Space and the Memories of Violence: Landscapes of Erasure, Disappearance and Exception (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

This volume offers a variety of perspectives on the relation between violence, memory and space. Focusing on enforced disappearances and genocide as violent practices aimed at destroying and erasing the traces of the 'enemy', the contributions gathered inquire about the manifold spatial strategies of domination and violence, but also about the powers of memory, resistance and transformation. The originality and core contribution of this book lies in the dialogue it establishes between memory studies, on the one hand, and critical studies of space on the other. The bridging of these academic fields opens up a fertile and, to a large extent, unexplored research area. The volume brings together young academics and prominent international scholars from a variety of disciplinary fields, including Geography, Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Literature, Cultural Studies, Architecture and Theatre Studies. The authors engage with the spatial deployment of past and present violence in Argentina, Cambodia, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain, Turkey and the United States. The chapters include original contributions by renowned authors Aleida Assmann and Jay Winter, transcripts of an interview with the eminent geographer David Harvey and fragments of the play __The Cartographer. Warsaw, 1:400,000__, by the acclaimed Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga, in its first English translation. This Volume Offers A Variety Of Perspectives On The Relation Between Violence, Memory And Space. Focusing On Enforced Disappearances And Genocide As Violent Practices Aimed At Destroying And Erasing The Traces Of The 'enemy', The Contributions Gathered Inquire About The Manifold Spatial Strategies Of Domination And Violence, But Also About The Powers Of Memory, Resistance And Transformation. The Originality And Core Contribution Of This Book Lies In The Dialogue It Establishes Between Memory Studies, On The One Hand, And Critical Studies Of Space On The Other. The Bridging Of These Academic Fields Opens Up A Fertile And, To A Large Extent, Unexplored Research Area. The Volume Brings Together Young Academics And Prominent International Scholars From A Variety Of Disciplinary Fields, Including Geography, Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Literature, Cultural Studies, Architecture And Theatre Studies. The Authors Engage With The Spatial Deployment Of Past And Present Violence In Argentina, Cambodia, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain, Turkey And The United States. The Chapters Include Original Contributions By Renowned Authors Aleida Assmann And Jay Winter, Transcripts Of An Interview With The Eminent Geographer David Harvey And Fragments Of The Play The Cartographer. Warsaw, 1:400,000, By The Acclaimed Spanish Playwright Juan Mayorga, In Its First English Translation. Introduction: The Multi-layered Memories Of Space / Pamela Colombo And Estela Schindel -- Spatial Inscriptions Of Annihilation. Violent Erasuresá And Erasingá Violence: Contesting Cambodia's Landscapes Of Violence / James A. Tyner -- Polish Landscapes Of Memory At The Sites Of Extermination: The Politics Of Framing / Zuzanna Dziuban -- Spaces Of Confrontation And Defeat: The Spatial Dispossession Of The Revolution In Tucuman, Argentina / Pamela Colombo -- Subterranean Autopsies: Exhumations Of Mass Graves In Contemporary Spain / Francisco Ferrandiz -- The Representation Of Violence: Spatial Strategies. Faces, Voices, And The Shadow Of Catastrophe / Jay Winter -- Theatrical Cartography Of A Space Of Exception / Juan Mayorga -- The Cartographer. Warsaw, 1:400.000 By Juan Mayorga In Its First English Translation / By Sarah Maitland -- All Limits Were Exceeded Over There: The Chronotopeof Terror In Modern Warfare And Testimony / Kirsten Mahlke --^ The Concentration Camp And The Unhomely Home: The Disappearance Of Children In Post-dicatorship Argentine Theatre / Mariana Eva Perez -- Haunted Spaces, Irrupting Memories. The Whole Country Is A Monument: Framing Places Of Terror In Postwar Germany / Aleida Assmann -- Haunted Houses, Horror Literature And The Space Of Memory In Post-dictatorship Argentine Literature / Silvana Mandolessi -- Counter-movement, Space, And Politics: How The Saturday Mothers Of Turkey Make The Enforced Disappearances Visible / Meltem Aahska -- An Orderly Landscape Of Remnants: Notes For Reflecting On The Spatiality Of The Disappeared / Gabriel Gatti -- A Boundless Grave: Memory And Abjection Of The Rio De La Plata / Estela Schindel -- Spaces Of Exception, Power And Resistance. Spatialities Of Exception / Pilar Calveiro -- Imaginary Cities, Violence And Memory: A Literary Mapping / Gudrun Rath --^ Occupied Squares And The Urban State Of Exception: In, Against And Beyond The City Of Enclaves / Stavros Stavrides -- Memory, That Powerful Political Force: Interview With David Harvey. [edited By] Estela Schindel, Universität Konstanz, Germany, Pamela Colombo, École Des Hautes Études En Sciences Sociales, France. