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History between Red Brackets: The Cold War in History Museums around the Baltic Sea
Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, History and Theory of Art. Uppsala University.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2148-473X
2019 (English)In: Museum Worlds: Advances in Research, ISSN 2049-6729, E-ISSN 2049-6737, Vol. 7, no 1, p. 165-181Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article derives from the research project entitled "Art, Culture and Conflict: Transformations of Museums and Memory Culture around the Baltic Sea after 1989;" which was financed by the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, Sodertorn University. It discusses how history museums in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have reacted to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the conclusion of the Soviet occupation of the three Baltic states. It argues that the Cold War is understood by the museums as a special historical epoch not comparable to any other historical period in these six countries. It concludes that to be able to deal with this particular point in history we either need to metaphorically put the Cold War in between red brackets, as it were, which makes it possible to address the Cold War when needed, or to place it outside the historical narrative of the modern rise of the five discussed nation-states.

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Berghahn Books, 2019. Vol. 7, no 1, p. 165-181
Keywords [en]
Baltic states, Cold War, collections, Finland, museums, narrative, Sweden
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History
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Baltic and East European studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-40376DOI: 10.3167/armw.2019.070111ISI: 000516567700010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85087314631OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-40376DiVA, id: diva2:1414362
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Art, culture, conflict: transformations of museums and memory culture in the Baltic Sea region after 1989, The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
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The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 46/2015Available from: 2020-03-12 Created: 2020-03-12 Last updated: 2022-08-25Bibliographically approved

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