Marc R H Kosciejew
Biographic Data
| ID | 752119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marc R H Kosciejew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marc R H |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosciejew |
| SIGNATURE | KOSCIEJEW M R H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0692-8294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Demolishing the White House East Wing
Heritagization processes are presently unfolding at the White House. Specifically, processes of de-heritagization and re-heritagization are being undertaken to this iconic building’s East Wing. Under President Donald J. Trump’s orders, the East Wing is being reimagined and reconstructed through the destructive process of de-heritagization, in terms of demolishment, and productive process of re-heritagization, in terms of eventual resurrection as …
Culturalist and neo-propagandist politics at Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest is a self-proclaimed non-political musical competition that is nonetheless the site of politics and diplomacy. This article presents a three-part case study – or a triptych picture – of the controversies surrounding the participation and song entries of Belarus, Russia and Israel in recent contests of the early 2020s. It discusses the political nature of Eurovision, despite protestations to the contrary, and unpacks th…
Songwashing and Cultural Boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest
Sonia Ryang, Language and truth in North Korea. Honolulu
‘Thanks to the Great Leader’ is a ubiquitous utterance regularly repeated throughout North Korea. Reserved for Kim Il Sung, the recondite country’s revered founder, this official state-sanctioned sobriquet is recited in reference to any positive feature of life; for example, it is ‘thanks to the Great Leader’ that factory production is high, a promotion is conferred, or the flowers are blooming. This exclusive epithet serves the dual function of …
The Divergent Fates of Wartime Israeli and Gazan (Palestinian) Cultural Heritage
Divergent fates are befalling Israeli and Gazan cultural heritage during the continuing Israel-Hamas war. This article conducts a case study of the war's implications for both Israeli and Gazan (Palestinian) cultural heritage sectors, represented by galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs), to help establish a preliminary account and overview of the state of cultural heritage over the war's first half-year. A tripartite typology of her…
A Documentary History of the Immunity (or Vaccine) Passport
The immunity (or vaccine) passport of the coronavirus pandemic, as a concept and object, is not unprecedented. This health and identity document features a history spanning over half-a-millennium and appearing across diverse geopolitical and sociocultural contexts. This article presents a documentary history of the immunity passport and its heterogeneous material instantiations, uses and effects across divergent historical settings. It illuminate…
Smashing Statues; or, Reasons for Removing Monuments
Monuments are never neutral. Nor are they really about history. Instead, they are material symbols of power. So argues art historian Erin L. Thompson in Smashing Statues, a timely intervention into ongoing debates about the thorny place of monuments in the contemporary United States of America. Thompson states that, since almost all monuments are created and controlled by powerful people to advance their interests, and indeed their own versions o…
Endangered cultural heritage in the Russia-Ukraine war
Cultural heritage in Ukraine is presently endangered. As Russia’s war against the country continues, Ukrainian cultural heritage has been damaged, destroyed, and remains at risk. Interventions into the war initiated by the international cultural heritage community commenced with the issuance of formal public statements regarding the war and its implications. This article reviews the statements by some of the world’s leading cultural heritage orga…
Documenting Queen Victoria’s Christmas Tree
In December 1848, the Illustrated London News (ILN) created a sensation by presenting Queen Victoria’s Christmas tree at Windsor Castle. Inspired by Benedict Anderson’s concept of imagined communities and drawing upon his analysis of newspapers along with Michael Buckland’s documentary dimensions, this article presents a conceptual documentary analysis of Queen Victoria’s Christmas tree to illuminate documentation’s central role in materializing …
Information
Reviewed by: Information: A Historical Companion ed. by Ann Blair et al. Marc Kosciejew (bio) Information: A Historical Companion Edited by Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. 904. In Information: A Historical Companion, historians Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton, as editors, situate the phenomenon of information at the center of historic…
The coronavirus pandemic, libraries and information
Purpose This study aims to present and discuss the international library and information community’s initial responses to the coronavirus pandemic. It chronicles official statements from various library and information associations as they were released in real-time, thereby providing a contemporary and historical snapshot of the early stages of this global health crisis. The aim is to both historically and thematically contextualize these initia…
Endangered cultural heritage in the Russia-Ukraine war
Cultural heritage in Ukraine is presently endangered. As Russia’s war against the country continues, Ukrainian cultural heritage has been damaged, destroyed, and remains at risk. Interventions into the war initiated by the international cultural heritage community commenced with the issuance of formal public statements regarding the war and its implications. This article reviews the statements by some of the world’s leading cultural heritage orga…
The coronavirus pandemic, libraries and information
Purpose This study aims to present and discuss the international library and information community’s initial responses to the coronavirus pandemic. It chronicles official statements from various library and information associations as they were released in real-time, thereby providing a contemporary and historical snapshot of the early stages of this global health crisis. The aim is to both historically and thematically contextualize these initia…
