Abstract
By addressing recent discussions on reception within the field of memory studies, this article aims to analyze the reasons for the alleged absence of public memory relating to the history of Ingria and the experiences of Ingrian Finns in Finland by focusing on Inkerin romaani (2002), a posthumous novel by Toivo Pekkanen. Through analysis of three scales of reception, the article explores the dynamics of memory and affordances of memorability. It argues that understanding memory dynamics requires looking at the reception of memory as well as its blockages. Moreover, this article suggests that these aspects of memory dynamics can be fruitfully analyzed and theorized through the notion of affordances of memorability.
Highlights
By addressing recent discussions on reception within the field of memory studies, this article aims to analyze the reasons for the alleged absence of public memory relating to the history of Ingria and the experiences of Ingrian Finns in Finland by focusing on Inkerin romaani (2002), a posthumous novel by Toivo Pekkanen
Covering her journey to Yakutia, Siberia, where her late grandmother spent years as a deportee, Pakkanen discusses the Soviet terror inflicted on the people called Ingrian Finns. Pakkanen writes about her own Ingrian Finnish roots, her lack of knowledge about her grandmother’s experiences, and the absence of historical consciousness regarding both Ingria and Ingrian Finns in Finland in general. She notes that the Soviet terror touched the lives of many Ingrian Finns, silence has prevailed around the topic for decades at both private and public levels
By continuing the recent discussions on reception within the field of cultural memory studies (e.g. Sindbæk Andersen and Törnquist-Plewa, 2017), this article aims to analyze the reasons for the absence of public memory about the history of Ingria and the experiences of Ingrian Finns in Finland by focusing on Inkerin romaani
Summary
By addressing recent discussions on reception within the field of memory studies, this article aims to analyze the reasons for the alleged absence of public memory relating to the history of Ingria and the experiences of Ingrian Finns in Finland by focusing on Inkerin romaani (2002), a posthumous novel by Toivo Pekkanen. By continuing the recent discussions on reception within the field of cultural memory studies (e.g. Sindbæk Andersen and Törnquist-Plewa, 2017), this article aims to analyze the reasons for the absence of public memory about the history of Ingria and the experiences of Ingrian Finns in Finland by focusing on Inkerin romaani.
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