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Manipulation of the past and forced erasure of memories have been
global phenomena throughout history, spanning a varied repertoire
from the destruction or alteration of architecture, sites, and
images, to the banning or imposing of old and new practices. The
present volume addresses these questions comparatively across time
and geography, and combines a material approach to the study of
memory with cross-disciplinary empirical explorations of historical
and contemporary cases. This approach positions the volume as a
reference-point within several fields of humanities and social
sciences. The collection brings together scholars from different
fields within humanities and social science to engage with
memorialization and damnatio memoriae across disciplines, using
examples from their own research. The broad chronological and
comparative scope makes the volume relevant for researchers and
students of several historical periods and geographic regions.
This study of the Tamil diaspora is one of the first full
ethnographic studies of a postcolonial migrant community, and a
major contribution to the study of migration, globalisation,
identity politics and 'long distance' nationalism from an
anthropological perspective. Fuglerud's study traces the history of
Tamil migration, from the arrival of the economic migrants of the
1960s to the 'asylum seekers' of the mid 1980s onwards. He draws
unnerving parallels between the status of the Tamil community in
Sri Lanka, as a beleaguered and persecuted minority waging a war of
liberation, and as a displaced, marginalised and excluded refugee
community. Fuglerud argues that, in the process of displacement,
particular aspects of Tamil culture - marriage, dowry, chastity and
ritual - acquire a heightened significance. He examines the
contradictions and inconsistencies which characterise the Tamil
refugee communities, and the success of revolutionary Tamil
nationalism in exile, highlighting the transnational nature of
identity politics.
Despite the wide interest in material culture, art, and aesthetics,
few studies have considered them in light of the importance of the
social imagination - the complex ways in which we conceptualize our
social surroundings. This collection engages the "material turn" in
the arts, humanities, and social sciences through a range of
original contributions on creativity in diverse global and
contemporary social settings. The authors engage with everyday
objects, art, rituals, and ethnographic exhibitions to analyze the
relationship between material culture and the social imagination.
What results is a better understanding of how the material embodies
and influences our idea of the social world.
Despite the wide interest in material culture, art, and aesthetics,
few studies have considered them in light of the importance of the
social imagination - the complex ways in which we conceptualize our
social surroundings. This collection engages the "material turn" in
the arts, humanities, and social sciences through a range of
original contributions on creativity in diverse global and
contemporary social settings. The authors engage with everyday
objects, art, rituals, and ethnographic exhibitions to analyze the
relationship between material culture and the social imagination.
What results is a better understanding of how the material embodies
and influences our idea of the social world.
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