Monumental events
Imaginaries, materialities, and temporalities in Latvia’s monument removal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7475192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elīna Troščenko (0009-0009-3511-2444, University of Bergen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-104 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x261420923 |
| OpenAlex | W7127053228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Through the case of the Victory Monument in Latvia, in this article I explore how symbolic reorderings take place at specific historical moments. This article investigates how monuments can become epitomes of contemporary political and societal ills and explores how processes of their resignification engage both ‘material’ and ‘imaginary’ realms through which politics is animated. The article also reflects on how such monuments can be infused with various temporal values and assemblages – injustices of the past, uncertainties of the present, and fears of a possible future. By tracing how the material intertwines with the imaginary, and how layered temporalities are entangled, the article illustrates how monuments evolve into an oversaturated locus of contestation – misfits – that consequently leads to their obliteration. Such acts of unmaking and erasure represent intense vernacular political commentaries and performances of sovereign agency that actively aim to reconfigure public, social, and physical landscapes of everyday lives against the insurmountable material and imaginary powers of such elements
Agency (philosophy · Everyday life · Materiality (auditing · Politics · Sovereignty · Temporalities · The Imaginary · Vernacular · Victory · Global Security and Public Health · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Public Spaces through Art
Concrete Dust Versus Angel's Wings? Sacralization of the “Victory Monument” and Postcolonial Memory Politics in Latvia
Lithuania at the Frontier of the War in Ukraine
To Whom Does History Belong
The Transformation of ‘Holiday’ in Post-Soviet Space
The Politics of History and the “War of Monuments” in Estonia
Commemoration and the New Frontiers of War in Ukraine
Voicing past and present uncertainties
Memory, Don't Speak! Monumental neglect and memorial sacrifice in contemporary Estonia
As the Statues Fall
Historical events as transformations of structures
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |