Memory Landscapes and the Labor of the Negative in Berlin

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Authors

BACH Jonathan

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10767-013-9134-y
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords Berlin . Memory. Urban space . BerlinWall . Holocaust . Void . Negative space
Description Focusing on the case of Berlin, this article explores the function of memory landscapes using the concept of the labor of the negative. Through three Berlin cases: the memorialization of the Berlin Wall, recent counter-memorials to the Holocaust, and the urban appropriation of voids through temporary projects, the article suggests that the labor of the negative constitutes Berlin’s memory landscape out of the interplay between absence and presence.
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