TY - JOUR
TI - Memory, Politics and the Construction of a Nation’s Identity. Internment Camp for Women (ALZHIR) near Astana (Kazakhstan)
AU - Nowicka, Ewa
TI - Memory, Politics and the Construction of a Nation’s Identity. Internment Camp for Women (ALZHIR) near Astana (Kazakhstan)
AB - The article analyses the contents of the Museum and Memorial Complex of Political Repressions and Totalitarianism Victims on the former Akmolinsky Camp for Wives of the Traitors of the Motherland (Akmolińskij łagierżon izmiennikow Rodiny, ALZhiR). The author describes and scrutinizes the functioning of the museum “ALZhIR” in the context of internal and external politics of the Kazakhstan state conducted by president Nursultan Nazarbayev and his allies. The museum not only introduces the camp reality but also highlights the support given to the Kazakh state and Kazakh nation. The author focuses on the analysis of those aspects of the museum content that present the national ideology, which main ideas are a glorification of Kazakh history, culture and humanitarianism (i.e. fundamental requirement of giving aid to the people in need).
VL - 2019
IS - 10/2019
PY - 2019
SN - 2082-7806
C1 - 2543-408X
SP - 163
EP - 185
DO - 10.4467/2543408XZOP.19.009.11493
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zoon-politikon/artykul/memory-politics-and-the-construction-of-a-nations-identity-internment-camp-for-women-alzhir-near-astana-kazakhstan
KW - museum “ALZhIR”
KW - Kazakhstan
KW - nation building
KW - glorification of national history