TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘C’mon, turn Swan Lake on'
T2 - Memories of the 1990s at the Belarusian protests of 2020
AU - Robbe, Ksenia
AU - Zavadski, Andrei
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - This exploratory study is dedicated to the actualisation of memories of the 1990s during the 2020 protests in Belarus. The public discontent manifested during the latest presidential election campaign in summer 2020 and, following the election day of August 9, became countrywide. Among a multitude of symbols, slogans, and memes that constituted the demonstrators’ protest imaginaries, a noticeable place was occupied by the references to the perestroika and the first post-Soviet decade. Based on poster images and media reports related to the events of summer 2020, this article explores how references to the 1990s were used by participants to produce meanings and evoke affects, as well as offers an analysis of the relevant mnemonic practices exercised at the protests.
AB - This exploratory study is dedicated to the actualisation of memories of the 1990s during the 2020 protests in Belarus. The public discontent manifested during the latest presidential election campaign in summer 2020 and, following the election day of August 9, became countrywide. Among a multitude of symbols, slogans, and memes that constituted the demonstrators’ protest imaginaries, a noticeable place was occupied by the references to the perestroika and the first post-Soviet decade. Based on poster images and media reports related to the events of summer 2020, this article explores how references to the 1990s were used by participants to produce meanings and evoke affects, as well as offers an analysis of the relevant mnemonic practices exercised at the protests.
UR - https://digitalicons.org/issue22/cmon-turn-swan-lake-on-memories-of-the-1990s-at-the-belarusian-protests-of-2020/
M3 - Article
SN - 2043-7633
VL - 22
SP - 115
EP - 141
JO - Digital Icons
JF - Digital Icons
ER -