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Informationen zum Autor Elisabetta Viggiani participated in numerous research projects carried out by the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast on public displays of identity, political rituals, and symbols in Northern Ireland. She has published in academic journals and co-edited Friends and Foes (2009) , two volumes on the themes of friendship and conflict. Klappentext If memory was simply about past events, public authorities would never put their ever-shrinking budgets at its service. Rather, memory is actually about the present moment, as Pierre Nora puts it: "Through the past, we venerate above all ourselves." This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study, this book investigates how non-state, often proscribed, organizations have filled a societal vacuum in the creation of public memorials. In particular, these groups have sifted through the past to propose "official" collective narratives of national identification, historical legitimation, and moral justifications for violence. Zusammenfassung This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study... Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Hastings Donnan Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Memorials as Silent Extras or Scripted Actors? Book Outline Chapter 1. Collective Memory and the Politics of Memorialisation: a Theoretical Overview Memory in the Social World: Collectiveness versus Individuality The Shaping of Collective Memory: Present versus Past Lieux de Mémoireas Conveyors of Social Memory Politicised Remembering: the Nexus between Memory and Power The Politics of War Memory and Commemoration The Memory Makers and the Projection of Narratives about the Past Methodological Framework Database of Memorials Survey of Local Population Interviews Commemorations Chapter 2. The Armalite and the Paintbrush: a Brief History of Memorialization of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Commemorating during the Troubles Funerals and Communal Burials Annual Commemorations The Mural Painting Tradition in Northern Ireland The Early Years Armed Struggle and Party-political Murals Post-ceasefire and Peace Process Murals The 1998 Agreement and the 'Boom' of Permanent Memorialization Post-Agreement Murals Permanent Memorials Memorials to Paramilitary Combatants Memorials to Civilian Casualties Memorials to Security Forces Memorials in Government Buildings, Party Offices, Workplaces and Churches Commemorative Banners and Memorial Bands Memorial Publications, Commemorative Pamphlets and Oral History Projects Memorial Prizes, Awards and Trophies Post-conflict Commemorations Peace or Cross-community Memorials Chapter 3. The 'Landscape of Memorialization' in Belfast: Spatial and Temporal Reflections 'New' Cultural Geography and the Concept of Landscape as 'Text' Belfast and the Ethnicization of Space The Spatial Dimension of Memorialization Memorials as Territorial Markers Memorials as Aide-Mémoires Memorials as Sacred Places The Temporal Dimension of Memorialization Memorials: End of the War or Continuation through Different Means? Memorials: still here or never again? Memorials as I...
