Název:
Pomník maršála Koněva jako "místo paměti": Zprostředkování post-sovětské kolektivní paměti v Praze
Překlad názvu:
The Marshal Koněv Monument as a "Site of Memory": Mediating Post-Soviet Collective Memory in Prague
Autoři:
Coleman, Grace Abel ; Asavei, Maria Alina (vedoucí práce) ; Bauer, Paul (oponent) Typ dokumentu: Diplomové práce
Rok:
2022
Jazyk:
eng
Abstrakt: This thesis critically examines the interaction between memory construction, representation, contestation, and interpretation within the Czech collective memory context through a detailed qualitative analysis examination of one Czech "site of memory" - the former monument to Marshal Ivan Stěpanovič Koněv in Prague 6. The analysis is informed by the theoretical assumption that collective memory construction and interpretation are continually interacting, and the meaning and function are continuously changing. As such, multiple components of the memory site are incorporated: the changing site in Prague 6, counter-monument responses occurring elsewhere in Prague, discourses surrounding the site in media and social media, and qualitative survey research of individual and local consumption of memory narratives surrounding the monument and media discourses. The results of this analysis demonstrate a clearly articulated struggle for the possession of memory narratives surrounding the monument. These tensions reflect shifts in the Czech collective mnemonic framework and the inherent plurality of memories within that framework. Consequently, there is no clear consensus as to how collective memory regarding Koněv and his historic legacy should or is represented in the present-day Czech political, cultural,...
Klíčová slova:
historická politika; Ivan Koněv; kolektivní paměť; místa paměti; národní identita; památník; sovětský pomník; Česká republika; collective memory; Czech Republic; history politics; Ivan Konev; monument; national identity; sites of memory; Soviet memorials