Heroes we love? Monuments to the National liberation movement in Istria between memories, care, and collective silence

Virloget, Katja Hrobat; Lipovec, Neža Čebron

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“…As Virloget and Čebron Lipovec [26] outline, every national memory in European countries is seemingly in conflict with that of its neighbour, while selective national memories are generalized and instrumentalized into two roles after World War II (WWII): the victim and/or resister. In confrontation with the negative aspects of its own historical role, national memory purposefully tends to forget unpleasant events and avoid bearing guilt.…”

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“…Therefore, the memory unburdens itself of the most tormenting traces of its past and renounces them to construct a positive self-image in a continuous process of rewriting, where not everything needs to be preserved or deleted [27]. Therefore, oblivion is not the absence of memory, but censorship, in order to construct a satisfactory self-image [26,28]. The memorial heritage of World War II in the states of the former SFR Yugoslavia is considered a highly contested heritage as it is a materialized manifestation of the complex social, ideological, and political context of the socialist federal state.…”

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Sustainability of Cultural Memory: Youth Perspectives on Yugoslav World War Two Memorials

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The noticeable urgent need for the preservation of collective and cultural memory in Europe, coupled with a fear of loss of important aspects of heritage, indicates the importance of educating the youth who will become future policymakers in the field. Analyses of the survey conducted through this research show the current perspective of youth on the typology of World War II memorials on the territories of the former republics, now independent states, of SFR Yugoslavia in Southeast Europe. Targeting architecture and civil engineering students as a specific youth group who are directly involved in learning about the built memorial structures, as well as the phenomenological background of space, creation of place and memories, resulted in a qualitative observation of the group’s understanding and judgement of the topic. This article investigates the level of knowledge and emotional response to memorial heritage within the target group. It addresses relevant issues of age, gender, level of study, and respondents’ backgrounds, demonstrating the existence of an initial interest in memorial heritage among the architecture-oriented youth. With an additional focus on a possible active role in heritage preservation and future placement, the research indicates a segment in the youth’s comprehension of valuable memorial heritage that needs to be improved.

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Sustainability of Cultural Memory: Youth Perspectives on Yugoslav World War Two Memorials

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Unwanted Cultural Heritage of the Republics of the Former Yugoslavia

Dašić¹

2023

Conservation of Urban and Architectural Heritage - Past, Present and Future

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The subject of this paper is the systematic destruction and the current state of monuments to the national liberation struggle in the former Yugoslavia. The aim of the paper is to point out the fact that after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in 1990, in all republics, to a greater or lesser extent, deliberate neglect or targeted destruction of cultural heritage created in the period between 1945–1990. Monuments erected to commemorate the anti-fascist struggle in the Second World War are desecrated, neglected or demolished. For the purposes of this article, the secondary data sources have been used, including information available on the Internet, daily newspapers, as well as in the relevant literature on. The method of qualitative data analysis was applied. In addition to the above, the paper will use relevant examples on the topic of destruction of monuments. The politicization, revision and mythologizing of history in our time is particularly expressed in the way we treat cultural heritage. There are positive examples of restoration of demolished monuments from that period, but for now it is still not enough.

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“Istrian exodus”

Virloget

2018

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This article touches on the sensitive topic of the so-called Istrian exodus, which has been stirring conflict in political discourses between Italy and the former Yugoslavia, later Slovenia and Croatia, for more than six decades. It analyses different forms of case-studies of peace-making memories, such as political discourses, commemorations, monuments, literature, film, theatre, etc. The research focuses on the emptied and resettled space of Istria after the exodus. The author takes into consideration literary and fine art works or performances that have touched upon that contested past, provided reflections, or had some impact on the present-day Istrian population. It analyses the relation between institutional and alternative forms of memory, and the interplay between conflicting and appeasing discourses.

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Heroes we love? Monuments to the National liberation movement in Istria between memories, care, and collective silence

Cited by 3 publications

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Sustainability of Cultural Memory: Youth Perspectives on Yugoslav World War Two Memorials

Sustainability of Cultural Memory: Youth Perspectives on Yugoslav World War Two Memorials

Unwanted Cultural Heritage of the Republics of the Former Yugoslavia

“Istrian exodus”

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