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RePAST: Strengthening European

integration through the analysis of conflict discourses: revisiting the past, anticipating the future. Applying a mixed-method approach in a multidisciplinary study.

• Prof. Kenneth Andresen

University of Agder

The Norwegian Media Research Conference 2018, Bodø, Norway October 17-18, 2018

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Partnerne:

Participant No Organization name Country Type Abbr. 1 (Coordinator) Cyprus University of Technology Cyprus Academic CUT 2 Dublin City University Ireland Academic DCU 3 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain Academic UAM 4 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Germany Academic LMU 5 University of Ljubljana Slovenia Academic UL 6 University of Agder Norway Academic UiA 7 Clio Muse applications and developments for culture Greece SME Clio-Muse 8 Serious Games Interactive APS Denmark SME SGI 9 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece Academic AUTh 10 Vesalius College Brussels Academic Vesalius 11 Lancaster University UK Academic ULANC 12

• Widok. Fundacja Kultury Wizualnej

Poland Non-profit Widok

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Horizon2020-prosjektet RePAST

RePAST har som mål å undersøke hvordan europeiske samfunn håndterer sin vanskelige fortid i dag. Dette skal gjøres gjennom analyser av konflikt-diskurser som har sine røtter i den vanskelige historien med et blikk på hvordan disse diskursene påvirker europeisk integrasjon. Prosjektet skal implementere virkemidler og foreslå strategier, både for beslutningstakere og for det sivile samfunn, slik at disse kan reflektere over disse diskursene med hensikt å styrke europeisk integrasjon

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Hvor studiet vil bli gjennomført:

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Nøkkelbegreper: Flerdisiplin, flernasjonale komparative analyser og innovasjon

The project addresses directly the specific challenge and scope of the topic CULT-COOP-02-2017, focusing on civil society, informal education and political discourses. The methodological approach of RePAST is based on (i) multidisciplinarity, (ii) cross-country comparative analysis and (iii) innovative actions for citizens’ engagement with troubled pasts.

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Teoretisk utgangspunkt: Collective memory and troubled pasts

• Contested or ‘troubled’ pasts are a common scholarly topic among humanists,

social and political scientists. A key concept in the study of the past is collective memory.

• According to Halbwachs (1992), memory is clearly situated not in the

subjective minds of individuals but in social arrangements: “[I]t is in society that people normally acquire their memories. It is also in society that they recall, recognize and localize their memories” (Halbwachs, 1992:38).

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• Our main analytical concept is conflict discourses rooted in troubled

pasts, and their articulation in four key fields of civil society that act as powerful sources of identity formation for people of Europe (Figure 1).

• An understanding of how the past structures present conflict-laden

identities is key to anticipate the future and address the need to increase mutual understanding amongst Europeans

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Formål, del 1:

Specific objectives: 1) To develop a conceptual and methodological framework for the multidisciplinary and cross- country comparative research of how collective memory of troubled pasts informs current conflicts, in relation to European integration and the many faces of the crisis (economic crisis, refugee crisis, political crisis) (WP2-WP5); 2) To produce a typology of conflict discourses in four discursive fields of paramount importance for collective memory and identity formation (oral and official history, mainstream and digital/social media, art and culture, and formal and informal politics) in eight countries, in a cross-country comparative fashion, taking into account how the current crisis in its multiple forms mediates these narratives (WP2-WP5); 3) To explore the reception of troubled-past conflicts by members of the public and key civil society actors (e.g. citizens’ associations, NGOs, activists, artists, political actors) and explore the ways in which they reproduce, negotiate, (re)appropriate or subvert these discourses that appear in established media, through artistic representations and in political discourses (WP3, WP4, WP5);

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Formål, del 2:

• 4) To understand the impact of conflict discourses on political actors’ and citizens’ attitudes toward

European integration through eight national surveys and comparative public opinion analyses of past surveys before and after EU accession (WP5);

• 5) To equip policy makers in eight countries (eight studies) and at the EU level (one study) with

policy recommendations for facilitating processes of cultural dialogue and mutual understanding of the past (WP6);

• 6) To furnish civil society actors (e.g. educators, artists, researchers, journalists, individual citizens,

cultural institutions) and the cultural tourism industry in eight countries with four concrete tools and mechanisms for acting upon troubled pasts: a multimodular online platform for deconstructing conflict narratives, a series of digital mini-games for renegotiating troubled pasts, a treasure-hunt game to discover troubled pasts, and workshops for 400 cultural tourism professionals on how to deal with troubled pasts (WP6);

• 7) To disseminate the produced scientific knowledge, tools and strategies to stakeholders (in close

cooperation with them) and society at large at national, EU and international levels (WP6).

