Layers of Memory: Between Personal and National Narratives in Contested Public Spaces - Dr. Monika Palmberger

This lecture examines the complex processes of remembering, placemaking and silencing in the city of Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the aftermath of the 1992-1995 war, Mostar’s urban landscape has become an arena for competing national narratives, each seeking to impose its version of history through monuments, memorials, and public symbols. These official representations obscure alternative histories and interpretations, including the memories of individuals whose lived experiences do not align with the dominant public national discourses. The lecture critically examines how individuals of different "generational positioning" navigate and position themselves within this newly prescribed memorial landscape, where personal memories and dominant national narratives do not always coincide. It explores the tension between public and personal, often marginalized, memories, highlighting the non-linear and sometimes ambivalent ways in which people engage with the past.

Montag, 11.11.2024 17:00 Uhr s.t.         

Ludwig-Uhland-Institut für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft, Ausstellungsraum

Dr. Monika Palmberger - Visiting Professor at the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University (CEU) and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna

Donnerstag, 28.11.2024 18-20 Uhr

Schloss Hohentübingen, Seminarraum 03

Dr. Christian Strümpell 

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Schloss Hohentübingen, Seminarraum 03

Dr. Vanessa Rau

Donnerstag, 22.01.2025 18-20 Uhr   

Schloss Hohentübingen, Seminarraum 03

Dr. Christian Ungruhe