Danube Imaginary

Abstract

The Danube is the second longest river in Europe, an aquatic and cultural artery of nearly 3,000 kilometers that connects the Black Sea to the Black Forest. The Danube symbolizes connectedness and disconnection at the same time. It has been one of the most Stable borders within Europe, but also, as argued by Sorin Antohi, a symbolic geographic venue, a metaphor for different pasts and histories, languages, mythologies, religions and much more. The Danube is a reservoir of Stories and histories—related to the issues of migration, to people’s displacement and re-settling on new lands. “For all that, the region is a powerful reservoir of otherness producing various overlapping borders and transgressions.” (Ivaylo Ditchev)