Vilnius memoryscape: razing and raising of monuments, collective memory and national identity
Abstract
This article attempts to analyse collective memory formation (the study of monuments, memory, and public space) through the lens of semiotic landscape. A theoretical focus on power relations in “monumental politics” (Czepczyński, 2008; Forest, Johnson & Till, 2004; Gordon, 2001; Kaufman, 2001), the concept of memoryscape (Clack, 2011) and Van Gennep’s sociological concept of liminality (Van Gennep, A., 2004) and a methodological approach that “treats space as a discursive as well as physical formation” (Jaworski, A., Thurlow, C., 2010) are combined to examine the process of monument destruction, creation, and alteration in post-Soviet Vilnius.Citation
Moore, I. (2019) Vilnius memoryscape: razing and raising of monuments, collective memory and national identity, Linguistic Landscape, 5(3), pp. 248–281.Publisher
John Benjamins PublishingJournal
Linguistic LandscapeAdditional Links
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ll.18022.mooType
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
2214-9953ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1075/ll.18022.moo