50- Ten Years After 22 of July: Memory and Memorialization
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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the Oslo government quarters and the massacre on Utøya by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik. On the 22nd of July 2011, 77 people died, many more were injured and traumatized, and the effects of that event are still being felt today. This week, Kristin Sandvik and Ingeborg Hjorth talk about the memorial at Utøya, and the controversy iterations of it have generated. They also illuminate how the ripple effects of a tragedy like this make waves in such a small country as Norway. If you missed episode 49, you can listen to hear about the government quarter and rebuilding post-22 July. One of the key articles referenced here (by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Ingunn Ikdahl and Kjersti Lohne) can be found at this link: https://www.idunn.no/norsk_sosiologisk_tidsskrift/2021/03/rettens_rolle_etter_22_juli The Aftenposten article quoted can be read here: https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentar/i/8denx/naa-maa-utoeya-striden-loeses-per-anders-madsen
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