From dinosaurs to nuclear fallout: Multiple temporalities of scale in memory studies

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Climate change as an event

Iddo Tavory et al.

Summary: This paper explores different forms of climate change as events, including scientific eventfulness, radical eventfulness, and sensible eventfulness, and analyzes their different perspectives and projects for the future.

POETICS (2022)

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Article Cultural Studies

Civilizational mnemonics and the longue duree: The Bulgarian case

Dafina Nedelcheva et al.

Summary: Constructivist assumptions dominate the field of memory studies and have led to an abundance of case studies focusing on the factors that shape memory politics. However, this constructivist bias has created blind spots, such as a tendency to prioritize events and contingencies over long-term memory configurations and a binary perspective that distinguishes between states adopting globally circulating mnemonic scripts and those pursuing nation-centric approaches. To address these blind spots, the authors propose considering the enduring nature of memory configurations and expanding the focus to include civilizational mnemonics alongside national memories. The case of Bulgarian memory politics is examined as an example of the intersections between imperial legacies and post-colonial discourses, offering insights into mnemonic tropes and their lasting relevance.

MEMORY STUDIES (2022)

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Temporality in the social sciences: New directions for a political sociology of time

Birgan Gokmenoglu

Summary: Time and temporality are common themes in social sciences and sociology. Existing studies on time have incorporated political issues, but political sociology has yet to establish a vocabulary for studying the relationship between time, power structures, and political phenomena. This review calls for a political sociology of time and offers three avenues for its development.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY (2022)

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Article Cultural Studies

Challenges of antagonistic memory: Scholars versus politics and war

Georgiy Kasianov

Summary: This essay reflects on the impact of Russia's war against Ukraine on memory studies. The politics of remembrance has become an integral part of the war, posing a dilemma for scholars who must choose between participating in the battle of remembrance or continuing their research in a purely academic manner. The war has intensified existing issues surrounding the relationship between science and politics, including the misuse of collective memory by politicians, the propagation of propaganda as scientific knowledge, and the pressure exerted on scholars by politicians and the state.

MEMORY STUDIES (2022)

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Memory wars beyond the metaphor: Reflections on Russia's mnemonic propaganda

Boris Noordenbos

MEMORY STUDIES (2022)

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Promnesic futures: Technology, climate, deja vu

Piotr M. Szpunar

Summary: This paper reconsiders the function of familiarity in visions of the future through the concept of deja vu, which allows people to see the future unfold before its arrival. Promnesic futures are regarded as a prophylactic measure against broader looming threats, making them seemingly navigable.

MEMORY STUDIES (2021)

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