Empathy for the ‘other’:neglected Finnish ethnographic war photography from occupied Soviet territory
Abstract This article examines a series of unsettling images from the Finnish Continuation War (1941–1944) and the memories of the war that these photographs construct for contemporary Finns. We argue that these images can be viewed through Alison Landsberg’s (2004) notion of ‘prosthetic memory’, wh...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2023020225583 2023-07-30T04:04:36+02:00 Empathy for the ‘other’:neglected Finnish ethnographic war photography from occupied Soviet territory Matila, T. (Tuuli) Mullins, P. R. (Paul R.) Ylimaunu, T. (Timo) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023020225583 eng eng Informa info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of War & Culture Studies on 09 Dec 2021, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17526272.2021.2009656. East Karelia Finland Photography World WarTwo conflict empathy prosthetic memory info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:02:09Z Abstract This article examines a series of unsettling images from the Finnish Continuation War (1941–1944) and the memories of the war that these photographs construct for contemporary Finns. We argue that these images can be viewed through Alison Landsberg’s (2004) notion of ‘prosthetic memory’, which underlines how visual media enable the acquisition of vivid memories of past events. The paper outlines how these long-ignored photographs narrate unexamined dimensions of World War II in ways that transform how Finns in particular remember the war. The images illustrate a neglected Finnish occupation of Soviet territories and the treatment of Russian civilians under Finnish rule. We argue that the images can provoke empathy for their experiences and therefor challenge traditional and nationalist Finnish war interpretations. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract This article examines a series of unsettling images from the Finnish Continuation War (1941–1944) and the memories of the war that these photographs construct for contemporary Finns. We argue that these images can be viewed through Alison Landsberg’s (2004) notion of ‘prosthetic memory’, which underlines how visual media enable the acquisition of vivid memories of past events. The paper outlines how these long-ignored photographs narrate unexamined dimensions of World War II in ways that transform how Finns in particular remember the war. The images illustrate a neglected Finnish occupation of Soviet territories and the treatment of Russian civilians under Finnish rule. We argue that the images can provoke empathy for their experiences and therefor challenge traditional and nationalist Finnish war interpretations. |
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Empathy for the ‘other’:neglected Finnish ethnographic war photography from occupied Soviet territory |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of War & Culture Studies on 09 Dec 2021, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17526272.2021.2009656. |
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