War and National Memory: Georgian, Polish and British Perspectives

Hamourtziadou, Lily and Lukasic, Przemyslaw and Chapichadze, Khatuna (2025) War and National Memory: Georgian, Polish and British Perspectives. Journal of Global Faultlines. ISSN 2397-7825 (In Press)

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Abstract

Essentialist understandings of ethnicity and nationhood suggest that ethnic or national identities are set in stone and hence immutable, but we argue that they are continuously developed into existence through past and present narratives, as they are articulated through historical accounts, national myths and stories of the dead. The most emotionally powerful symbols of historical memory supporting those narratives are war memorials and museums, where the nation’s dead are remembered. We explore the ways human war casualties are remembered -and not remembered- through the study of memorials and museums in three different national contexts: in Georgia, in Poland and in Great Britain.

Item Type:	Article
Dates:	Date Event 20 February 2025 Accepted
Uncontrolled Keywords:	memorial, war, museum, identity, history, memory politics, casualties, militarism, myths
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	21 May 2025 13:45
Last Modified:	21 May 2025 13:45
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16390