A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial
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Resumo: | Focusing on the Memorial Antônio Agostinho Neto (MAAN) in Angola as the case study to analyse materialisations of memory, the article attempts to read the political representations of this monument by analysing its main narratives, questioning its silences and unpacking its impact on public memory. To do so, the article is divided into three parts. The first section engages with the relevant academic literature on southern African memorialisation and provides a brief description of the MAAN. The second and third sections consider Richard Werbner's notion of elite memorial-ism to produce a two-dimensional analysis, referencing the absence of MPLA narrative and symbols in the MAAN while noting how it became inaccessible to the ordinary Angolan population, a result of more ample dynamics of state society relations in the country. It concludes that the logics of social hierarchy that have promoted the marginalisation of segments of the population have impacted the MAAN's ability to contribute to the new ways Angolans are imagining the nation. |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto MemorialFocusing on the Memorial Antônio Agostinho Neto (MAAN) in Angola as the case study to analyse materialisations of memory, the article attempts to read the political representations of this monument by analysing its main narratives, questioning its silences and unpacking its impact on public memory. To do so, the article is divided into three parts. The first section engages with the relevant academic literature on southern African memorialisation and provides a brief description of the MAAN. The second and third sections consider Richard Werbner's notion of elite memorial-ism to produce a two-dimensional analysis, referencing the absence of MPLA narrative and symbols in the MAAN while noting how it became inaccessible to the ordinary Angolan population, a result of more ample dynamics of state society relations in the country. It concludes that the logics of social hierarchy that have promoted the marginalisation of segments of the population have impacted the MAAN's ability to contribute to the new ways Angolans are imagining the nation.University of the Western Cape2019-11info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/89044http://hdl.handle.net/10316/89044https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-9585/2019/v45a3eng2309-95850259-0190http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-9585/2019/v45a3Martins, VascoCardina, Miguelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2021-07-14T09:38:03Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/89044Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:09:29.214096Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial Martins, Vasco |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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A Memory of Concrete: Politics of Representation and Silence in the Agostinho Neto Memorial |
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Martins, Vasco |
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Martins, Vasco Cardina, Miguel |
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Cardina, Miguel |
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Martins, Vasco Cardina, Miguel |
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Focusing on the Memorial Antônio Agostinho Neto (MAAN) in Angola as the case study to analyse materialisations of memory, the article attempts to read the political representations of this monument by analysing its main narratives, questioning its silences and unpacking its impact on public memory. To do so, the article is divided into three parts. The first section engages with the relevant academic literature on southern African memorialisation and provides a brief description of the MAAN. The second and third sections consider Richard Werbner's notion of elite memorial-ism to produce a two-dimensional analysis, referencing the absence of MPLA narrative and symbols in the MAAN while noting how it became inaccessible to the ordinary Angolan population, a result of more ample dynamics of state society relations in the country. It concludes that the logics of social hierarchy that have promoted the marginalisation of segments of the population have impacted the MAAN's ability to contribute to the new ways Angolans are imagining the nation. |
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