CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Buier, Natalia Cornelia |
|---|---|
| Title | "Time is not a military rank":the production of history and the liberalization of the Spanish railways |
| Summary | The argument that traverses this thesis is that the conflict between different forms of connecting the past to the present is central to understanding the recent transformations affecting the Spanish railways. I substantiate this argument across three sections that analyze dominant representations of the recent past, opposing syndical models and the development of high-speed rail. The liberalization process, as a distinct moment in the shift to the commercial railway, is not favoured equally by all historical readings, and the control over the means of historical production is essential to securing the legitimacy of future development plans. The field of possibilities in the present is built upon a specific interplay of silences and mentions, and understanding the constitution of these is essential to understanding the horizon of transformation of the Spanish railways. The argument is anchored by the proposition that the “production of history” focus, a distinct analytical lens at the crossroads of anthropology and history, is a useful instrument for advancing a materialist anthropology of memory. |
| Supervisor | Kalb, Don; Zentai, Violetta |
| Department | Sociology PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/buier_natalia.pdf |
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