| Title: | PRESERVING THE POSTMEMORY OF THE GENOCIDE: THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA’S INSTITUTIONS IN PLOVDIV |
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| Authors: | ID Selvelli, Giustina, University of Nova Gorica (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | This paper intends to shed light on the memory of the Armenian Genocide among the Armenian diaspora in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. I will focus on the patterns of promoting remembrance found in the
local Armenian press and literature, on initiatives of the Armenian General Benevolent Union/Parekordzagan (AGBU) to celebrate the ninetieth and hundredth anniversaries of the Genocide, and on
analyzing the cityscape of Plovdiv in terms of the monuments, the museum, and the cemetery of its Armenian community. To that end, I will employ information collected during interviews, articles
from Plovdiv’s main Armenian newspaper, and data I gathered while visiting the community’s public spaces. I will demonstrate the importance of collective memory and remembrance of the Genocide
to the preservation of the internal cohesion of the Armenian community of Plovdiv and its ethnic identity. Taking a socio-anthropological approach, I will argue that the maintenance and promotion of a specific “postmemory” of the Genocide depends heavily on the activities and initiatives of the main diaspora organization, the AGBU, on its selection of specific symbols, and on the emotional content of its communications. |
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| Keywords: | Armenian Genocide, Bulgaria, collective memory, commemorative practices, diaspora |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2018 |
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| Number of pages: | 89-116 |
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| Numbering: | 2, 18 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-5590-7aebc2b7-a08f-cd96-8694-711889e3575c |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 20269571 |
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| DOI: | 10.14712/23363231.2019.13 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:3N07IYNV |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 19.06.2020 |
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