dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Demmers, J, | |
dc.contributor.author | Venhovens, M.J.H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-02T17:01:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-02 | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-02T17:01:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/14417 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis seeks to deconstruct the discourse of national building in the contemporary de facto Republic of Abkhazia through spatial discursive analysis. It contributes to a stronger academic engagement with the spatial dimension of conflict and discursive analysis. In order to do so, this thesis has analyzed three forms of spatial discourses, respectively: destruction, separation and remembrance. By looking at these forms of spatial discourse concerning the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-93 this thesis has established that spatial discourses are of significant importance during the nation building process. This thesis argues that a few of the contributions to the nation building process in Abkhazia through spatial discourses are: physical evidence of the nation, creation of cohesion among its population, establishment of cultural hegemony, an instrument in order to cleanse the cultural landscape from unwanted cultural signs. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Separated Memory: The Influence of Spatial Discourses on the Nation-Building Process of the Republic of Abkhazia. | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Abkhazia, Georgia, South Caucasus, Discursive analysis, Spatial Discourses, Spatiality, Ethnic Conflict, Cultural Cleansing, Nation Building, Separatist State, Collective Memory, Identity, Boundaries, Structuration. | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Conflict Studies and Human Rights | |