Remembering natural disaster: Politics and culture of memorials in Gujarat and Sri Lanka

摘要: This article explores some of the memorial practices to have emerged after an earthquake in Gujarat during 2001 and along eastern southern coasts Sri Lanka following tsunami 2004. In both locations, acts memorialization been inseparable from reconstruction initiatives broader political currents. case, this has tied memorials firmly politics religious communalism, regionalism mainstream Hindu nationalism. case Lanka, as localized expressions more general patterns ethnic conflict country. cases, all kinds, at levels collective representation, influenced ways which designed, located inaugurated. Through material we show that can, somewhat paradoxically, uneasy relationship memory (in any conventional sense term). By treating products cultural compromise rather than epitomes culture, wish direct discussion away objects themselves towards processes allow exist.