Songwashing and Cultural Boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest
The Divergent Fates of Wartime Israeli and Gazan (Palestinian) Cultural Heritage
Divergent fates are befalling Israeli and Gazan cultural heritage during the continuing Israel-Hamas war. This article conducts a case study of the war's implications for both Israeli and Gazan (Palestinian) cultural heritage sectors, represented by galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs), to help establish a preliminary account and overview of the state of cultural heritage over the war's first half-year. A tripartite typology of her…
A Documentary History of the Immunity (or Vaccine) Passport
The immunity (or vaccine) passport of the coronavirus pandemic, as a concept and object, is not unprecedented. This health and identity document features a history spanning over half-a-millennium and appearing across diverse geopolitical and sociocultural contexts. This article presents a documentary history of the immunity passport and its heterogeneous material instantiations, uses and effects across divergent historical settings. It illuminate…
The coronavirus pandemic, libraries and information
Purpose This study aims to present and discuss the international library and information community’s initial responses to the coronavirus pandemic. It chronicles official statements from various library and information associations as they were released in real-time, thereby providing a contemporary and historical snapshot of the early stages of this global health crisis. The aim is to both historically and thematically contextualize these initia…
Documenting Queen Victoria’s Christmas Tree
In December 1848, the Illustrated London News (ILN) created a sensation by presenting Queen Victoria’s Christmas tree at Windsor Castle. Inspired by Benedict Anderson’s concept of imagined communities and drawing upon his analysis of newspapers along with Michael Buckland’s documentary dimensions, this article presents a conceptual documentary analysis of Queen Victoria’s Christmas tree to illuminate documentation’s central role in materializing …
Information
Reviewed by: Information: A Historical Companion ed. by Ann Blair et al. Marc Kosciejew (bio) Information: A Historical Companion Edited by Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. 904. In Information: A Historical Companion, historians Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton, as editors, situate the phenomenon of information at the center of historic…
A Documentary History of the Immunity (or Vaccine) Passport
The immunity (or vaccine) passport of the coronavirus pandemic, as a concept and object, is not unprecedented. This health and identity document features a history spanning over half-a-millennium and appearing across diverse geopolitical and sociocultural contexts. This article presents a documentary history of the immunity passport and its heterogeneous material instantiations, uses and effects across divergent historical settings. It illuminate…
Smashing Statues; or, Reasons for Removing Monuments
Monuments are never neutral. Nor are they really about history. Instead, they are material symbols of power. So argues art historian Erin L. Thompson in Smashing Statues, a timely intervention into ongoing debates about the thorny place of monuments in the contemporary United States of America. Thompson states that, since almost all monuments are created and controlled by powerful people to advance their interests, and indeed their own versions o…
Endangered cultural heritage in the Russia-Ukraine war
Cultural heritage in Ukraine is presently endangered. As Russia’s war against the country continues, Ukrainian cultural heritage has been damaged, destroyed, and remains at risk. Interventions into the war initiated by the international cultural heritage community commenced with the issuance of formal public statements regarding the war and its implications. This article reviews the statements by some of the world’s leading cultural heritage orga…
Sonia Ryang, Language and truth in North Korea. Honolulu
‘Thanks to the Great Leader’ is a ubiquitous utterance regularly repeated throughout North Korea. Reserved for Kim Il Sung, the recondite country’s revered founder, this official state-sanctioned sobriquet is recited in reference to any positive feature of life; for example, it is ‘thanks to the Great Leader’ that factory production is high, a promotion is conferred, or the flowers are blooming. This exclusive epithet serves the dual function of …
The Divergent Fates of Wartime Israeli and Gazan (Palestinian) Cultural Heritage
Divergent fates are befalling Israeli and Gazan cultural heritage during the continuing Israel-Hamas war. This article conducts a case study of the war's implications for both Israeli and Gazan (Palestinian) cultural heritage sectors, represented by galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs), to help establish a preliminary account and overview of the state of cultural heritage over the war's first half-year. A tripartite typology of her…
Songwashing and Cultural Boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest
Demolishing the White House East Wing
Heritagization processes are presently unfolding at the White House. Specifically, processes of de-heritagization and re-heritagization are being undertaken to this iconic building’s East Wing. Under President Donald J. Trump’s orders, the East Wing is being reimagined and reconstructed through the destructive process of de-heritagization, in terms of demolishment, and productive process of re-heritagization, in terms of eventual resurrection as …
Culturalist and neo-propagandist politics at Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest is a self-proclaimed non-political musical competition that is nonetheless the site of politics and diplomacy. This article presents a three-part case study – or a triptych picture – of the controversies surrounding the participation and song entries of Belarus, Russia and Israel in recent contests of the early 2020s. It discusses the political nature of Eurovision, despite protestations to the contrary, and unpacks th…
Political science (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Cultural heritage (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works)