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AUTHOR
Mārtiņš Kaprāns
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Padomju pieredzes (re)konstrukcija biogrāfiskajos vēstījumos: Lokālās preses analīze (1995.-2005.)
2006
Maģistra darba mērķis ir izpētīt Latvijas lokālajā presē publicētajos biogrāfiskajos vēstījumos dominējošās stāstīšanas prakses par padomju periodu. Konkrētāk pētījumā tiek analizēts, vai/kā desmit gadu laikā (1995–2005) ir mainījušies padomju pieredzes naratīvi un vai/kā to konstrukcijas atšķiras lokālo preses izdevumu vidū. Tāpat uzmanība ir pievērsta tam, kā veidojas pozitīvs un negatīvs padomju pieredzes novērtējums. Maģistra darbā tiek lietota gan kvantitatīvā (kontentanalīze), gan kvalitatīvā pētniecības perspektīva. Turklāt abas šīs pieejas izriet no naratīvu analīzes paradigmas.
Hegemonic representations of the past and digital agency: Giving meaning to “The Soviet Story” on social networking sites
2015
In 2008, Edvīns Šnore, the Latvian film director, released a shocking and provocative documentary, “The Soviet Story,” which explored some terrible episodes from the Soviet past as well as the collaboration between the Soviet and Nazi regimes. Scholars have argued that The Soviet Story is an effective Latvian response to Russian propaganda, but it also exemplifies the broader problems of post-communist memory politics. This article takes a step further in the discussion of The Soviet Story. It focuses on the idea of how memory work triggered by the documentary got started on social networking sites. In particular, the article deals with the video-sharing website YouTube and the Internet en…
Latvian Migrants in Great Britain: ‘The Great Departure’, Transnational Identity and Long Distance Belonging
2019
AbstractThis chapter explores the transnational aspects of identity and the long distance belonging of Latvian migrants in Great Britain. In particular, it focuses on the discourses and practices of long distance belonging to Latvia. The article is based on a comparative analysis of The Emigrant Communities of Latvia survey data as well as semi-structured interviews with Latvian migrants in Great Britain. The analytical sections are organised so as to discuss the three main analytical contexts of long distance belonging: ethno-cultural, political and social. In the ethno-cultural context, migrants who identify themselves as ethnic Latvians rediscover and strengthen their links to the Latvia…
Between improvisation and inevitability: former Latvian officials’ memoirs of the Soviet era
2016
ABSTRACTThis article deals with the autobiographies of former Soviet officials that have been published in Latvia since the 1990s. In particular, it focuses on three interrelated layers of biographical narrative: construction of social identity, strategies for avoiding the stigmatization of collaboration, and comparisons between the Soviet and post-Soviet experience. The article contends that former officials in their memoirs use a pragmatic representation of the Soviet past as the major locus of their positive identity. Through this genuine representation of the past, autobiographers emphasize virtues that might be accepted by a post-Soviet neoliberal society.
Padomju laika sociālās reprezentācijas latviešu pēcpadomju biogrāfiskajā diskursā
2012
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