Post-Soviet memories and 'memory shifts' in Estonia
This article examines the practice of oral history and life writing as a form of memory making in post-1989 Estonia. It will be demonstrated that the emergence of memory studies during the post-communist turn had distinctive roots in oral history and life writing. Both practices have been active age...
Veröffentlicht in: | Oral History. - Oral History Society. - 44(2016), 2, Seite 47-58 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Oral History |
Schlagworte: | History Political science Arts Behavioral sciences Social sciences Information science |
Zusammenfassung: | This article examines the practice of oral history and life writing as a form of memory making in post-1989 Estonia. It will be demonstrated that the emergence of memory studies during the post-communist turn had distinctive roots in oral history and life writing. Both practices have been active agents in post-1989 mnemonic processes, aiming to democratise memory by accelerating anti-communist remembering and pointing out the taboos generated in its course. They have also contributed to new exclusions of events and actors from the national story and memory-making process. |
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ISSN: | 01430955 |