Life Writing and Politics of Memory in Eastern Europe
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2017.1347400
Abstract: The problem of reckoning with a difficult past, marked by pervasive violence and injustices, as well as blurred distinctions between perpetrators and victims, undergirds this book. Empirically rich... read more here.
Keywords: writing politics; europe; memory eastern; eastern europe ... See more keywords
Transitional Politics of Memory: Political Strategies of Managing the Past in Post-communist Romania
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2017.1380783
Abstract: Abstract The article develops a typology of political strategies of coming to terms with the past as a theoretical frame of reference against which it assesses the transitional politics of memory pursued in Romanian post-communist… read more here.
Keywords: memory political; political strategies; transitional politics; post communist ... See more keywords
How ‘creative’ is remembering? Culture-led regeneration and the politics of memory in Bogota, Colombia
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DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2020.1811252
Abstract: ABSTRACT Recently, Colombia’s post-conflict transition has experienced strong international attention. In Bogota, commemorative politics of the conflict insert themselves in complex processes of place branding: employing culture to rescale the city image from unsafe and… read more here.
Keywords: bogota; creative remembering; culture led; memory ... See more keywords
Mnemonic wars and parallel polis: The anti-politics of memory in Central and Southeast Europe: Kosovar women and Black/Roma Lives Matter
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DOI: 10.1177/17506980221134936
Abstract: The essay argues that anti-politics, a category borrowed from the anti-communist movement in the Eastern Bloc, can inspire memory studies. We focus on one of the chosen categories – the parallel polis (with some forays… read more here.
Keywords: southeast europe; parallel polis; anti politics; central southeast ... See more keywords