“Possessing memories, designing cemeteries” by Sinthujan Varatharajah

The aftermaths of wars are coined by various, often divergent, forms of national politics of commemoration and historiography. In a pluralistic world, states and governments are globally committed to the production, remembrance and celebration of their distinct interpretation of history and the memory of those who have fallen for the concept of the nation-state. Amidst their varying tales, at times, a common denominator can be found in the acknowledgement of an emphasis granted to the memorization of suffering and sacrifices, especially in the process of reconciling with historic passages of severe national and/or societal violence and trauma. The questions of who is being memorized and for what particular reasons remains thereby crucial to the understanding of the architecture of national memory, i.e. the physical and psychological manifestations of memory, as well as its designers.

Via: http://www.jdslanka.org/index.php/2012-01-30-09-31-17/politics-a-economy/317-possessing-memories-designing-cemeteries

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DM (18 mai 2013). “Possessing memories, designing cemeteries” by Sinthujan Varatharajah. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 8 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u7zh


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