Remembering and forgetting in Chechnya today

Merlin, Aude

doi:10.4324/9781315798318-3

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“…5 This approach is emblematic of the erasure of the realities of the wars and the authentic memories that individuals harbor privately. The memory regime has been thoroughly analyzed in the context of Chechnya (Garin 2017;Kloker 2018;Merlin 2014;. These studies reveal how the Chechen narrative aligns with the federal discourse on the anti-terror operation.…”

Section: Memory Transmission Across a Long-lasting History Of Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Dealing with a violent past and its remnants in the present: the challenges of remembering the wars in Chechnya in the Chechen Diaspora in the EU

Le Huérou,

Merlin

2023

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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This paper investigates how memories of a violent past are interpreted by different generations of exiles, particularly when the primary feature of memory in their homeland is forgetfulness. This occurs when the echoes of political and institutional violence from "home" perpetually reverberate in the diaspora, and when host societies have constructed a securitization framework that progressively redefines Chechens from victims to perceived threats. Based on the case of the Chechens living in the EU since the early 2000s and grounded in field observations and semi-structured interviews conducted from 2015 to 2022, this paper delves into a "conflict-generated diaspora" in formation. Our aim is to understand the intricate interplay of factors and dynamics that contribute to the construction of individual and collective memories of a violent past within the Chechen diaspora. We also consider the impact of transgenerational memory transmission and generational divides.

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Section: Memory Transmission Across a Long-lasting History Of Violencementioning

confidence: 99%