Movement Memory-Scapes
Activist Memory-Scapes: Remembering the Decade of Mass Protest
under Authoritarianism
under Authoritarianism
Timetable: 01.01.2026- 30.06.2029
Project status: Active
Funders: Koneen Säätiö
Budget: 450 000€ - 500 000€
Project website: https://koneensaatio.fi/en/grants-and-residencies/movement-memory-scapes-remembering-the-decade-of-mass-protest-under-authoritarianism-2/
Strategic research and education profiles: Kulttuurinen muisti ja yhteiskunnan muutos
Sustainable development goals: Kestävät kaupungit ja yhteisöt; Rauha, oikeudenmukaisuus ja hyvä hallinto
Keywords
- social movements
- democracy
- activist memory-scapes
- authoritarian neoliberalism
- memory activism
- protest memory
Summary: This project investigates how memories of mass protests are preserved, reactivated, or silenced under authoritarian rule,
focusing on Turkey’s 2013 Gezi Park and 2025 Saraçhane protests. Developing the concept of activist memory-scapes, it
examines how emotional, visual, verbal, and spatial dimensions of memory sustain resistance, solidarity, and democratic
imagination. Combining interviews, archival analysis, and memory mapping, it produces both academic publications and a
documentary.
focusing on Turkey’s 2013 Gezi Park and 2025 Saraçhane protests. Developing the concept of activist memory-scapes, it
examines how emotional, visual, verbal, and spatial dimensions of memory sustain resistance, solidarity, and democratic
imagination. Combining interviews, archival analysis, and memory mapping, it produces both academic publications and a
documentary.
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