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'56 after '89: Re-commemorating Hungarian history after the fall of communism Stevens, Q and Sumartojo, S 2014, ''56 after '89: Re-commemorating Hungarian history after the fall of communism', in C. Schnoor (ed.) Translation: Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Vol. 31, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2014, pp. 355-371. Document type: Conference Paper Collection: Conference Papers Title '56 after '89: Re-commemorating Hungarian history after the fall of communism Author(s) Stevens, Q Sumartojo, S Year 2014 Conference name TRANSLATION 2014 Conference location Auckland, New Zealand Conference dates 2-5 July 2014 Proceedings title Translation: Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Vol. 31 Editor(s) C. Schnoor Publisher SAHANZ and Unitec ePress Place of publication Auckland, New Zealand Start page 355 End page 371 Total pages 17 Abstract Governments and civic groups erect public memorials in national capitals to record and legitimize selected events and people, so as to define collective history. Budapest provides a rich case study of how changing political regimes and their opponents also alter, re-interpret and remove memorials in their attempts to control national narratives and express and consolidate political authority. This paper uses archival research, interviews with memorial decisionmakers, and analysis of individual memorials to explore how various key themes of Hungarian history have been articulated through Budapest's commemorative works, and how the expression of particular commemorative subjects has been contested, modulated or repressed. Analysis explores which approaches to commemoration have remained constant throughout Hungary's several regime changes, and what broad shifts have occurred in memorial themes, forms and locations. An examination of major memorials erected, removed and replaced in Budapest up until the 1989 collapse of Communism provides a context for understanding the subsequent proliferation of memorials to the 1956 Anti-Communist Uprising and the newly-completed reconfiguration of the key national space, Kossuth Square. The paper identifies four specific dynamics in the reframing of Budapest's memorial landscape since 1989 for current consumption: decontextualization, iconoclasm, liberalization, and avoidance. Subjects Urban Design Social and Cultural Geography Architectural History and Theory Copyright notice This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ISBN 9781927214121 Related Links Link Description http://www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SAHANZ-Translation-... Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 29 Oct 2014, 09:05:32 EST Tue, 09 Aug 2016, 10:57:43 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 211 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 29 Oct 2014, 09:02:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator