Representation of ‘Fractured Memory Regime’ in the Context of Hasidic Pilgrimages to Uman

The main goal of this paper is to analyse how ‘memory regime’ (Kubik & Bernhard) could be researched on a local level, using the example of attitudes to Jewish history and Hasidic pilgrimages in Uman, Ukraine. What types of ‘mnemonic actors’ (Kubik & Bernhard) prevail in Uman? Which statemen...

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Main Author: Marchenko, Alla (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology 2021
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 55-68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Uman / Collective memory / Hassidism / Pilgrimage
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B ‘fractured memory regime’
B ‘memory regime’
B Ukraine
B Hasidic pilgrimages
B Uman
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Summary:The main goal of this paper is to analyse how ‘memory regime’ (Kubik & Bernhard) could be researched on a local level, using the example of attitudes to Jewish history and Hasidic pilgrimages in Uman, Ukraine. What types of ‘mnemonic actors’ (Kubik & Bernhard) prevail in Uman? Which statements about the contemporary Hasidic pilgrimages are supported by local inhabitants, and how do they reflect positions of the locals in the local memory field? This paper discusses some results of a quantitative survey on local cultural heritage conducted in the frame of the international EU-funded project ‘ReHerit’ in Uman in late 2018. Its results show integration of diverse and sometimes contradictory opinions in memory regime at the local level with the prevalence of ‘mnemonic warriors’ in the ‘fractured and contested memory regime’. The paper suggests that the Hasidic pilgrimage in the town shapes and reinforces existing narratives. At the same time, it offers a look at the emergence of ‘mnemonic pluralists’ and some prerequisites for ‘pillarized’ memory regime at a local level.
ISSN:2009-7379
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.21427/VHFR-A669