Europäisches
Kolleg
Jena

Das 20. Jahrhundert und seine Repräsentationen

Representing the 20th Century


Natalia Baryshnikova

Natalia Baryshnikova holds an MA in cultural studies from the Higher School of Economics (Moscow). She wrote her Master thesis on aestheticization of former prison spaces in Russia. Among her professional interests are museum and urban practices of representing the Soviet history and media presentation of archival and database materials. She is a co-author of various educational projects at International Memorial, such as: “74.The Board game on soviet history”, the art-project “The Way Out” (creating road signs pointing to former sites of repression) and audio guides for city tours and exhibitions. She is currently working on exhibition projects and on the representation of the database “Signs of Memory”, a subproject of the website “It Is Right Here”.