3 research outputs found
To Whom Does History Belong?: The Theatre of Memory in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia and Georgia
This article discusses different processes of appropriation of history in three former Soviet Republics. It provides a context for the recent historical retrofitting by taking the re-monumentalisation of the past in Estonia, the popularity of pseudo-history in Russia, and the current state of the Stalin museum in Georgia as symptomatic of wider social processes. New forms of convergence are shown between the historical and the political by the replacement, emptying of meaning, and remixability of past symbols. The author concludes that the Soviet world has been put to political and communicative uses as a familiar context to refer to; also that the process of retrofitting historical narratives is not over yet in any of these societies
Que reste-t-il de nos amours?: The Expectations of 1989–1991 Revisited
Is the 1989–1991 frame of understanding still relevant? Did history already throw away the empty bottles of the 1991 celebrations? Et que reste-t-il de nos amours? With this series of articles and a comment, we set out to explore the ways in which European societies, and Europe itself, differ from what had been hoped and designed in the years 1989–1991. The contributions included put the emphasis on the different horizons of expectation and realms of experience that have their roots in 1989–1991, exploring whether this period continues to define individuals, societies and historical representations of Eastern Europe and beyond. We thus reflect on the relevance of the study of past expectations in order to understand what has happened during the last decades around us, promising new directions of research regard- ing social transformation, political rhetoric, collective memory and how historical and personal narratives match or contradict
Stability of Water/Poly(ethylene oxide)<sub>43</sub><i>-b-</i>poly(ε-caprolactone)<sub>14</sub>/Cyclohexanone Emulsions Involves Water Exchange between the Core and the Bulk
The
formation of emulsions upon reverse self-association of the
monodisperse amphiphilic block copolymer poly(ethylene oxide)<sub>43</sub><i>-<i>b</i>-</i>poly(ε-caprolactone)<sub>14</sub> in cyclohexanone is reported. Such emulsions are not formed
in toluene, chloroform, or dichloromethane. We demonstrate by magnetic
resonance spectroscopy the active role of the solvent on the stabilization
of the emulsions. Cyclohexanone shows high affinity for both blocks,
as predicted by the Hansen solubility parameters, so that the copolymer
chains are fully dissolved as monomeric chains. In addition, the solvent
is able to produce hydrogen bonding with water molecules. Water undergoes
molecular exchange between water molecules associated with the polymer
and water molecules associated with the solvent, dynamics of major
importance for the stabilization of the emulsions. Association of
polymeric chains forming reverse aggregates is induced by water over
a concentration threshold of 5 wt %. Reverse copolymer aggregates
show submicron average hydrodynamic diameters, as seen by dynamic
light scattering, depending on the polymer and water concentration