My question is about the memory policy. After the rehabilitation at Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia (Tbilisi) you won't find anything from medieval Georgian history. Is it normal?
The question is how you define 'medieval'. Certainly, the "Gold fund" and the antiquities section are very impressive also in terms of nation branding. The medieval and modern sections of the Georgian National Museum are still under construction, probably also due to the issue of how to present them to an international audience. A very practical issue is that the director, David Lortkipanidze is not a specialist in medieval and modern history. I think, we can discuss here, how such sections could or should look like in terms of modern museology. That could also help the GNM administration to cope with the challenges ahead.
La mémoire a une relation mais elle a aussi une différence avec l'histoire.
Du point de vue historique on ne devrait pas oublier la periode médievale, si l'on fait cela on risque d'avoir un significatif probleme de riguer historique.
Mais du point de vue de la mémoire on peut choisir une période ou plusieurs périodes de l'histoire sur lequels on veut mettre de l'enphase.
Yes, sure. It is quite common to contruct and reconstruct the past according to the needs of the present. There are more examples from the Russian Federation where a similar memory politics is taking place (see Stahlberg 2019 on Crimean Peninsula, Köllner 2013 on festive days and Köllner 2018 on the restitution of property and the making of authentic landscapes). I can share the research if you like...
Dears Oliver Reisner, Ramón Moncada, Tobias Köllner thanks for your replies. Yes of course, dear Tobias, I need your researches.
There is the Museum but... (protest of a Georgian historian), Tbilisi, 2012.
Book არის მუზეუმიც, მაგრამ... (ქართველი ისტორიკოსის პროტესტი) / T...
This might be interesting for you as well:
De Baets, Antoon: Crimes against History, London: Routledge 2018.
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Dear Oliver,
many thanks for your helpful reply.
I appreciate it so much.
Did you already conduct an interview with Prof. David Lortkipanidze or his deputy, Mikheil Tsereteli about the plans of the exhibition of Georgian history in the main building on Rustaveli Avenue?
By the way, I do have two PhD students that are working on their PhD on museums and memory in a comparative approach about representations of the communist past in Georgia and Ukraine (Ana Lolua) and Georgia and Eastern Germany (Giorgi Kakabadze). Maybe it is worth to plan a round table discussion in September at GNM. If you are interested, I am ready to organise it and moderate the discussion. Best, Oliver
The round table is a great idea! I'll be happy to participate in it. Thanks a lot for this initiative.
Yes, of course, I've heard about these planned exhibitions.
I've know about that approximately since 2012, but... :)
I'm also planning an interview with Prof. D. Lortkipanidze and other specialists and I hope it will be successful.
Thank you again for your initiative.
sincerely, G.M.
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