Antipodean dialogical solidarity, travel, and the agentic power of commemorative genre

Australia and Türkiye's 75th battlefield remembrance of the Gallipoli campaign as an eventful moment

Bibliographic Data

ID4480913
AuthorsBob West (0000-0002-0495-8625, University of South Australia, Magill Campus, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2025
Publication date2025-07-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07255136251357313
OpenAlexW4412191124
LanguageEN
References cited31

Utilizing Beilharz's concept of the antipodean for developing social theory that reflects Australia's unique place in the world, this article examines the origins of Australia and Türkiye's current comprehension of the World War I Gallipoli campaign in its 75th anniversary remembrance. The article highlights the significance of travel as a ritual practice and cultural frame, both domestically and internationally, in shaping disenchantment and re-enchantment trajectories in how nations remember their past. Specifically, it is argued that this anniversary was an 'eventful moment' that allowed both Australia and Türkiye to redress a semiosis crisis in their national commemorative traditions through advancing relatively inclusive national memories. More recently the agentic power of travel, in this case connected to Australians' commemorative exile from the battlefield, has afforded Türkiye's move to an Ottoman-era focused national identity and Australia's return to a more ethnonational remembrance of war history

Ancient history · Battlefield · Dialogical self · Epistemology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Solidarity · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact