The Dudik Memorial Complex: Commemoration and Changing Regimes in the Contested City of Vukovar

Baillie, Britt

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-18091-1_7

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“…It remains in a decayed 32 state, although still used every second Saturday in May for a commemoration organised by the anti-fascist and veterans' and Serbian minority organisation of Croatia. 33 The second site relates to the 1990s war. It is the so-called 'groblje šajkača' (šajkača cemetery) next to the Christian-Orthodox cemetery.…”

Section: The Water Tower In Vukovarmentioning

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Nationalising Scorched Earth - Memory and Destruction of Monuments from Vukovar to Knin

Piasek¹

2022

Studies on National Movements

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Research has often focused on Croatian memorialisation processes in specific places like Bleiburg and Jasenovac, controversial places during and after World War II. This article employs another view and elaborates on the destruction and removal, as well as the recent restoration of monuments and reconstruction of sacred architecture. It examines current memory processes in places once in the Republic of Serbian Krajina (1991-1995), from Vukovar to Knin. It stresses the different roles between state-organised and private commemorations in these historically multi-ethnic and -religious areas. The paper addresses problems like the demolition of monuments not fitting into the state narrative and analyses various historical processes that instigated the (re-)use of revisionist and mostly politically tolerated symbols and inscriptions on monuments and sacred architecture. With attention to the latter, it specifically deals with the reconstruction of a Catholic and Christian-Orthodox church in the Lika region. The research connects historical and anthropological approaches and contributes to the interdisciplinary field of memory studies.

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Section: The Water Tower In Vukovarmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nationalising Scorched Earth - Memory and Destruction of Monuments from Vukovar to Knin

Piasek¹

2022

Studies on National Movements

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“…In divided societies, such as the city of Vukovar, rival memories of the past conflict are often used as an ongoing arena of disputes between former adversaries pushing their distinct versions of memory (Baillie, 2019;Baliqi, 2018;Bilali & Vollhardt, 2019;McDowell & Braniff, 2014). This puts additional challenge on parents and teachers to find ways to talk about the past and negotiate "individual" narratives and competing collective memories (Bekerman & Zembylas, 2017).…”

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Competing collective narratives in intergroup rapprochement: A transgenerational perspective

Jelić

Biruški

Ajduković

2021

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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In the context of an ethnically divided community, we explored the role of competing group narratives for intergroup rapprochement after violent conflict. In Study 1, data from a community survey conducted in Vukovar, Croatia, among 198 Croats, the local majority, and 119 Serbs, the local minority, were analysed to gain perspective on different narratives about the recent war and effects they may have on intergroup relations. In Study 2, focus groups with Croat and Serb children provided data to explore how these narratives were transmitted and transformed in living experience within the second generation. The quantitative results confirm the existence of opposing narratives of war among local Croats and Serbs. Multiple regression analyses show that, after controlling for exposure to war event and their personal impact, different factors predict rapprochement within the two groups. In the minority status group, that displayed higher overall levels of readiness for rapprochement, perceived ingroup victimization and outgroup stereotypes appeared more predictive than the outgroup affect. In contrast, within the majority group, variations in readiness for intergroup rapprochement were primarily predicted by outgroup affect, followed by perceived ingroup victimization. The qualitative inquiry complemented the findings from the survey. Despite the overwhelming dominant narrative, some alternative positions exist, but not consistent enough to be declared publicly. Perception of one’s own group as the primary victim of the war influences not only interpretations of the past, but also shapes identity, everyday life and future expectations. Mechanisms of perpetuating opposed narratives, as well as possible interventions, are discussed.

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Places of Reclaiming Continuity

Wollentz¹

2020

Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict

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The Dudik Memorial Complex: Commemoration and Changing Regimes in the Contested City of Vukovar

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Nationalising Scorched Earth - Memory and Destruction of Monuments from Vukovar to Knin

Nationalising Scorched Earth - Memory and Destruction of Monuments from Vukovar to Knin

Competing collective narratives in intergroup rapprochement: A transgenerational perspective

Places of Reclaiming Continuity

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