“…All of the settlements in the MODSCAPES case studies have dissonant narratives, indeed, exceptionally so: whether it is the history of forced collectivization in the GDR and Estonia, colonial rule in Morocco and Libya, fascism in Spain, Italy, and Portugal, or refugee displacements in Greece, the rural landscapes we are investigating stem from highly contentious political circumstances, which, as evidenced by the anthropological investigations of e.g., Kaja Veddel, Martti Veldi, Vittoria Capresi, Marta Prista, and Friedrich Kuhlmann provoke a range of responses, memories, and interpretations [16,17,18,19] 6 .…”