Monumental Names - Archival Aesthetics and the Conjuration of History in Moscow

The book examines a version of archival activism that is centred on various practices of documentation and commemoration of many dead victims of historical violence in Russia to understand what kind of historicity is produced when a single name is added to an endless list.

List of contents

Introduction: Name and Number of the Dead; 1 Everyall of the Kommunarka Mass Graves; 2 The Judgment Day of History; 3 A Faceless Name; 4 The Mass of a Mass Atrocity; 5 On Infinite Return of Names of the Dead at the Solovetsky Stone; Conclusion: The Aftermath of the Archive

About the author

Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Summary

The book examines a version of archival activism that is centred on various practices of documentation and commemoration of many dead victims of historical violence in Russia to understand what kind of historicity is produced when a single name is added to an endless list.

Product details

• Authors: Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9780367701901
• ISBN: 978-0-367-70190-1
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: The Anthropology of History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Russia, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Moscow