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The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan: Art, Identity, and the Revolution of Dignity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783838217635)

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The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan: Art, Identity, and the Revolution of Dignitywith a Foreword by Chris Farrands. by

The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan: Art, Identity, and the Revolution of Dignity

$29.00
The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan: Art, Identity, and the Revolution of Dignitywith a Foreword by Chris Farrands. by

The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan: Art, Identity, and the Revolution of Dignity

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Format: Paperback
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The book examines the relation between art created during the so-called Revolution of Dignity-Maidan Events (November 21, 2013 - February 23, 2014, Ukraine) and the mission of the Maidan Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine) born from the ashes of Euromaidan, to preserve the 'Spirit of Maidan'. The Maidan events, defined as the Maidanization process, produced a post-colonial discourse language, a new apolitical ideology based on the concepts of dignity and Ukrainianness; generated symbols, social myths, and collective imaginary; triggered the 'Spirit of Maidan' that changed the consciousness of the participants in the demonstrations; and functioned as a ritual of intensification-aggregation-initiation passage, in which the identity of new Ukraine was shaped. In this transformative process, in which the human being is seen as an 'animal identitarium' struggling, defending, and fighting for his/her own identity, artists played a crucial role in assembling the main elements of the post-Maidan Ukrainian identity (homo Maidan), were able to empower the whole movement with concrete ideas, and finally reworked objects, symbols, and music already present in the Ukrainian DNA through a process of meaningization, symbolization, mythization, canonization, sacralization, and interpellation. This volume is based on interviews with artists who dramatically participated in the Maidan events and fieldwork at the Maidan Museum, and unfolds and identifies the main elements, emotions, expectations, and motivations of the relation of art creation and Ukrainian post-Maidan identity formation based on the 'Spirit of Maidan'.

Author: Giovanni Ercolani
ISBN-10: 3838217632
ISBN-13: 9783838217635
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2023
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d
By Giovanni Ercolani
By Giovanni Ercolani
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Dr. Giovanni Ercolani studied Political Science, Oriental Studies, Art Management and Production, and was awarded a PhD in Social Anthropology with the University of Murcia (Spain) and a PhD in International Relations and Security Studies by the Nottingham Trent University (UK). He is both a Researcher at the 'Society and Culture' Research Group at the University of Murcia (Spain), and a Research Associate at 'LADEC - Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Enjeux Contemporains' at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France), while also an active Thesis Advisor for the 'Peace Operations Training Institute' (USA). Previously, he was lecturer on 'Global Terrorism' and 'Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution' at the Bilgi University and Yeditepe University in Istanbul (Turkey). He is member of the Editorial Board of 'The Journal of Security Sciences' (Turkey), and Fellow (elected) of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (UK). His previous books include the co-edited Anthropology and Security Studies (Editum 2013). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, theCentral European Journal of International and Security Studies.

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