Between Closure and Redemption: Internment Memory and the Reception of the Compensation Law

Ulla Savolainen

doi:10.2307/j.ctv25wxbrw.10

Between Closure and Redemption: Internment Memory and the Reception of the Compensation Law

Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli kirjassa/raportissa/konferenssijulkaisussa › Kirjan luku tai artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Abstrakti

By analyzing oral history interviews of former child and youth internees, the chapter explores the reception of the compensation law (2014) for the internment of German and Hungarian citizens in Finland (1944–1946). These interviews are analyzed 1) in relation to and as reflecting the paradigm of “redemptive remembering,” and 2) as interactional events characterized by negotiations between the interviewer and interviewee. The chapter suggests that negative representations of the compensation reflect the tensions between the goals of compensations as instruments of retrospective justice, prevailing cultural conceptions of memory, and ideals for dealing with difficult pasts. Moreover, such frictional engagement between different aspects of compensations is also argued as generating meaningful reflection on applications and implications of memory in general.

Alkuperäiskieli	englanti
Otsikko	Friction, Fragmentation, and Diversity : Localized Politics of European Memories
Toimittajat	Kirsti Salmi-Niklander, Sofia Laine, Päivi Salmesvuori, Ulla Savolainen, Riikka Taavetti
Julkaisupaikka	Amsterdam
Kustantaja	Amsterdam University Press
Julkaisupäivä	23 jouluk. 2022
Artikkeli no	6
ISBN (painettu)	978-94-6372-675-7
ISBN (elektroninen)	978-90-485-5385-3
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv25wxbrw.10
Tila	Julkaistu - 23 jouluk. 2022
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa

Julkaisusarja

Nimi	Heritage and Memory Studies
Kustantaja	Amsterdam University Press
ISSN (painettu)	2772-882X

Tieteenalat

6160 Muut humanistiset tieteet

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10.2307/j.ctv25wxbrw.10

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Salmi-Niklander, K. (Projektinjohtaja), Salmesvuori, P. (Osallistuja), Savolainen, U. (Osallistuja), Taavetti, R. (Osallistuja) & Laine, S. (Osallistuja)
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01/10/2015 → 30/09/2017
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Savolainen, U. (2022). Between Closure and Redemption: Internment Memory and the Reception of the Compensation Law. teoksessa K. Salmi-Niklander, S. Laine, P. Salmesvuori, U. Savolainen, & R. Taavetti (Toimittajat), Friction, Fragmentation, and Diversity: Localized Politics of European Memories Artikkeli 6 (Heritage and Memory Studies). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv25wxbrw.10

Savolainen, Ulla. / Between Closure and Redemption : Internment Memory and the Reception of the Compensation Law. Friction, Fragmentation, and Diversity: Localized Politics of European Memories. Toimittaja / Kirsti Salmi-Niklander ; Sofia Laine ; Päivi Salmesvuori ; Ulla Savolainen ; Riikka Taavetti. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022. (Heritage and Memory Studies).

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Between Closure and Redemption: Internment Memory and the Reception of the Compensation Law

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