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UID:euroseas-2026-down-the-memory-lane-battlefield-tourism-and-war-memorials-across-south-east-asia-1
SUMMARY:Down the memory lane: Battlefield Tourism and War Memorials across South-East Asia (1)
LOCATION:Sala J. J. Linz
DESCRIPTION:This panel addresses the dynamics of battlefield tourism and wa
 r memorials across Southeast Asia. With a comparative focus on how war memo
 ry and commemorative representation have developed and evolved across diffe
 rent Southeast Asian contexts – we invite critical examination of how sites
  of war, whether physical battlefields or curated museum exhibitions, becom
 e spaces for reflection, education, healing and sometimes controversy. Empl
 oying a comparative and multi-disciplinary approach, we aim not only to pro
 vide insights about state-driven efforts to build national narratives throu
 gh these spaces but also to examine the experiences of visitors themselves,
  asking how people from different backgrounds engage with sites of violence
  and death. Taking cue from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s theoretical notion that war
 s are always “fought twice”, in this volume we explore both the therapeutic
  and perilous sides of the ‘second battle’. Questions about the ethical imp
 lications of battlefield tourism have been\nraised before but not yet adequ
 ately addressed. Here we interrogate battlefield tourism’s potential to eit
 her perpetuate historical narratives or encourage reconciliation and healin
 g. To what extent revisiting the former battlefield for some veterans and t
 heir family members is a journey down the lanes of painful and grievous mem
 ory in which they have to fight the war once more? Are such confrontation t
 herapeutic or potentially perilous? How does memory work when it is re-enac
 ted and put in motion through the act of travelling, going back, and resubm
 erge\nin the space of former violence? What do soil, vegetation, air, smell
  and atmosphere of former battlefield do to return veterans? Where to retur
 n if it is virtually impossible to locate the place of battlefield such as 
 in case of the Pacific War? How different is the oceanic mode of remembranc
 e compared to that of terrestrial ones?\nAs it is well-known by now, many w
 ar-related sites across the globe have been transformed into “sacred&
 #8221; spaces, providing a platform for healing through commemorations, pil
 grimages, and rituals that blend secular and religious\npractices. In this 
 volume, an important contribution we aim to make is to address the extent t
 o which the sacralization of battlefields can be seen as a continuation of 
 earlier or contemporary sacralization of spaces by religious movements and 
 institutions. To what extent replaces battlefield tourism religious pilgrim
 age and\nto what extent does it complement it? These questions are related 
 to overall theoretical concerns about the sacrality of the nation and its b
 attle as well as the nature of secularization. At a more practical level th
 ey concern the economic side of tourism, its organization and management. T
 o illuminate these issues, we pay attention in particularly the discourses 
 and practices that are part of spiritual activities carried out during the 
 cases of battlefield tours that we studied (such as visiting war cemeteries
 , releasing lanterns, organizing requiems for the fallen and\nmissing war d
 ead, and in some case prayers, soul calling and spirit possession). We want
  to know how the economic and educational as well as the spiritual aspects 
 of battlefield tourism are entangled and complicate the process of\nheritag
 ization of past violence for all parties involved.
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/down-the-memory-lane-battlefield-tourism-and-war-memorials-across-south-east-asia
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T170000
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UID:euroseas-2026-down-the-memory-lane-battlefield-tourism-and-war-memorials-across-south-east-asia-2
SUMMARY:Down the memory lane: Battlefield Tourism and War Memorials across South-East Asia (2)
LOCATION:Sala J. J. Linz
DESCRIPTION:This panel addresses the dynamics of battlefield tourism and wa
 r memorials across Southeast Asia. With a comparative focus on how war memo
 ry and commemorative representation have developed and evolved across diffe
 rent Southeast Asian contexts – we invite critical examination of how sites
  of war, whether physical battlefields or curated museum exhibitions, becom
 e spaces for reflection, education, healing and sometimes controversy. Empl
 oying a comparative and multi-disciplinary approach, we aim not only to pro
 vide insights about state-driven efforts to build national narratives throu
 gh these spaces but also to examine the experiences of visitors themselves,
  asking how people from different backgrounds engage with sites of violence
  and death. Taking cue from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s theoretical notion that war
 s are always “fought twice”, in this volume we explore both the therapeutic
  and perilous sides of the ‘second battle’. Questions about the ethical imp
 lications of battlefield tourism have been\nraised before but not yet adequ
 ately addressed. Here we interrogate battlefield tourism’s potential to eit
 her perpetuate historical narratives or encourage reconciliation and healin
 g. To what extent revisiting the former battlefield for some veterans and t
 heir family members is a journey down the lanes of painful and grievous mem
 ory in which they have to fight the war once more? Are such confrontation t
 herapeutic or potentially perilous? How does memory work when it is re-enac
 ted and put in motion through the act of travelling, going back, and resubm
 erge\nin the space of former violence? What do soil, vegetation, air, smell
  and atmosphere of former battlefield do to return veterans? Where to retur
 n if it is virtually impossible to locate the place of battlefield such as 
 in case of the Pacific War? How different is the oceanic mode of remembranc
 e compared to that of terrestrial ones?\nAs it is well-known by now, many w
 ar-related sites across the globe have been transformed into “sacred&
 #8221; spaces, providing a platform for healing through commemorations, pil
 grimages, and rituals that blend secular and religious\npractices. In this 
 volume, an important contribution we aim to make is to address the extent t
 o which the sacralization of battlefields can be seen as a continuation of 
 earlier or contemporary sacralization of spaces by religious movements and 
 institutions. To what extent replaces battlefield tourism religious pilgrim
 age and\nto what extent does it complement it? These questions are related 
 to overall theoretical concerns about the sacrality of the nation and its b
 attle as well as the nature of secularization. At a more practical level th
 ey concern the economic side of tourism, its organization and management. T
 o illuminate these issues, we pay attention in particularly the discourses 
 and practices that are part of spiritual activities carried out during the 
 cases of battlefield tours that we studied (such as visiting war cemeteries
 , releasing lanterns, organizing requiems for the fallen and\nmissing war d
 ead, and in some case prayers, soul calling and spirit possession). We want
  to know how the economic and educational as well as the spiritual aspects 
 of battlefield tourism are entangled and complicate the process of\nheritag
 ization of past violence for all parties involved.
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/down-the-memory-lane-battlefield-tourism-and-war-memorials-across-south-east-asia
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