Andrei Zavadski
Biographic Data
| ID | 2015013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrei Zavadski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrei |
| FAMILY NAME | Zavadski |
| SIGNATURE | ZAVADSKI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | TU Dortmund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8988-8805 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Introduction
Dialogic remembering as method
This article develops a method for understanding and activating relationality in practices of sharing memories in groups. Our conceptualization of this approach, which we have called “dialogic remembering,” is grounded in empirical research on memories of the 1980s–1990s postsocialist “transitions” as a case of a recent past that has been increasingly instrumentalized for political contestation but that comprises multifaceted “living memories.” T…
Museum participation as labor
Set in the tradition of museum ethnography, this article looks at museum participation through the lens of labor. Based primarily on interview material, it analyzes the lengthy—and laborious—participatory process behind the creation of “Berlin Global,” an exhibition at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Germany. The authors explore three aspects of participation related to labor, as identified in their research: the different types of knowledge and ex…
The Museum as a Choir
The contemporary museum has two contradictory agendas. It is supposed to be a place of dialogue, debate, and even conflict - and it is called upon not to shy away from positioning itself in relation to contemporary discussions, which implies engaging in an activist museum practice and advancing social justice. The current article contributes to the debates on this apparent paradox from an audience studies perspective. Adopting Berlin Global, an e…
Public History in Russia
This discussion’s participants – all public historians working on Russia, albeit from different disciplinary backgrounds and with different areas of expertise – speak about the past and the present of (public) history in the country, and touch upon possible futures. These developments contextualize the establishment of the first public history programs at Russian universities in the early 2010s, discussed here both in their specificities and comp…
Eclipsing Stalin
This article analyzes the temporary (2015) and permanent (2018) expositions of Moscow’s GULAG History Museum (GHM), and the documents surrounding its creation. The analysis demonstrates two key findings. First, focusing on the Gulag and omitting post-Gulag Soviet repression, the GHM ultimately works to historicize the former. Second, while prominently ending the permanent exposition with Stalin’s death, the GHM nevertheless downplays his role in …
Memories on Demand
This article analyses the digital remembrance of the Russian Revolution in the year of its centenary. It examines what memory narratives about 1917 were constructed by leading Russian online media in 2017, in the absence of an overarching narrative about the event imposed by the state. The authors reveal a multiplicity of digital memories about the revolution and discuss their implications for the regime’s stability. It is argued that the flexibl…
Querying the Internet as a mnemonic practice
In the digital memories literature, the practice of searching for information – one of the most frequent online activities worldwide – has received comparatively little attention. To fill the gap, this exploratory study asks how search engines affect the representations of the past that they produce in query results. Designed as a single revelatory case study, with a focus on Russia, this article delineates a typology of four types of memory even…
Dialogic remembering as method
This article develops a method for understanding and activating relationality in practices of sharing memories in groups. Our conceptualization of this approach, which we have called “dialogic remembering,” is grounded in empirical research on memories of the 1980s–1990s postsocialist “transitions” as a case of a recent past that has been increasingly instrumentalized for political contestation but that comprises multifaceted “living memories.” T…
Memories on Demand
This article analyses the digital remembrance of the Russian Revolution in the year of its centenary. It examines what memory narratives about 1917 were constructed by leading Russian online media in 2017, in the absence of an overarching narrative about the event imposed by the state. The authors reveal a multiplicity of digital memories about the revolution and discuss their implications for the regime’s stability. It is argued that the flexibl…
Querying the Internet as a mnemonic practice
In the digital memories literature, the practice of searching for information – one of the most frequent online activities worldwide – has received comparatively little attention. To fill the gap, this exploratory study asks how search engines affect the representations of the past that they produce in query results. Designed as a single revelatory case study, with a focus on Russia, this article delineates a typology of four types of memory even…
The Museum as a Choir
The contemporary museum has two contradictory agendas. It is supposed to be a place of dialogue, debate, and even conflict - and it is called upon not to shy away from positioning itself in relation to contemporary discussions, which implies engaging in an activist museum practice and advancing social justice. The current article contributes to the debates on this apparent paradox from an audience studies perspective. Adopting Berlin Global, an e…
Eclipsing Stalin
This article analyzes the temporary (2015) and permanent (2018) expositions of Moscow’s GULAG History Museum (GHM), and the documents surrounding its creation. The analysis demonstrates two key findings. First, focusing on the Gulag and omitting post-Gulag Soviet repression, the GHM ultimately works to historicize the former. Second, while prominently ending the permanent exposition with Stalin’s death, the GHM nevertheless downplays his role in …
Querying the Internet as a mnemonic practice
In the digital memories literature, the practice of searching for information – one of the most frequent online activities worldwide – has received comparatively little attention. To fill the gap, this exploratory study asks how search engines affect the representations of the past that they produce in query results. Designed as a single revelatory case study, with a focus on Russia, this article delineates a typology of four types of memory even…
Memories on Demand
This article analyses the digital remembrance of the Russian Revolution in the year of its centenary. It examines what memory narratives about 1917 were constructed by leading Russian online media in 2017, in the absence of an overarching narrative about the event imposed by the state. The authors reveal a multiplicity of digital memories about the revolution and discuss their implications for the regime’s stability. It is argued that the flexibl…
Eclipsing Stalin
This article analyzes the temporary (2015) and permanent (2018) expositions of Moscow’s GULAG History Museum (GHM), and the documents surrounding its creation. The analysis demonstrates two key findings. First, focusing on the Gulag and omitting post-Gulag Soviet repression, the GHM ultimately works to historicize the former. Second, while prominently ending the permanent exposition with Stalin’s death, the GHM nevertheless downplays his role in …
Public History in Russia
This discussion’s participants – all public historians working on Russia, albeit from different disciplinary backgrounds and with different areas of expertise – speak about the past and the present of (public) history in the country, and touch upon possible futures. These developments contextualize the establishment of the first public history programs at Russian universities in the early 2010s, discussed here both in their specificities and comp…
The Museum as a Choir
The contemporary museum has two contradictory agendas. It is supposed to be a place of dialogue, debate, and even conflict - and it is called upon not to shy away from positioning itself in relation to contemporary discussions, which implies engaging in an activist museum practice and advancing social justice. The current article contributes to the debates on this apparent paradox from an audience studies perspective. Adopting Berlin Global, an e…
Museum participation as labor
Set in the tradition of museum ethnography, this article looks at museum participation through the lens of labor. Based primarily on interview material, it analyzes the lengthy—and laborious—participatory process behind the creation of “Berlin Global,” an exhibition at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Germany. The authors explore three aspects of participation related to labor, as identified in their research: the different types of knowledge and ex…
Dialogic remembering as method
This article develops a method for understanding and activating relationality in practices of sharing memories in groups. Our conceptualization of this approach, which we have called “dialogic remembering,” is grounded in empirical research on memories of the 1980s–1990s postsocialist “transitions” as a case of a recent past that has been increasingly instrumentalized for political contestation but that comprises multifaceted “living memories.” T…
Introduction
Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works)