Book Review:“Anthropology of Representation: Memory, Public Spaces and Visuality: Collective Monograph” / ed. by A. A. Plekhanov, N. A. Belova. Moscow: IEA RAS, 2021. 300 p.: 35 ill.
DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2023-2/339-346
Keywords:
anthropology of representation, identity, visual culture, social space, memory studiesAbstract
The review evaluates the collected articles volume «Anthropology of Representation: Memory, Public Spaces and Visuality» published in 2021. This work certainly deserves attention, as recently the study of representation has become a popular and trend direction in the humanities. The book was created by a group of young researchers following a discussion at the section with the same name at the Conference of Young Scientists of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS. It demonstrates a fresh look at historical memory and identity and at the ways in which social spaces, power structures and institutions are represented. This article provides a brief overview of each chapter so that colleagues interested in the book could get an idea of its contents. The importance of this peer-reviewed collection is especially evident in 2023, when we clearly see how historical memory and its representations influence the political agenda.
