: Current cultural projects, such as those featured by IEMed , use cinema and theatre to recover "silenced stories" of migration and collective wounds, keeping Mediterranean memory alive as a "living space". Myth and Memory in the Mediterranean - Springer Nature
: Many islanders used the phrase una faccia, una razza to emphasize their perceived cultural and biological similarities with their Italian colonizers, often recalling them with a mix of fond nostalgia and bitterness. Myth and Memory in the Mediterranean: Rememberi...
: The book argues that Italian power was not just imposed but was actively negotiated and modified by the local population. : Current cultural projects, such as those featured
In his book , Nicholas Doumanis explores how ordinary people in the Greek Dodecanese islands remembered Italian colonial rule from 1912 to 1943. Rather than focusing on grand political narratives, the work uses oral histories to show how memory is socially produced and often clashes with official nationalist histories. Key Concepts and Themes In his book , Nicholas Doumanis explores how
: By gathering accounts of everyday life, Doumanis creates a "history from below" that fills gaps left by traditional Greek and Italian nationalistic accounts.