The COVID-19 Pandemic and Memory Remembrance, commemoration, and archiving in crisis

Empirically rich contributions interrogate mnemonic activism as a response to trauma, a form of protest and an homage to legacies of violence. It is an essential reference for the study of memory." —Denisa Kostovicova, London School of Economics and Political Science This book offers a platform...

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Other Authors: Fridman, Orli (Editor), Gensburger, Sarah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Unlocking Memory Studies: Understanding Collective Remembrance During and of Covid-19
  • Part I Can We Speak of a Covid Memory Boom?
  • Chapter 2. “It seemed right to keep some sort of history”: Performances of Digital Memory Work by Young Women in London During Covid-19
  • Chapter 3. Picturing Lockdown in the UK: Memorializing an Ongoing Crisis
  • Chapter 4. #Mémoriascovid19: Reimagining and Narrating Trauma in the Core of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil
  • Chapter 5. The Danger of a Single Story: Epic-Pandemic Narratologies and Memorials of COVID-19 in Nigeria
  • Chapter 6. Pandemic from the Margins: How United-States-Based College Students Think the Pandemic Should Be Remembered
  • Part II Commemorative Events Between Memory Politics and Protests: What Has Changed During the Lockdowns?
  • Chapter 7. “No quarantine to workers’ rights”: Recontextualizing Labour Day Commemoration in the Semiotic Landscape of a Pandemic Demonstration
  • Chapter 8. TheStruggle to Remember Tiananmen Under COVID-19 and the National Security Law in Hong Kong
  • Chapter 9. “Memory Does Not Quarantine”: COVID-19, Remembering the Coup, and the Struggle for Democracy in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
  • Chapter 10. Human Rights Day: Grassroots Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions in South Africa
  • Part III Memorial Museums and National Days: Did Digital Practices Transform Commemoration in Times of the Pandemic?
  • Chapter 11. “Le goût d’un jour de fête”? Commemorating the End of the Second World War on Twitter During the Lockdown: A Comparison Between France and Italy
  • Chapter 12. #Hashtag Commemoration: A Comparison of Public Engagement with Commemoration Events for Neuengamme, Srebrenica, and Beau Bassin During Covid-19 Lockdowns
  • Chapter 13. #DigitalMemorial(s): How COVID-19 Reinforced Holocaust Memorials and Museums’ Shift Toward Social Media Memory
  • Chapter 14. Holocaust Remembrance on Facebook During the Lockdown: A Turning Point or a Token Gesture?
  • Chapter 15. Epilogue: Did the Pandemic Change the Future of Memory?./