CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Mácsai, Boglárka |
|---|---|
| Title | LITTLE MOTHERLAND The Role of School-Museums and Kraevedenie in the Contemporary Russian Historical Politics |
| Summary | After the political transition in postsocialist states the reconsideration of socialist past became a crucial part of historical politics. The abolition or rearrangement of monuments and museums have been the clearest and the most visible manifestations of new historical interpretations, but in many countries political judgments of certain events in the past have been adjusted to the present-day situations, as well. Scholars have been highly engaged with the scrutiny of the phenomenon in large-scale, however, there is less research devoted to the role and changes of local perceptions and representations of history in the broader and narrower political contexts and the agency of local actors. The aim of Russian historical politics was to create historical continuity between the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, preserve the relevance of memory of the Great Patriotic War in the national historical memory and solve the integration of the multiethnic nation. The issue of multiethnicity was especially crucial in Bashkortostan; therefore minorities living there have got broader space for the representation of their identity and political lobby. Due to these political circumstances Trans-Kama Udmurts could take advantage of certain institutional and financial sources and revived their ethnic culture. The most visual and complex manifestations of these different politics are the school-museums and kraevedenie-classes (local history). I have chosen three Udmurt museums located in the same district to analyze their exhibitions and highlight the local actors’ motivation and agency. Through my analysis I intend to show (1) how these school-museums reflect different levels of history; (2) what leaders of museums consider to be relevant in their work; and (3) how this work is affected by the republic and the federation. |
| Supervisor | Miller, Alexei |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/macsai_boglarka.pdf |
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