Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Netherlands
fellow
Tamara Banjeglav
2023-2024
Discipline(s)
Anthropology and ethnology
Contemporary history
Educational Sciences
Theme(s)
Contemporary violence & Justice
Cultural Studies
Education & Science
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Tamara Banjeglav is a researcher in cultural studies, specifically in the field of memory studies. Her research has focused on memory politics and memorialisation practices, politics of the past, national identities, transitional justice and dealing with the past, particularly in the post-Yugoslav space. Methodologically, her work draws on oral history method, discourse analysis, ethnographic approaches and other qualitative, interpretive methods.
Research Project
Educational Role of Memorial Museums in Critical Thinking and Learning about the Violent Past
The moral imperative of “Never again” has been extensively utilized in public discourse following numerous instances of violent conflicts and political violence in the 20th and 21st centuries. However, despite its frequent use, new forms of conflicts and violence continue to persist across the world. In contemporary times, museums and memorials have become key sites for institutionalizing the “never again” assertion within public spaces.
But in what way does violence belong in museums, with which means and to what ends? Do representations of war and violence in museums trivialize and aestheticize war, transforming violence and trauma into attractions? Or do they use educational initiatives to explain violence and to make it possible to come to terms with it? In order to understand educational potential of memorial museums, Tamara Banjeglav explores how memorial museums teach about violence and how violence is represented in museum exhibitions.
Research Interests:
Memorial museums; representation of violence; museum pedagogy; memory and discourse