Article by Nafiseh Mousavi in Memory Studies
Nafiseh Mousavi has published an article in Memory Studies, as part of the special issue on "Remembering Activism: Explorations in the memory-activism nexus" edited by Samuel Merrill and Ann Rigney.
Nafiseh’s article, Dangerous remembering in volatile spaces: Activist memory work in the Iranian context, studies the interrelations of memory work and activism in the Iranian context by focusing on the way remembering victims of state violence informs political activism. This article maps out and explains how activist memory work in this context entails carving out activist memoryscapes and intertwines personal suffering with acts of remembering the other and how memory is used as a resource in broader modes of oppositional politics, justice-seeking and endeavours towards social change.
The special issue contains an editorial, twelve research articles and a closing commentary from an interdisciplinary team of authors that together present an array of case studies. These cover contemporary and historical activist causes from across the political spectrum (from climate rebels to anti-vaxxers) and with ties to different communities (from diaspora groups to occupiers) and different generations (from 68 student protestors to those of Gen Z).