📢 Where does the past end and the present begin? explores the temporalities of propaganda in the Russian war on Ukraine.

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Risk is evaluated differently by each researcher, especially in unclear, high-risk contexts. Supporting anonymity shouldn’t be the exception; it should be the norm.

We explained GN’s situation to BJS editors, and I’m grateful they allowed anonymity. But this practice needs to be normalized.

This was a true collaboration — our ideas, data analysis, and writing are so intertwined, it’s impossible to separate where one ends and the other begins.

Our typology isn’t just about our case—it’s a tool to analyze memory politics across different contexts.

Narratives range from keeping the past distant to collapsing time entirely—turning audiences into participants in a timeless, ongoing struggle. Moving beyond what is invoked, we focus on how these connections are narrated.

I wonder if they ran polls to test which of the terms leads to less anxiety in the audience

The field of post-socialist memory studies might, at long last, set the agenda for broader memory studies rather than simply following established trends." posocomes.hypotheses.org

post-socialist memory was often portrayed as inadequate—either following behind the dominant “progressive” memory regime or failing to live up to it entirely. However, the current attention to social and economic rights presents an opportunity for a more nuanced understanding.

Coming from the Russian context, the chaos around restricting protests feels both eerily familiar and like a distant memory from a time when protests were still somewhat allowed. The parallels are exhausting. Really hoping for the best in this case.