Franziska Susana Nicolaisen

Universität Passau · Department für Kulturraumstudien

In the postcolonial states of Southeast Asia, governments weaponize their histories to create spaces of legitimate memories for nation-building processes. Local identities that do not conform to the official historiography are silenced. Beyond these state-sanctioned boundaries, however, alternative practices of remembrance are upheld that can chall...

This research note examines the relations between mobility, urban heritage, and locality in Vietnam. The main research question is: Can heritage preservation function as a decolonization project, or does it re-establish structures of internal coloniality? We analyze data on Hội An and Tam Đảo regarding narratives, appropriation, and consumption pra...

The Vietnamese government used symbolic nationalism to gain public support for its containment strategies over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. This included a transparent communication strategy that portrayed citizens as part of the solution. This chapter argues that this approach is rooted in an emerging cooperative partnership between state...

Whereas citizenship in Southeast Asia is often perceived as a “cluster of absences”, this chapter discusses citizenship in Vietnam starting with everyday practices of state-society conflicts. Recent developments like the increasing usage of social media, conflicts with China, an educated urban youth, and growing environmental awareness provide new...