Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked debates and conflicts over Russian and Soviet monuments in the former Eastern Bloc and has also revitalized global discussions about dissonant heritage. This has created a new need and a new framework for comparisons – for comparing monuments, as well as their toppling and rebuilding in different parts of the world and historical contexts.
31.08 – 05.09.2024 an international workshop was held in Narva, which focused on learning from cases of reframing. The lectures, seminars and workshops brought together expertise and knowledge from different fields and contexts to explore solutions that aim not to dismantle dissonant heritage but to place it in a new, critical framework. During the three days, we discussed the broader conceptualizations and histories of reframing monuments and heritage, as well as focussed on concrete cases. The cases included various artistic interventions as well as other means of reframing, ranging from educational programs and museology to community engagement.
FRIDAY, September 6 @14:00, presentations of the students’ group work will take place in EKA room A-501 and on EKA TV.
Moderator: Gregor Taul (EKA)
Experts: Riin Alatalu, Kirke Kangro, Gregor Taul, Anu Soojärv and Triinu Väikmeri (Estonian Academy of Arts), Kristo Nurmis (Tallinn University), Victoria Donovan (University of St. Andrews), Oksana Denisenko and Linara Dovydaitytė (Vytautas Magnus University), Egle Grebliauskaite (Vilnius University), Olha Honchar (Territory of Terror Museum, Ukraine)
The workshop takes place within the framework of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) project. T4EU, consisting of ten universities, operates under the European Universities Initiative with the aim of making European higher education more competitive, based on European values and identity.