Marie-Curie Global Fellowship for Daniele Salerno in Cultural Memory in LGBT activism
Daniele Salerno has been awarded a 3-year to study the role of cultural memory in LGBTAI+ activism, with a project called MEMORIGHTS. He will be based in Utrecht as of 1 September 2019 and will work together with Prof. dr. Ann Rigney鈥檚 ERC research group on the .
Since the Stonewall riots in New York (1969) and the marches organized to mark its anniversary, LGBT uses of cultural memory in activism for rights and civil resistance have spread globally through local adaptations. The project addresses three research questions: how do commemorations work as social settings for rights claims? What is the role of archives in activist struggles for rights? How do memorial spaces work as social settings for activism?
MEMORIGHTS
MEMORIGHTS focuses on two geo-political contexts: Latin America, with a focus on Argentina, and Europe, with case studies on The Netherlands and Italy. The project integrates different perspectives in memory studies by bridging perspectives from the Global North and the Global South. To this end, Daniele will spend 18 months at the (Prof. dr. Emilio Crenzel). MEMORIGHTS will also benefit from the collaboration of the (Amsterdam) and of activist organizations in Europe and Argentina.
About the project
LGBTQ activism is a key example of a transnational social movement. Activists create images, practices, texts, symbols, and narratives to shape their claims and make them socially visible; their cultural production builds on earlier social movements and struggles and may become inspiring sources for later generations.
Cultural memories of activism travel with and through activists and media, in time and space. The production, use, remediation, and recirculation of cultural memories in LGBTQ activism is the primary focus of the project. MemoRights addressed this question: how is cultural memory used as a resource in LGBTQ activism? The project engaged with this research question by analyzing commemorations, memorials, and archives as settings and tools in LGBTQ activism from a transnational perspective.
Daniele Salerno
Daniele Salerno holds a PhD in Semiotic Studies from 木瓜福利影视 of Bologna and the Italian Institute of Human Sciences. From 2009 to 2017 he had been a post-doctoral research fellow at the 鈥淯mberto Eco鈥 International Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and at the Department of Philosophy at 木瓜福利影视 of Bologna, where he was also scientific co-secretary of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Cultural Memory and Trauma-TraMe.