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T1 Materiality of Memorialisation: Mapping Migrant Women's Landmarks in Europe
A1 Miyamoto, Bénédicte
A1 Ojala-Fulwood, Maija
A1 Čapská, Veronika
A1 Bakas, Fiona Eva
A1 Lyman, Igor
A1 Barros del Río, María Amor
A1 Bostenaru Dan, Maria
A1 Comino, Alba
A1 Frigren, Pirita
A1 Konstantinova, Victoria
A1 Martins, Heidi
A1 Prosinger, Lívia
A1 Räsänen, Pauliina
A1 Ristovska-Josifovska, Biljana
A1 Ruiz, Marie
K1 Gender inequality
K1 Migration
K1 Toponomy
K1 Cultural memory
K1 Memory politics
K1 Critical place-naming
K1 Mujeres emigrantes
K1 Women immigrants
K1 Memoria colectiva
K1 Collective memory
AB This article investigates the memorialization of migrant women across transcultural landscapes, and analyses results from the Register of Migrant Women Landmarks in Europe (hereinafter RMWLE), central to the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action project “Women on the Move” (CA19112 – WEMov). It serves as reference for subsequent research based on data from this Register, for which data collection is continuing. The RMWLE registers toponyms, such as monuments, plaques, streets and other infrastructures named after women with a significant history of migration. It honours aspects rarely prioritized in memorialisation agendas, which are skewed towards men’s stories, and towards the more linear biographies of sedentary figures whose European, national, and regional memorialisation have remained uncomplicated by migration.This Deep Data study reveals recurring patterns at the level of Europe in the memorialisation of these women migrants. The diversity of stories, the richness and the prominence of landmarks devoted to men compared to women is a subject well-covered in memorialisation studies. This unbalance is compounded by the data from our register which shows landmarks on women migrants that are sometime tokenized, often marginalized, and which reproduce the bias towards nurture and care that have besieged the memorialisation of women in general. It further shows that the memorialisation process and the political and cultural mechanisms of official celebration often work against the recognition of cross-border careers and stories.The intersectionality of the project, highlighting both gender and migration, uncovers a political landscape of toponyms – and we reflect on how this register can help combat cultural prejudice by recovering migration episodes. The RMWLE helps us reflect on the defining impact of migration episodes, a reality rarely underlined in the biographies of famous women. This article favours a storytelling approach, to counter dominant cultural narratives and knowledge practices.
PB F1000 Research Limited on behalf of the European Commission
SN 2732-5121
YR 2024
FD 2024-10-25
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9885
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9885
LA eng
NO Este artículo está incluido en la colección: Women on the Move
NO This project has received funding from the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research & Innovation as part of the COST Action [CA19112 Women on the Move], as supported by the COST Association (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 15-ene-2025