Agency in Transnational Memory Politics

Published by Berghahn Books 2020

Agency in Transnational Memory Politics

Edited by: <a>Jenny Wüstenberg</a> and Aline Sierp

Volume 4 in the series Worlds of Memory

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789206951

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About this book

The dynamics of transnational memory play a central role in modern politics, from postsocialist efforts at transitional justice to the global legacies of colonialism. Yet, the relatively young subfield of transnational memory studies remains underdeveloped and fractured across numerous disciplines, even as nascent, boundary-crossing theories on topics such as multi-vocal, traveling, or entangled remembrance suggest new ways of negotiating difficult political questions. This volume brings together theoretical and practical considerations to provide transnational memory scholars with an interdisciplinary investigation into agency—the “who” and the “how” of cross-border commemoration that motivates activists and fascinates observers.

Author / Editor information

Jenny Wüstenberg is Associate Professor of Twentieth-Century History at Nottingham Trent University. She is the co-founder and Co-President of the Memory Studies Association and the Council for European Studies’ Research Network on Transnational Memory and Identity in Europe, as well as Co-Chair of the German Studies Association’s Interdisciplinary Memory Studies Network.

Aline Sierp is Assistant Professor in European Studies at Maastricht University. She is the co-founder and Co-President of the Memory Studies Association and the Council for European Studies’ Research Network on Transnational Memory and Identity in Europe.

Jenny Wüstenberg is Associate Professor of Twentieth-Century History at Nottingham Trent University. She is the co-founder and Co-President of the Memory Studies Association and the Council for European Studies’ Research Network on Transnational Memory and Identity in Europe, as well as Co-Chair of the German Studies Association’s Interdisciplinary Memory Studies Network.

Reviews

“This is a timely, necessary and carefully edited volume. It develops a clear-cut conceptual framework for research on transnational memory, illustrated by many well-chosen and well-written case studies from across the globe.” • Joanna Wawrzyniak, University of Warsaw

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Part I FOUNDATIONS
INTRODUCTION Agency and Practice in the Making of Transnational Memory Spaces Jenny Wüstenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 1 A FIELD-THEORETICAL APPROACH TO MEMORY POLITICS Zoltan Dujisin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Part II Bottom-Up Agency
Chapter 2 Transnational Memories and the Practices of Global Justice in the Ayotzinapa Case Silvana Mandolessi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 3 Online Transnational Memory Activism and Commemoration: The Case of the White Armband Day Orli Fridman and Katarina Ristić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Chapter 4 MEMORY ACTIVISM ACROSS BORDERS The Transformative Influence of the Argentinean-Franco Court Case and Activist Protest Movements on Spain’s Recovery of Historical Memory Andrea pwort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Chapter 5 THE CREATION AND UTILIZATION OF OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES FOR TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM ON WORLD WAR II SEXUAL SLAVERY IN ASIA Mary M. McCarthy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 6 THE POLITICAL AGENCY OF VICTIMS THROUGH TRANSNATIONAL PROCESSES OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND MEMORY CONSTRUCTION IN LATIN AMERICA Devin Finn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 7 TRANSNATIONAL PLACE-MAKING AFTER POLITICAL VIOLENCE Agencies and Practices of Site Memorialization in the Latin American Southern Cone Gruia Bădescu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Part III TOP-DOWN AGENCY
Chapter 8 MY GRIEF, OUR GRIEVANCE Universal Human Rights and Memory Standardization in Liberia’s Truth Commission Noga Glucksam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter 9 TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN PUBLIC Communicating Transnational Memories of Mass Violence Courtney E. Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Chapter 10 TRANSNATIONAL MEMORY MOVEMENTS IN THE 9/11 MUSEUM Amy Sodaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Part IV HORIZONTAL AGENCY
Chapter 11 LINKS TO THE PAST, BRIDGES FOR THE PRESENT? Recognition among Memory Organizations in a European Network Till Hilmar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Chapter 12 “Life Was a Precarious Dance” Graphic Narration and the Construction of a Transcultural Memory Space in the PositiveNegatives Project Mihaela Precup and Dragoș Manea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Chapter 13 A TRANSNATIONAL NATION Roma National Identity in the Making Balázs Majtényi and György Majtényi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
Chapter 14 BORDER-CROSSING CULTURAL INITIATIVES OF MEMORY AND RECONCILIATION ACROSS THE COLOMBIA-PANAMA BORDER Ricardo A. Velasco Trujillo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Part V OUTLOOK
CONCLUSIONS Agency in Transnational Memory Politics— Guidelines for Inquiry Aline Sierp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 362
Keywords: History (General); Sociology; Memory Studies

eBook

Published: July 1, 2020
ISBN: 9781789206951