(An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and the Cold War | A book discussion

"What was it like growing up during the Cold War? What can childhood memories tell us about state socialism and its aftermath? How can these intimate memories complicate history and redefine possible futures? These questions are at the heart of the (An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and the Cold War. 

This edited collection stems from a collaboration between academics and artists who came together to collectively remember their own experiences of growing up on both sides of the ‘Iron Curtain’. Looking beyond official historical archives, the book gathers memories that have been erased or forgotten, delegitimized or essentialized, or, at best, reinterpreted nostalgically within the dominant frameworks of the East-West divide."
https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0383 

Co-editors, Iveta Silova, ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and Zsusza Millei and Nelli Piattoeva, University of Tampere, Finland, discuss their book and answer your questions. 

Hosted by the ASU Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies