Empathy for the ‘Other’
Neglected Finnish Ethnographic War Photography from Occupied Soviet Territory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914951 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Matila (0000-0002-7551-4626, University of Oulu, corresponding author), Paul R Mullins (0000-0002-0998-8196, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), Timo Ylimaunu (0000-0003-2455-4887, University of Oulu) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 293-311 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17526272.2021.2009656 |
| OpenAlex | W4200514822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article examines a series of unsettling images from the Finnish Continuation War (1941–1944) and the memories of the war that these photographs construct for contemporary Finns. We argue that these images can be viewed through Alison Landsberg's (2004) notion of ‘prosthetic memory’, which underlines how visual media enable the acquisition of vivid memories of past events. The paper outlines how these long-ignored photographs narrate unexamined dimensions of World War II in ways that transform how Finns in particular remember the war. The images illustrate a neglected Finnish occupation of Soviet territories and the treatment of Russian civilians under Finnish rule. We argue that the images can provoke empathy for their experiences and therefor challenge traditional and nationalist Finnish war interpretations
Construct (python library · Empathy · Ethnography · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Computer Science · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Photography and Visual Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
Archaeology and the Senses
Industrial Ruins
Curating Difficult Knowledge
Surviving Images
Media-Archaeologies
The Memory of Photography
War in the Museum
Postcards from the Edge of Time
The Destruction of the Museums of Eastern Finland During the Winter War of 1939–40 and its Effect on Popular Memory
Facing up to the past ‐ again
International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society
Representing Enslavement and Abolition in Museums
Historical empathy in a museum
Two-dimensional engagements
Aesthetics and Anaesthetics
Difficult' exhibitions and intimate encounters
Vision, Media, Noise and the Percolation of Time
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |