Remaking memory and the agency of the aesthetic

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-23
Author(s):  
Ann Rigney
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Aesthetic Form ◽  
The Aesthetic

This article examines the role of the creative arts in renegotiating the border between memorable and unmemorable lives. It does so with specific reference to the (un)forgetting of the colonial soldiers in European armies during World War One. Focussing on the role of aesthetic form in generating memorability, it shows how the creative use of a medium can help redefine the borders of imagined communities by commanding the attention of individual subjects and hence providing conditions for a cognitive and affective opening to the memory of strangers. It concludes that future studies of transformations in collective memory should take a multiscalar approach which takes into account both the shifting social frameworks of memory and the small changes that occur in the micro-politics of viewing and reading.

Between dominance and decline: status anxiety and great power rivalry

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
TUDOR A. ONEA
Keyword(s):  
World Politics ◽  
Great Power ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Emergent States

AbstractThis article investigates the role of status considerations in the response of dominant powers to the rise of emergent states. Accordingly, the hypothesis explored is that dominant actors are prone to fear that they will lose their upper rank, and, due to this status anxiety, resist the efforts of emergent powers to match or surpass them. The article begins by explaining why political actors deem status important and puts forward a theory of status anxiety in world politics. The more pronounced is this anxiety across status dimensions (economic and military capabilities as well as prestige), the higher the likelihood of conflict. This argument is then tested against competing theories of dominant power behaviour in two cases: the relations between France and Britain from the 1740s to Napoleon and those between Britain and Germany from the 1880s to World War One.

scholarly journals Declining the interpreter’s role in World War I

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter James Cowley
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Conflict Zones

In this article I will examine autobiographical and fictionalised accounts of World War One by three French interpreters: the writer André Maurois, the painter Paul Maze, and the cartoonist Hansi. All three worked as officiers de liaison with the British Expeditionary Force, discharging their duties in remarkably divergent ways and accounting for them equally differently. My focus will be on how their accounts can be read as representations of the role of the interpreter, and at the same time how the figure of the interpreter, underpinned by the assumption of neutrality, is deployed to represent other activities in conflict zones. 

Resénégalisation and the Representation of Black African Troops during World War One

2018 ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Rechniewski
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Black African

It is only very recently that recognition has been given to the massive and possibly decisive contribution made by troops from France’s Empire to its ultimate victory in both World Wars. The ‘rediscovery’ of their role afforded them belated acknowledgement in the commemorations of the centenary of World War One. The original plans for the centenary barely acknowledged the role of colonial troops, an omission challenged by Rachid Bouchareb and Pascal Blanchard who successfully proposed the addition of the commemorative project ‘Frères d’armes’. This rediscovery invites reflection on what factors may have contributed to the long neglect of their participation in combat. This chapter explores the immediate historical context of the deployment of one segment of these colonial troops during World War One: the ...

The ambassador of Spain to the Russian Empire Anibal Morillo y Pérez del Villar and his “Memories”

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
T. Yu. Vepretskaya
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Russian Revolution ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Humanitarian Mission ◽  
Specific Source ◽  
The Russian Empire

The article examines the  memoirs of a Spanish diplomat Anibal Morillo and Perez del  Villar, the   Count of  Cartagena. He  held  the   post of the  Spanish ambassador in the  Russian  Empire in 1914-1916 when World War  One  broke out.  “Memories  of my Embassy in Russia”  by Morillo is a specific source that shows the  life of the  zarist court and diplomatic circles of St. Petersburg in that period. The Count of Cartagena’s activity has not been considered much  in Russian  historiography.  Based on the analysis of his memoirs, the author of the article suggests that Morillo considered the  Russian revolution to be brought in from outside. A study of the  memoirs showed that the  Spanish ambassador at St. Petersburg preferred  German diplomacy and had a peculiar notion of  the  role of Russia  in unleashing the  war.  The  author of this  article concludes that Morillo’s ideas were partly shaped by the  internal problems and the international situation of his own country at the beginning of the 20th century and that the  Spanish ambassador  was one of  the  Spanish Germanophiles. Spain maintained strict  neutrality throughout the  war. The  Spanish embassy  in Russia  carried out  important humanitarian mission  and active mediation activities, supporting Russian  citizens on enemy territory and trying to improve the  situation of Russian  prisoners of war and facilitate their return. The issue of the  personal participation of Anibal Morillo in mediation is also  touched upon in this article.

Empire Migration in Post-War Reconstruction: The Role of the Oversea Settlement Committee, 1919–1922

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dane Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Central Command ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Colonial Experience ◽  
National Survival ◽  
Post War

World War One and its aftermath restored the empire to a central place in the considerations of Whitehall. Not only did the war open new vistas for imperial ambitions and drive home the benefits to be drawn from the established dominions, notably in terms of manpower and materiel: it also brought into seats of power the likes of Lords Milner and Curzon, men whose careers had been devoted to the maintenance and expansion of Britain's imperial realm. Though their autocratic style ill-suited democratic politics, it did serve the needs of a modern state at war, where all sectors of society were subordinated to central command. It can be argued that these imperial bureaucrats had a more sophisticated appreciation for the power of the state than their domestic counterparts, who still labored under the lingering constraints of laissez-faire doctrine. They understood from colonial experience the state's potential for engineering social change. And they saw change as vital to Britain's future. Deeply imbued with a social Darwinist world-view, they regarded the war as evidence that national survival would require a more integrated, self-contained, harmonious imperial system, directed with greater deliberation and rigor from above. They were, in effect, social imperialists. Although this doctrine had taken shape in the Edwardian years, it was the war that eroded much of the resistance to its implementation. Yet how far could these gains be extended into the critical post-war period?As Keith Williams has argued in his valuable dissertation, an important feature of social imperialist doctrine concerned migration: here the bonds between Britain and the empire were those of culture and blood.

Fanning the Aesthetic Flame: Learning for Life

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Bennetts
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Creative People ◽  
Doctoral Study ◽  
Mentor Relationships ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
The Aesthetic

Selected findings are presented from a doctoral study (Bennetts 1998) into traditional mentor relationships in the lives of 35 creative people, including painters, poets, writers, sculptors, dancers and actors. The study used a hermeneutic (interpretive) approach which demands that meanings are constructed through negotiation with participants, and accepts that these meanings are themselves processual, shifting and developing through reflection long after the inquiry ends. Mentor alliances from childhood to adulthood and across personal and professional development were examined. The role of the mentor is described within in the nebulous concept of ‘career’ in the creative arts, and summaries are provided of effective mentoring at each stage of life. Findings show that the mentoring process remains the same at whatever age mentoring occurs; that mentors can help latent creativity to flourish at any age; and that those who have experienced mentor relationships go on to be mentors themselves.

scholarly journals Rosyjska rewolucja i świat w XX wieku w kontekście „problemu rosyjskiego” na paryskiej konferencji pokojowej

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 147-178
Author(s):  
Natalia Aleksiejewna Narocznicka
Keyword(s):  
Russian Revolution ◽  
Study Group ◽  
American Study ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
Russian Territory ◽  
The World ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Regime Support

The Russian Revolution and the World in the Twentieth Century: Viewed in the Context of the Russian Question at the Paris Peace Conference The author reviews and sums up areas of research focused on the centennial of the Russian Revolution, Civil War and the end of World War One. Special emphasis is put to the Russian question at the 1919 Paris Peace (Versailles) Conference. The article presents both new and little known data revealing the differences among the Allied Powers regarding the Russian Revolution, the Bolshevik regime, support to the White Movement and the integrity of the Russian territory. It also studies some scarcely researched aspects of W. Wilson's program and US secret diplomacy, including the role of the'Inquiry', the American study group at Versailles Conference; Bullitt's mission to Soviet Russia; negotiations between M. Litvinov and W. Buckler; plans to recognize the Bolsheviks on the territory they were controlling in 1919. Artykuł systematyzuje kierunki badań związanych ze stuleciem rosyjskiej rewolucji, wojny domowej i zakończeniem pierwszej wojny światowej. Szczególną uwagę poświęca się „rosyjskiemu Problemowi” na Paryskiej Konferencji Pokojowej w 1919 r. Autorka przywołuje mało znane i nowe fakty świadczące o kontrowersjach między państwami Ententy w ocenie rewolucji w Rosji, reżimu bolszewickiego, poparcia dla Ruchu Białych i integralności terytorium Rosji. Zaprezentowana została analiza mało zbadane aspekty programu W. Wilsona i tajnej dyplomacji USA, w tym rola amerykańskiej grupy eksperckiej Inquiry, misja W. Bullita w Radzieckiej Rosji, rozmowy M. Litwinowa i W. Becklera, plany uznania władzy bolszewików na zajmowanych przez nich w 1919 r. terytoriach.

