Memorialising Historical Events in the Urban Space: Temporary Memorials, Monuments and Rituals

Authors

  • Skaidrė Urbonienė Author

Keywords:

13 January, temporary memorial, spontaneous shrine, permanent monument

Abstract

In commemorating certain events, especially tragic ones relating to the deaths of people, temporary memorials, showing people’s respect for the dead, or expressing other feelings, thoughts or ideas, usually appear at the sites of these events. The article deals with temporary memorials put up at the time of the events of 13 January 1991, in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the permanent monuments that replaced them afterwards. Citizens use these sites for memorial services, mourning and other commemorative rituals on the date of the event and other relevant dates. The article analyses the message that is transmitted

Author Biography

  • Skaidrė Urbonienė

    Skaidrė Urbonienė is a senior researcher at the Department of Sacral Art Heritage
    of Lithuanian Culture Research Institute. She graduated in history from Vilnius
    University, received her doctoral degree in the humanities (art history) at the
    Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2009. Her main research interests are cross-crafting
    tradition and heritage, socio-cultural, artistic and identity issues of folk art. She
    has published over 70 articles and reviews in these fields, compiled 3 catalogues,
    curated several exhibitions and is an author of two books: Folk Religious Sculpture
    in Lithuania (19th – early 20th century) (2015); Monuments Commemorating Lithuania’s
    Statehood: Cross Crafting in the Interwar Period (2018, co-author Skirmantė
    Smilingytė-Žeimienė).

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Published

2024-12-31

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024): THE RITUAL YEAR 13

Section

Articles