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Metode: arbeidspakker

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Metode: Arbeidspakker - struktur

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Mixed-method design

“To study troubled pasts that live on today, an innovative mixed-method design will be adopted, integrating quantitative and qualitative methods and drawing on concepts and techniques from sociology, history, communication/media studies, cultural studies, political science, and law. The various research methods, data sources and techniques employed are presented in Table 3.”

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WP Method Data source Techniques 2.1 In-depth autobiographic interviews, focus groups, experts’ interviews Face-to-face interviews Thematic & Discourse analysis 2.2 Expert surveys, document analysis Historical documents; surveys Theoretical analysis 3 *Data triangulation

• Ethnographic observations
• Interviews of journalists, editors

and media managers

• News text analysis
• Focus groups with audience

members

• Data mining and computational

analysis

• Newsroom observation
• Face-to-face interviews
• Selection of news texts
• 6-10 audience members per focus group
• Constructed database of online data

(websites, blogs, Facebook pages and public groups, YouTube channels and Twitter accounts)

• Thematic analysis
• Content & Discourse analysis
• Thematic & Discourse analysis
• Statistical analysis
• Software-assisted discourse

analysis 4 *Data triangulation

• Artistic text analysis
• Thematic analysis of articles and

reviews

• Interviews with artists
• Focus groups with audience

members

• Europeana collections
• Constructed database of artistic and

cultural data

• Face-to-face interviews
• Selection of articles and reviews on

artistic content

• 6-10 audience members per focus group
• Social semiotics
• Visual analysis
• Thematic analysis

5

• Text analysis
• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Public opinion analysis
• Party manifestos, media texts
• Interviews with political actors
• 6-10 citizens per focus group
• New survey, past surveys
• Content analysis
• Statistical analysis

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Komparativt studium i 8 land

RePAST will study comparatively eight cases of countries whose troubled pasts sit squarely on legacies that still endanger European integration today: Cyprus, Germany, Poland, Greece, Bosnia, Kosovo, Ireland, and Spain.

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Hvor studiet vil bli gjennomført:

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Hva RePAST skal levere

RePAST emphasizes the active engagement of memory agents through a series

• f innovative actions for creating participatory experiences, i.e. interactive

storytelling, research tool for analysis on memory and conflict, workshops for cultural tourism professionals, a treasure hunt game to discover troubled pasts, and digital games for renegotiating troubled pasts.

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Communication activities Target group Measure Target Project website All Site visits 6000 Social media All Followers 500 Newsletters All Click-through rate 250 Policy briefs Policy makers Policy briefs sent 10 Media briefings, press releases, executives Media and journalists Media organizations reached 60 Media publications Media and journalists Published pieces 15 Physical meetings with stakeholders Policy makers Participants 72 Online dialogue communities Policy makers Participants 200 Scientific journal publications Academia Accepted papers 10 Edited books Academia Submitted books 2 Presentations in scientific conferences Academia Accepted papers 8 Guest lectures delivered Academia

• Courses
• 4
• Students reached
• 240-360

Integration of results in curricula Academia

• Courses
• 16

Training workshops for diplomats Diplomats & diplomatic academies

• Participants
• 36

Posts in scientific associations’ databases Academia

• Announcements posted • 10

Treasure-hunt game Formal education, Cultural bodies, General public

• Users
• 5000
• Students
• 1000
• Teachers
• 40

Digital mini-games Formal education, CSOs & NGOs, General public

• Players

3000

• Students

1000

• Teachers

40 Online data platform Academia, CSOs & NGOs, General public Visits 3000 Local workshops, info-days and cultural events Media and journalists, CSOs & NGOs, Cultural bodies Events 8 Participants 500 International Policy Workshop Policy makers, CSOs, NGOs Participants 20 Dark-tourism seminars Cultural tourism industry Participants 400 Next-steps conference Policy makers, CSOs & NGOs, Media and journalists

• Participants
• 80

Diskusjon

Det endelige paperet vil kunne bli en refleksjon på forholdet mellom

• Konseptene i prosjektdokumentet og
• Gjennomføringen av prosjektet
• Resultatene av forskningen
• Innovasjonen og impact

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