Memory and Materiality in Conflict Landscapes: Spontaneous Memorials in the Russian-Ukrainian War
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2025
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Nahirna, Diana
Demina, Alisa
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Abstracts of the report of the participants of the 31st EAA Annual Meeting (2-6 September 2025, Belgrade Virtual). The ongoing war in Ukraine is fundamentally reshaping public and private topographies through systemic violence and destruction. This study investigates the intersection of materiality and memory, focusing on how conflict-damaged spaces are transformed into memorials, spontaneous shrines, or sites of avoidance. As physical environments evolve, so does the human perception of traumatic events, creating a reciprocal relationship between the materiality of war and collective memory.
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spontaneous memorialization, material culture, Russian-Ukrainian War, collective memory, conflict landscapes, grassroots initiatives, conference abstracts
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Nahirna D. Memory and Materiality in Conflict Landscapes: Spontaneous Memorials in the Russian-Ukrainian War / Diana Nahirna, Alisa Demina // 31st EAA Annual Meeting (2-6 September 2025, Belgrade Virtual) : Abstract Book / European Association of Archaeologists. - Belgrade : European Association of Archaeologists, 2025. - P. 566-567.