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Triin Reidla and Anu Soojärv

Triin Reidla, Junior Researcher, head of the Architecture Conservation Studies module in BA and MA curricula, at the Estonian Academy of Arts.
Anu Soojärv, PhD candidate at the Department of Cultural Heritage and Conservation, at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

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Articles by Triin Reidla and Anu Soojärv

  1. The fragility of memory. Case studies of rearranging memory-scapes in Estonia

    Views of the past are constantly being revised, with the impact of different political and social occurrences generating new narratives and ways of interpreting history. This essay focuses on three cases of recent spatial reconfiguration in Estonia, all demonstrating how contrasting memoryscapes are perceived, especially after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Since then, the Soviet memorials, symbols and murals in public space in Estonia have fallen under intense scrutiny as remnants and symbols of the Soviet regime. Russian aggression towards Ukraine seemed to reopen the wound of the most recent trauma. At the same time, the legacies of more remote oppressors, the Baltic Germans, has taken on a new meaning as a more neutral and even positive heritage. With three examples of spatial transformation, the essay examines the choices made on treating the layers of Estonian history and raises questions about how current decisions could shape our perception in the future.

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