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Beyond the National Museum Paradigm: Troubled Past Vernacular Representations in Central and Southeastern Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2023

Maria Alina Asavei Open the ORCID record for Maria Alina Asavei [Opens in a new window]  and
Kateřina Králová
Maria Alina Asavei*
Affiliation:
Charles University, Institute of International Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
Kateřina Králová
Affiliation:
Charles University, Institute of International Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
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Corresponding author: Maria Alina Asavei, email: maria.asavei@fsv.cuni.cz
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Abstract

As nationalist and populist rhetorics have gained momentum in Central and Southeastern Europe, there is an urgency to disentangle the historical narratives and political agendas displayed by national museum paradigms. And yet, equally significant is the urgency to illuminate the strategies and mnemonic devices through which the past is rendered worthy of commemoration, both in those memory cultures that come to life in opposition, or those which are complementary to the national museum’s paradigms. In line with these considerations, this special issue addresses the vernacular dimension of public memory, with a special focus on those memory cultures instantiated by mnemonic actors who do not necessarily possess the public epistemic authority to materialize their narratives about violent pasts as official memories.

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Southeastern EuropeCentral Europevernacular memoriesnational museumpublic memory
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Special Issue Introduction
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 51 , Issue 3: Special Issue on Beyond the National Museum Paradigm , May 2023 , pp. 512 - 517
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities

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