Exploring How ICTs and Administration Are Entwined: The Promise of Information Ecosystems

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 1213-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Cortada
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
World War ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Role Of Information

This essay discusses the interrelationship among administrative practices, use of information and computing technologies (ICTs) in public and private organizations, and the role of information. This provides a historical overview of trends in all three areas, arguing that they were entwined, largely in the post–World War II era. The essay suggests how information exists in organizations, posing historical research questions undertaken by historians and makes recommendations on themes and methods for future studies. It argues that the use of information is the fundamental subject most in need of research as it was the basis for administrative activities and for the use of ICTs.

Blue like the Mediterranean: the work of the monochrome in the Atlas Group Archive

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-477
Author(s):  
Katerina Korola
Keyword(s):  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Aesthetic Form ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Blue Background

In the prologue to Walid Raad’s Hostage: The Bachar Tapes (2001), the speaker asks that his words appear against a grey background. Or, he continues after a pause, ‘use a blue background . . . blue just like the Mediterranean’. Beginning with this colourful riddle, this article investigates the work of the monochrome in the Atlas Group Archive. With this attention to the monochrome as a format, the author’s goal is to move away from the categories of documentary and fiction that dominate discussions of Raad and parafictional work more generally, towards the formal infrastructure through which such works command belief and emotion. This attention to the aesthetic form of the archive not only brings into focus the constituent role of design in the construction of knowledge, but it also reveals the transformation of the monochrome in its encounters with the archive, technical media, and the chromatics of affective capitalism.

scholarly journals How the Waltz was Won: Transmutations and the Acquisition of Style in Early English Modern Ballroom Dancing. Part Two: The Waltz Regained

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-172
Author(s):  
Theresa Jill Buckland
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Appropriation ◽  
World War ◽  
World War One ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Ballroom Dancing ◽  
Social Dancing ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Early English

Part One of this study on the transmutation of the Victorian waltz into the modern English waltz of the early 1920s examined the labile social and choreographic climate of social dancing in London's fashionable ballrooms before, during and just after World War One. The article ended with the teachers’ unsatisfactory effort to characterise the features of a distinctively modern waltz style in response to a widespread discourse to recover and adapt the dance for the contemporary English ballroom. Part Two investigates the role of club and national competitions and exhibition dancers in changing and stabilising a waltz form and style that integrated preferred aspects of both old and new techniques, as advocated by leading waltz advocate and judge, Philip Richardson. This article brings into critical focus not only choreographic contributions by Victor Silvester and Josephine Bradley but also those of models such as Maurice Mouvet, G. K. Anderson, Georges Fontana, and Marjorie Moss whose direct influence in England outweighed that of the more famous American couple Irene and Vernon Castle. The dance backgrounds, training and inter-connections of these individuals are examined in identifying choreological and aesthetic continuities that relate to prevalent and inter-related notions of style, Englishness, art and modernity as expressed through the dancing. Taken as a whole, the two parts provide a case study of innovative shifts in popular dancing and meaning that are led through imitation and improvisation by practitioners principally from the middle class. The study also contributes to dance scholarship on cultural appropriation through concentrating on an unusual example of competition in dance being used to promote simplicity rather than virtuosity. In conclusion, greater understanding of creativity and transmission in popular social dancing may arise from identifying and interrogating the practice of agents of change and their relationships within and across their choreographic and socio-cultural contexts.

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