[...] taking root that will someday come to fruition) a human who is stubbornly injuring when need not, or تو نیکی میکن و در دجله انداز
(myth) asks us to think about cycles of violence
how an act never exists in isolation
chaos theory, the effect might come later
informal epic subplots ="trms">narrated in improvised forms
which ritual laments are available for massive ="trms">ecological shifts
...the death of others
...s="trms">cene of loss (='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= milieu)
='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>--="ppl">Singh='lgc'>-- virtue, piety, self-="trms">fashioning do not help to work through this (='at'>@="nms">apass)
devastation ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> cohabitation (of ="trms">species that were apart before)
Kelile and Demne ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> agonistics can be comic (even if repercussions of tragic) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mood of violence
“everything has to die”
="trms">question of ="trms">routinized ritual or commercial production of killable bodies and of things ceasing to ="trms">matter
="trms">animals don't die in villages, they could only be killed
="trms">anthropology of ethics
what is to kill='qstn'>?
what is to kill well='qstn'>?
what is to ber killed='qstn'>?
what is to be killable='qstn'>?
can we speak of a quality of death='qstn'>?
(="ppl">Veena, Cavell, Harraway's) ‘companion’ is not a resolution to ethical quandaries of human-="trms">animal ="trms">relations
culpability of homicide ='lgc'>='lgc'><='lgc'>--> veneration of sacrifice
life ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">zoo ='lgc'>=/= bios
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retro='lgc'>: (a post="trms">modern sensibility firmly rooted in the ="trms">present) appropriating ='lgc'>[use ='lgc'>+ exploit, pick ='lgc'>+ mix='lgc'>] the ="trms">aesthetics (aspects) of the ="trms">past while not longing for its return ='lgc'>=/= nostalgia='lgc'>: a mode of resistance against the ="trms">present
retro='lgc'>: a mode of ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reading, an attitude towards the ="trms">past without emotional attachment
ironic ="trms">consumption...
... ='lgc'>=/= how adults might perceive the political context
dissident discourse
(audience looking for) counter regime messages
='strcls'>*nostalgia ='lgc'>+ nationalism within a postcolonial Europe='strcls'>*
Europe's repressed imperial ="trms">history ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> longing for the divided Europe of the Cold War ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> post="trms">socia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list nostalgia (in television ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> cultural ="trms">memory='lgc'>])
="trms">past='lgc'>: retro comedy
comedy='lgc'>: retrospective re="trms">presentation
(comedy does not='qstn'>?) antagonize its audience ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= build a ="trms">memory conflict
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]comedy='lgc'>: strive for reconciliation (by focusing on the everyday life of its colorful characters)
the good soldier Svejk ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> good-="trms">natured side of czech national identity
self-congratulatory ="trms">narrative ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- (when you think you are always) morally on the ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">right side
='at'>@="nms">apass
(tv series) forging resistance-based (national or individual) ="trms">memory
the way in which a ="trms">society understands its own ="trms">past ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> through culture (not a ="trms">matter for politicians and legislative ="trms">measures alone) that particular ="trms">narratives about the ="trms">past are kept alive and help to structure understandings of the ="trms">present
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strolling='lgc'>: walking in the city ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> sense of belonging to the city
walking in 19th century (starting with England) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> something for the lower class
='lgc'>--later='lgc'>='lgc'>--> walking became a middle class pursuit (something you do in your garden ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> parks for walking)
city walking ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> claiming step by step parts of the city ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> practice of belonging ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ sense of place (in ="trms">history='lgc'> = nationalism) of certainty ='lgc'>+ comfort='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> belonging is an individual imperative (something that is created by the individual on the ground) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~/=='qstn'>? a ="trms">category of ex="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusion='lgc'>]
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="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger='lgc'>: an expression by which the observer perceives as if something ='strcls'>*happened to the person who is angry='strcls'>* (a passive experience, not something that the person did)
intuition='lgc'> = recognition
="lsts lst1">•="trms">memory is really bad at re="trms">membering ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists
="lsts lst1">•="trms">memory is really good at re="trms">membering routes through space
="lsts lst1">•(humans are good at re="trms">membering) ="trms">agent-thinking ='lgc'>=/= abstract notions
='strcls'>*="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger ='lgc'>==reveals='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">world='strcls'>*
="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> makes you ungly ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> prompts action
