Performances of Memory
Collective resistance in the aftermath of violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21687510 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dimitra Gkitsa (0000-0003-3681-6047, University of Southampton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 5-11 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Performance Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-8165 • E-ISSN: 1469-9990 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13528165.2023.2272482 |
| OpenAlex | W4391331741 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The public space of post-socialist Europe has been marked by contested collective memories in the aftermath of violent invasions and national wars following the collapse of state socialism. This becomes even more evident in the Balkans. What forms of collective resistance can be activated in the aftermath of past atrocities? More crucially, what is the role of actions within communities that have witnessed and survived past atrocities? Examining the relationship between live art and the activist potentials of memory politics, this article explores two contemporary participatory art performances that were created in the aftermath of the Bosnian War (1992–5): Što te nema (Why are you not here?) (2006–20) by artist Aida Šehović and Our Family Garden (2021) by artist and activist Smirna Kulenović. By analysing the distinct ways in which Šehović and Kulenović employ participatory practices of remembering and collective care in their performances, the article also engages with activist interventions such as that by Women in Black (Žene u Crnom), who employ in their protests practices of public mourning. The article argues that such participatory performances that enable collective remembering in the public space function both as acts of affective resistance in the aftermath of violence as practices of care in securing a possible present
Art · Visual arts · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Computer Science · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
War, Women, and Power
Archive Fever
Rebellious Mourning
Matters of care
The memorial at Srebrenica
Drawing on the continuum
Living Statues” and Nonuments as “Performative Monument Events” in Post-Socialist South-Eastern Europe
Investigating “Missing” Women
Women's Role in Preserving Lament Songs in the Villages of Gjirokastër, Albania
The Generation of Postmemory
Between Memory and History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |