Category: Research

  • Report 3 – Portugal

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    Report on Heritage Practices Concerning Far-Right Movements Introduction Should they stay or should they go?, asked a columnist in a 2020 article in The Economist, as statues around the world were vandalised and torn down for representing figures whose legacies, in light of the emergent post-colonial consciousness, had become problematic. These actions, carried out mainly…

  • Report 4 – Portugal

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    Can the teaching of History prevent the rise of the far-right? “Open letter asks for the prohibition of the far-right demonstration in Lisbon”  (“Público”, 24-01-2024: 16) “Germany makes a strong stand against AfD: 1.5 million participated in protests”  (Público, 23-01-2024: 23) “Nationalism threatens Europe once again”  (Público, 26-11-2023: 9) “Neonazi youth network created cells in…

  • Report 4 – Finland

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    Teaching and Curricula on the Far-Right Introduction When history teachers across Finland convened for the first time in 1935, more than 17 years after the Finnish Civil War, the problem of mono-perspectivity in Finnish history education was never acknowledged as such. Rather, the guidelines for teaching history at the time were rooted in the nationalist…

  • Report 3 – Italy

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    Report on heritage practices concerning far-right movements Introduction  This research is based on the analysis of Italian places and monuments as symbols of celebration of the fascist regime and built mostly under the regime: it will also provide an overview on Italian far-right movements’ narratives on these heritage, along with the use of this latter…

  • Report 3 – Finland

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    Report on heritage practices concerning far-right movements Introduction Historically, memory has been an important political resource for various far-right groups both in and outside Europe because of its perceived value as a source of motivation for  political action1. As suggested by a growing body of academic work, this is still the case  today: far-right political…

  • Report 2 – Romania

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    Report on collective memory practices concerning the right-wing A Restrictive History  Introduction In 2020, the unexpected triumph of the new AUR Party (Alliance for the Union  of Romanians) in the Parliamentary elections in Romania triggered controversies. This  is a nationalist organisation that often uses far-right notions of exclusion and purity46 and their sudden ascent triggered…

  • Report 2 – Portugal

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    Portugal: Far-Right and Practices of Memory Introdução When, at the turn of the 20th century into the 21st, the post-fascist far-right phenomenon suddenly gained media attention and significant electoral expression, the Iberian Peninsula seemed relatively immune to the emergence of significant parties or movements from this political camp. For years, the Iberian exception was talked…

  • Report 2 – Italy

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    Report on collective memory practices concerning the right-wing Far-Right and memory practices in Italy Introduction  The report about attitudes towards the collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in Italy traces the impact of these in the  current society and the social problems it’s facing nowadays.  It…

  • Report 2 – Spain

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    Report on collective memory practices concerning the right-wing Report on the extreme right’s public appearances within collective memory Introduction Theoretical framework  Politics cannot be understood without the existence of a symbolic system. Symbols are  the basic unit for its transmission as well as its recreation. As the complexity of societies increases, so does politics. Thus,…

  • Report 2 – Finland

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    The Finnish Far-Right and Memory Politics  Introduction  Far-right memory politics in Finland, like in many other countries, involve the  manipulation and reinterpretation of historical events and narratives to advance a specific  ideological agenda. Far-right groups often attempt to exploit historical grievances,  nationalist sentiments, and populist rhetoric to promote their worldview and gain support.  Memory politics…

  • Report 1 – Spain

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries Introduction: Second Republic, Civil War, Francoism and  Transition to democracy  Spain’s right-wing position on historical memory can’t be understood without the events  that took place in this territory from 1931 until 1978…

  • Report 1 – Romania

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries The long history of the far-right: recent debates in  memory politics.  Introduction  Far-right movements in Romania began emerging, as everywhere else in central and  Eastern Europe, as an afterthought of the European…

  • Report 1 – Portugal

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries  Introduction  During the first two decades of the 21st century, Portugal represented an  exception to European rule. Contrary to the post-fascist wave that swept the continent  and achieved significant electoral results, the…

  • Report 1 – Italy

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries Introduction  The report about attitudes towards the collective memory of resistance against far right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in Italy  traces the history of the far-right…

  • Report 1 – Finland

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries LOVIISA SOINI, RKI Introduction: Historical Context  The cultural and political history of Finland can be said to be inevitably linked to its  proximity to Russia. The establishment of the Soviet regime had…