='lgc'>[the strange connection of='lgc'>: action ='lgc'>='lgc'><='lgc'>--> ugliness='lgc'>]
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post="trms">socia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list nostalgia='lgc'>: ="trms">relational expression of a heterogeneous set of desires that operate in an ="trms">intercultural ="trms">network
Imre
western European longing for the divided Europe of the Cold War ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Europe’s repressed imperial ="trms">history
two ="trms">different modes of re="trms">membering='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="trms">history ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> official, public and professional modes (as="trms">sociated with com="trms">memoration and musealization)
="lsts lst1">•="trms">memory ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> unofficial, popular and private modes (frequently as="trms">sociated with nostalgia and ="trms">consumerism)
="trms">literary and cinematic texts that foreground some form of preoccupation with the ="trms">past
="prgrph">-television (amnesiac qualities) has been accused of undermining ="trms">memory and perpetuating a sense of ephemerality and transience ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*television is also a powerful mnemonic tool='strcls'>*
='strcls'>***television is both amnesiac ='and'>& mnemonic='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> tv's propensity to resonate in ="trms">different temporalities at once
television='lgc'>: a vehicle for the transformation of and a source of information about the quotidian ='lgc'>~ primary generator of collective ="trms">memory ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- this is now ="trms">social media, In="trms">stagram TikTok='lgc'>]
="trms">historical drama
pseudo documentary
period drama series
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> providing the viewers with a “useable ="trms">past” that is always related to and relevant to the concerns of the ="trms">present
in the post="trms">socia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list region, the ="trms">past has especially sensitive nerve endings in the ="trms">present
national regimes ='and'>& individual citizens alike have tried to revive usable paradigms of identity from ="trms">past periods (to clear away or at least cover up the ="trms">historical debris left behind)
television as a massive archaeological site
poly="trms">morphic, undefinable identity with tentacles in several fields that makes television (and popular ="trms">internet media) so confusing
(to understand who has stakes) in keeping ="trms">history and ="trms">memory practices separate and in minimizing the role of television and other popular media
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(="trms">internet popular media) television's messy status as a medium
="trms">communist parties ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mould television to standardize citizens's everyday domestic life rhythms
="lsts lst1">•cheerleading docu="trms">fictions
="lsts lst1">•educational quiz shows
="lsts lst1">•uplifting entertainment such as theatrical broadcasts of Russian and European classics
="lsts lst1">•doctored news
="lsts lst1">•limited advertising
="lsts lst1">•domestically produced dramatic series focused firmly on the romanticized ="trms">historical ="trms">past
='lgc'>{projective ideals ='lgc'>=/= actual experiential realities of ="trms">socialism='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==> layer of ironic distance between ='lgc'>[media (television) and its viewers='lgc'>]
(1990s following the Soviet empire's dis="trms">integration ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ironic overidentification ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> nostalgia
='lgc'>--Imre='lgc'>='lgc'>--> evasion of television allows for nostalgia to be misframed and misappropriated as a sentiment that marks the end of ="trms">socialism ='lgc'>[temporally and clearly demarcates backward-looking post="trms">socia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list populations from forward-looking (Western) observers='lgc'>]
='lgc'>='lgc'>--='lgc'>='lgc'>--> takes into account television's (and ="trms">internet ="trms">social media) relevance to collective ="trms">memory
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post-X nostalgia='lgc'>: a near-="trms">visceral yearning for the false sense of safety derived from the ="trms">memory of X (fetishistically attached to public personas or ="trms">consumer products of the ="trms">past)
nostalgia='lgc'>: an ="trms">interpretive framework ='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ='strcls'>**sense of intimate ="trms">sociality disrupted by the collapse of a centralized ="trms">system of governance and the influx of globalization='strcls'>**
nostalgia is a discourse (that is not ="trms">specific to Eastern Europe) populations disappointed with and un="trms">="trms">equipped to deal with the advent of ="trms">market democracy
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there are more than one way of (content of) longing
television='lgc'>: a medium whose chief mode of operation is in reruns, recombinations, circulating formats and generic adaptations that constantly ="trms">interweave national, regional and global scales ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= digital ="trms">social media
(Imre > Boyer) to trace nostalgia back to the intellectual o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigins of European cultural nationalisms
...diverse and contradictory sentiments that make us see European cultures conjoined in ="trms">mutual ="trms">relationships of dependence, rather than separation
(Imre ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ='strcls'>*nostalgia as something by de="trms">finition national at its core='strcls'>*
nostalgia ='lgc'>--foreground='lgc'>='lgc'>--> coexisten[...]