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: The Multi-Layered Memories of Space....Pages 1-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Violent Erasures and Erasing Violence: Contesting Cambodia’s Landscapes of Violence....Pages 21-33 Polish Landscapes of Memory at the Sites of Extermination: The Politics of Framing....Pages 34-47 Spaces of Confrontation and Defeat: The Spatial Dispossession of the Revolution in Tucumán, Argentina....Pages 48-60 Subterranean Autopsies: Exhumations of Mass Graves in Contemporary Spain....Pages 61-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Faces, Voices and the Shadow of Catastrophe....Pages 77-90 The Cartographer. Warsaw, 1: 400,000....Pages 91-104 ’All Limits Were Exceeded Over There’: The Chronotope of Terror in Modern Warfare and Testimony....Pages 105-118 The Concentration Camp and the ‘Unhomely Home’: The Disappearance of Children in Post-Dictatorship Argentine Theatre....Pages 119-131 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 ’The Whole Country Is a Monument’: Framing Places of Terror in Post-War Germany....Pages 135-149 Haunted Houses, Horror Literature and the Space of Memory in Post-Dictatorship Argentine Literature....Pages 150-161 Counter-Movement, Space and Politics: How the Saturday Mothers of Turkey Make Enforced Disappearances Visible....Pages 162-175 An Orderly Landscape of Remnants: Notes for Reflecting on the Spatiality of the Disappeared....Pages 176-187 A Limitless Grave: Memory and Abjection of the Río de la Plata....Pages 188-201 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Spatialities of Exception....Pages 205-218 Imaginary Cities, Violence and Memory: A Literary Mapping....Pages 219-230 Occupied Squares and the Urban ‘State of Exception’: In, Against and Beyond the City of Enclaves....Pages 231-243 ‘Memory, that Powerful Political Force’....Pages 244-253 Back Matter....Pages 254-265 Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Multi-Layered Memories of Space; Part I: Spatial Inscriptions of Annihilation; 1 Violent Erasures and Erasing Violence: Contesting Cambodia's Landscapes of Violence; 2 Polish Landscapes of Memory at the Sites of Extermination: The Politics of Framing; 3 Spaces of Confrontation and Defeat: The Spatial Dispossession of the Revolution in Tucumán, Argentina; 4 Subterranean Autopsies: Exhumations of Mass Graves in Contemporary Spain; Part II: The Representation of Violence: Spatial Strategies 11 Counter-Movement, Space and Politics: How the Saturday Mothers of Turkey Make Enforced Disappearances Visible12 An Orderly Landscape of Remnants: Notes for Reflecting on the Spatiality of the Disappeared; 13 A Limitless Grave: Memory and Abjection of the Río de la Plata; Part IV: Spaces of Exception, Power and Resistance; 14 Spatialities of Exception; 15 Imaginary Cities, Violence and Memory: A Literary Mapping; 16 Occupied Squares and the Urban 'State of Exception': In, Against and Beyond the City of Enclaves; 17 'Memory, that Powerful Political Force'; Index 5 Faces, Voices and the Shadow of Catastrophe6 The Cartographer. Warsaw, 1: 400,000; 7 'All Limits Were Exceeded Over There': The Chronotope of Terror in Modern Warfare and Testimony; 8 The Concentration Camp and the 'Unhomely Home': The Disappearance of Children in Post-Dictatorship Argentine Theatre; Part III: Haunted Spaces, Irrupting Memories; 9 'The Whole Country Is a Monument': Framing Places of Terror in Post-War Germany; 10 Haunted Houses, Horror Literature and the Space of Memory in Post-Dictatorship Argentine Literature Authors from a variety of disciplines dealing with diverse historical cases engage with the spatial deployment of violence and the possibilities for memory and resistance in contexts of state sponsored violence, enforced disappearances and regimes of exception. Contributors include Aleida Assmann, Jay Winter and David Harvey.