Comments on: Conversation with Francisco Martinez on his work on the afterlife of Soviet cultural heritage https://allegralaboratory.net/conversation-with-francisco-martinez-on-his-work-on-post-socialist-ruins/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jan Kooimans https://allegralaboratory.net/conversation-with-francisco-martinez-on-his-work-on-post-socialist-ruins/#comment-101857 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:40:25 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=34830#comment-101857 An excellent piece and view and historical perspectives of a post-communist society.The interesting “moulding” of the narrative regarding the complex nature and acceptance of the remnants of the former ruling force of only 30 years ago, which is now awkwardly playing out at the present time in society. This region with its incredibly turbulent and tragic past is one of the most susceptible to the potential writing of fairy tales regarding its history, people are unwilling to look into their own past in case they find something shameful and unsavory (and unfortunately in very many cases, they do).

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