20.500.12556/RUL-181285 Unearthing memories the agency of place and material remains in mass grave exhumations and commemorations in Slovenia Since the 1990s, hundreds of mass graves from the Second World War have been documented in Slovenia; over 200 investigated, and more than 100 fully or partially exhumed. The process of uncovering and acknowledging these sites, concealed until the 1990s, has had a gradual but profound impact on the lives of those associated with the graves or the deceased, on the local communities where they have been uncovered, and it has redefined the broader field of memory politics. The article examines personal and embodied encounters with mass graves as sites of violence, memory, and death. It argues that the materiality of mass graves, human remains, and related objects not only evokes affective responses, but also mobilizes political and social action, thereby influencing commemorative practices and the broader politics of memory. Excavations thus not only recover human remains, but also facilitate the resurfacing of previously silenced memories and reshape the relationship with the dead. cultural anthropology history mass graves human remains affect materiality memory commemoration second world war Slovenia kulturna antropologija zgodovina množična grobišča človeški posmrtni ostanki afekt socialni spomin komemoracije druga svetovan vojna Slovenija true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-03-30 15:15:36 2026-03-30 15:15:42 2026-03-31 04:47:06 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 99-122 č. 1 Roč. 113 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-01-01 726.84:393(497.4) 0009-0794 10.21104/CL.2026.1.06 273582851 Repic_2026_1_99-122.pdf Repic_2026_1_99-122.pdf 1 90FAE2E64919808ABE27F42B735D60ED 79c5bf6bd802a0dae3b6488a747dd62fc738683d19bc04bdb3b42c0d80a1297d 7c56eb0c-2c3a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=231592 https://ceskylid.avcr.cz/cz/article/itm-3014705 1 6a4ab277-2c3a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=231591 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0