Victimization as a strategy of the artistic representation of the past: The case of the NATO bombing of the FRY
Using the research that mapped around 160 visual art works on the topic of NATO bombing of the FRY, the paper deals with the problem of incorporating various narratives of memory and artistic representations of collective traumas into the public memory discourse in Serbia (creation of sacri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Temida |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2017/1450-66371703339M.pdf |
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| Summary: | Using the research that mapped around 160 visual art works on the topic of
NATO bombing of the FRY, the paper deals with the problem of incorporating
various narratives of memory and artistic representations of collective
traumas into the public memory discourse in Serbia (creation of sacrificial
culture, rival memories, forgetting). The aim of the paper is to point out
the possible methods of developing a holistic, inclusive and critical culture
of remembrance that would lead to the treatment of collective traumas, and to
underline the importance of showing public respect for all narratives of
memory, and thus also narratives of victimization, which can often be
politically abused. Therefore, the paper offers a new typology of
representation of collective traumas, based on psychological analyses of
types of traumatic reactions. The typology aims to achieve 1) equal
appreciation of sufferings and all narratives of remembering, 2) critique of
political misuses of narratives of trauma and reductionism. In order to
overcome social tensions arising from the construction of the official
sacrificial- patriotic narratives, it is necessary to break the binary
constructed identities of “good” and “bad” ones, and to discover other
narratives of the past, such as activist artistic memories. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-6637 2406-0941 |