusaite
July 2011 FEATURE
Through the streets of George Town: Armenian StreetSOMEHOW heritage became an unquestionable value in itself in the everyday life of George Town ever since its Unesco World Heritage listing, and often there is no further attempt to conceptualise what exactly is “inherited”. By global standards, the city is young compared to places like Varanasi, Rome or Istanbul, but its 200 years of history which have united the narratives of colonialism, global migration, capitalism and cultural transformation is certainly an attractive...
Gabija Grusaite
works as a journalist, and also writes scripts for short movies and animation. Her first novel – Neissipildymas (“Unfulfilled”) – was recently published in Lithuania by Baltos Lankos.
