სამოქალაქო ომი საქართველოში: მეხსიერების ფუნქციური არეები
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2021
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“Neither memory nor history is considered objective anymore. This is
the possibility of conscious or unconscious selection, interpretation, distortion
of information, which is socially conditioned”. This view of Pitter
Burke very clearly defines the relationship with history, with the past, with
memory. The main topic of our paper is memory and other related issues.
Pierre Nora proves the existence of the roots of memory in reality – in
gestures, expressions and objects, and so on. Sh. A French historian calls
them “places of memory.” He views the emergence of “memory sites” as a
non-spontaneous event. He believes that modern memory is, above all, archival.
It is based on the material world – accurate records, visual material,
which is the result of the development of modern technology.
Our specific interest is to understand one of the most important events
in the recent history of Georgia – the Civil War, through the functional areas
of memory. In this regard, we have tried to identify and analyze the “places
of memory” of the civil war, specifically the television space.
The perception of the past and the formation of memory are significantly dependent on the political conjuncture and therefore change over
time. It is also important that “the memory of the past defines the present
identity.”
The television space is the “meaning industry”, the memory space
where narratives focus on giving meaning to shared experiences. TV shows
allow us to watch the creation of narratives. The role of the media in the
political life of the society is great, it can influence the political life and
taste of the society, as well as it is a source of education and entertainment,
information. The media play an important role in shaping, functioning
and developing public awareness. Moreover, the perception and cognition
of the developments in our country is mainly carried out through the
mass media, and can also manipulate the formation of public opinion. We have reviewed TV programs that allow us to watch the development
of narratives related to the “Civil War”. The TV space is the functional
area of memory where information and interpretations related to the subject
are stored.
The TV space, as one of the media outlets, kept important and, at the
same time, controversial issues related to the civil war, such as: naming the
event: “Civil War”, “Military Coup”, “Putsch”, “Continuation of Russian Occupation”,
“Uprising”, “Original War “..., the identity of the initiator of the war,
righteous and false, guilty and victim, victorious and defeated, “we” and
“they”, etc. It reflected the attitude of the Georgian society of that time (and
not only) towards these issues. From the documentaries, we have reviewed
and the narratives of the guests of the TV shows, it is difficult to say that a
dominant narrative has emerged in connection with the events of 1991-93,
which is universally recognized and shared by all groups in society. After
all, the goal of the dominant narrative is to create a prevailing and universally
accepted opinion about a historical event. However, the attempt to do
so is called the victorious side that was in power. After the expulsion of Z.
Gamsakhurdia, the government starts assessing the incident and tries to
create a so-called Dominant Narrative. He begins to formulate his narrative
on one of the most important dates, which was, to some extent, related to
modernity, as far as the name of Gamsakhurdia was associated with the
general public, it was almost associated with him. It was also an important
pillar of national consciousness. Also, the attitude towards April 9 is
important, as the Parliament of Georgia declared April 9 as the Day of the
Dead for National Unity, Civil Consent and Homeland.
The TV production we selected for the study of this issue reflects the
construction of narratives related to the “Civil War” with its mood, positions,
interrelationships of events and social context. It should be noted
that due to the current political situation, the public discussions of these
events began quite late. If we look at the material available on Georgian
television and the Internet, which documents the current events, the opposing
parties, the social and political environment of the time, we have
the opportunity to follow the formation of their narratives by the parties.
Both sides try to defend the correctness of their positions/actions. In the
material, we have studied what reflects the ongoing process. Based on it, it is clear that the parties are right in their own right, which is then reflected
in various discourses. Both President Gamsakhurdia and his supporters,
as well as the party in conflict with them, were well aware of the power of
the media and tried to use it to create their versions. Georgian TV space
is a place of memory, a kind of functional area where the current events
in Georgia in 1991-93 are accumulated – facts, interpretations, narratives,
discourse.
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კონფერენცია მიძღვნილია აკადემიკოს კოტე წერეთლის 100 წლის იუბილესადმი/ DEDICATED TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ACADEMICIAN KONSTANTINE TSERETELI
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მეხსიერების არეები, ნარატივი, სამოქალაქო ომი, მასმედია, Areas of memory, narrative, civil war, mass media
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XV საფაკულტეტო სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია, თეზისები, ივლისი 5-6, 2021, გვ. 177-187/ XV Faculty Scientific Conference, Abstracts, July 5-6, 2021, pp. 177-187