2019
DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2019.1658970
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Post-war memorialisation as everyday peace? Exploring everyday (dis-) engagements with the Maoist martyrs’ gate of Beni Bazaar in Nepal

Abstract: The academic debates on postwar memorialisation and everyday peace tend to appear in relative isolation from one another. Yet, there is arguably much to gain from integrating them, by exploring howand to what effectpost-war monuments are incorporated into everyday life. To this end, this article studies the everyday interactions that residents of Beni Bazaar, Nepal, have developed in relation to the recently erected Maoist martyrs' gate. As such, narrative ellipsis, local cooperation and popular culture are id… Show more

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“…This popular tendency has been documented in several previous studies (e.g. Lundqvist, 2019; O’Neill, 2016).…”
Section: Politics Civil War and Hip-hop In Nepalsupporting
confidence: 72%
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“…This popular tendency has been documented in several previous studies (e.g. Lundqvist, 2019; O’Neill, 2016).…”
Section: Politics Civil War and Hip-hop In Nepalsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Since 2006, Nepal has been formally at peace following a decade-long Maoist insurgency. The stated aims of the insurgents were to abolish the monarchy; establish a people’s republic and elect a constituent assembly which would draft a new, more inclusive, constitution for Nepal (Lundqvist, 2019: 479). The civil war ended through a negotiated settlement between the belligerent parties, resulting in the 2006 comprehensive peace agreement.…”
Section: Politics Civil War and Hip-hop In Nepalmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…al. (2007) have dubbed "serial hanging out"; repeatedly, but over short periods, spending time in the same place with the intent of removing one or several layers of "outsiderness," making me more approachable, engendering informal interactions (Lundquist 2021). In more practical terms, this has entailed walking around the hallways talking to people, writing or reading on my own in the cafés and restaurants, socialising over dinner with friends and colleagues, and buying my groceries in the Burmese shops.…”
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confidence: 99%