Abstract
This book focuses on managing competing memories of disputed territories in Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and South Asia. Through an empirical, practice-oriented approach it explores memory work undertaken by institutions and social actors in different cultural and national settings. The book identifies examples of agonistic engagement with the memory of disputed territories that have the potential to build trust-based relationships between divided communities and overcome antagonistic separation through mutually beneficial joint enterprises. The volume also highlights blind spots and shortcomings of the agonistic approach by focusing on socio-political conditions that might hinder or prevent the broader dissemination of this memory mode.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004736825 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004736887 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Aug 2025 |
Publication series
| Name | Mobilizing Memories |
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| Volume | 6 |
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the authors who have contributed to this volume, together with the partners in the Disputed Territories and Memory project, and the participants of the workshops and conferences that have fed into our exploration of the agonistic memory framework over the last six years. We hope that this book will be a starting point for further experiments with inclusive, democratic ways of remembering conflicts.Thanks are also due to the editorial team at Brill for their support in producing this book, and to Tom Bass for his assistance in copyediting.
Funding
This volume has received funding from the European Union’s RISE Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 823803.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Marie Skłodowska-Curie | 823803 |