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Monuments and Memory: The Remediation and the Visual Appropriations of the Mother Armenia Statue on Instagram During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War

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Monuments and Memory: The Remediation and the Visual Appropriations of the Mother Armenia Statue on Instagram During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War

Mouradian, Lala (2021) Monuments and Memory: The Remediation and the Visual Appropriations of the Mother Armenia Statue on Instagram During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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Abstract

This thesis analyzes the remediation and the visual appropriations of the Mother Armenia statue on Instagram during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The Mother Armenia statue was erected in 1967 in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan as a female personification of Armenia. Its meaning and symbolism have been reworked during different collective crises for the Armenian nation. During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, the statue was a significant object of appropriation in the production and sharing of images on Instagram both by Armenians living in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. This thesis examines the Instagram images in relation to historical and contemporary understandings of the concept of Armenian motherhood, the history of the construction and symbolism of the Mother Armenia statue, the intersection of monuments and memory studies, and visual cultural studies.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Communication Studies
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Mouradian, Lala
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:Media Studies
Date:April 2021
Thesis Supervisor(s):Gagnon, Monika
ID Code:988243
Deposited By: Lala Mouradian
Deposited On:29 Jun 2021 22:27
Last Modified:29 Jun 2021 22:27

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