Friction, Fragmentation, and Diversity
Localized Politics of European Memories
Kirsti Salmi-Niklander
Sofia Laine
Päivi Salmesvuori
Ulla Savolainen
Riikka Taavetti
Priska Daphi
Laura Ardava Abolina
Gulsina Selyaninova
Anna Koldushko
Anastasia Kucheva
9789463726757
260 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
This collection focuses on difficult memories and diverse identities related to conflicts and localized politics of memories. The contemporary and history-oriented case studies discuss politicized memories and pasts, the frictions of justice and reconciliation, and the diversity and fragmentation of difficult memories. Friction, Fragmentation, and Diversity: Localized Politics of European Memories brings together methodological discussions from oral history research, cultural memory studies and the study of contemporary protest movements. The politicization of memories is analyzed in various contexts, ranging from everyday interaction and diverse cultural representations to politics of the archive and politics as legal processes. The politicization of memories takes place on multiple analytical levels: those inherent to the sources; the ways in which the collections are utilized, archived, or presented; and in the re-evaluation of existing research.
Author Bio
Kirsti Salmi-Niklander, PhD, University of Helsinki
Sofia Laine, PhD, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Päivi Salmesvuori, ThD, University of Helsinki
Ulla Savolainen, PhD, University of Helsinki
Riikka Taavetti, PhD, University of Helsinki
