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Co-creator @BananaPopulism & @SocialismR. PoliSci PhD candidate @helsinkiuni, @heppsinki, @NowTimeUsSpace. Czech Republic, populism, memory. Osvojená Sudeťačka.

Helsinki, Finland
Joined January 2010
🚨New publication alert!🚨 With @JonasSyrovatka and @zeaszebeni TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Head to @ lanihart.bsky.social if you’d like the full thread! sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-…
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What role do pseudohistory and collective memory play in Kremlin-fueled disinformation efforts? Why is the past such a powerful tool in politics? These questions were asked by doctoral researchers Zea Szebeni and Ilana Hartikainen. @zeaszebeni @lani49
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Lani Hartikainen retweeted
Today with @lani49 we are discussing the collisions of memory, disinfo and politics of the past - in the Kremlin’s shadow 👀 This and many more at valtsikan yö, join us if you can! – at Helsinki, Finland
Tärpit huomiseen Tieteiden yöhön: 👉Valtsikan yö - Eurooppa blokkiutuvassa maailmassa. Soc&Kom juhlasali klo 17. Luennoimassa mm. DECA:n @zeaszebeni ja @aslama. 👉Tekoäly kääntäjänä ja tulkkina – paneelikeskustelu Tekstin talossa klo 17. Mukana DECA:n @mtkoponen ja @marynurm.
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We found one clear example of a tribalist party in Kotleba’s L’SNS. He articulated an antagonistic divide between “us,” the people, linked by shared values and identities, and anyone who does not share those values, or “them.”
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This is the end of the thread, but the beginning of the research - we're excited to explore tribalism more, and we'd love to hear your Qs and ideas! And eternal thanks to @PetraGuasti, Dr Marina Vulovič, and @HEPPsinki for their feedback on earlier drafts of this article 🥰
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He was also constantly banging on about his party’s fight against oppressive forces and often made vaguely violent threats towards opponents - ie, he could clearly take or leave democracy. There were elements of populism and nationalism, sure, but there was also ✨tribalism✨
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Interwar English-language historiography of Central Europe is something else .. 👀
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🎉NEW #PUBLICATION OUT In Polish, to 'foul one's own nest' refers to damaging one's own community, rather than self-interest, and is supposedly a bad thing. Well, I disagree because exposing dirt to critical scrutiny is oftentimes the only way for the 'fouled' community to... 1/3
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Especially timely read now, that #Hungary has been declared a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” by the European Parliament 🙃
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