Anthropologist: Ida-Viru County as the hiding place for inconvenient topics

Just as people store important yet inconvenient belongings in the basement, society, too, can treat certain regions as an uncomfortable storage space. Fieldwork by Francisco Martinez, a guest professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts, shows that although residents of Ida-Viru County feel a strong connection to their home region, they seek refuge from broader societal attitudes in basements, dachas and other hidden spaces.