 Making Ruins Great Again: Documentation and Participation on InstagramEkaterina Kalinina ()
A chapter in Internet in Russia, 2020, pp 281-294 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Photographers use Instagram to display and share images of ruined cultural landmarks with the broader public. In Russia, where thousands of historical villas and churches are found in a state of decay and are in danger of complete destruction, creating awareness about the state of such cultural heritage has important political and societal implications. In the process of documenting the decay of cultural landmarks, the photographers, I argue, come out as civic activists who inform the public about the state of affairs in the field of heritage protection as well as engage in the discussion about the role of the state, the church and the citizens in this practice. By drawing on a case study of three Instagram accounts @deadokey, @krokhino and @samasyava and using qualitative visual content analysis of Instagram imagery, I frame, explore and interpret visual posts made in order to raise awareness about decaying cultural landmarks. Keywords: Heritage; Instagram; Participation; Photography; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:socchp:978-3-030-33016-3_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33016-3_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Societies and Political Orders in Transition from Springer |
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