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No man is an island : community and commemoration on Norway's Utøya / Jørgen Watne Frydnes ; translated by Wendy H. Gabrielsen.
Frydnes, Jørgen Watne, 1984- author.; Gabrielsen, Wendy H., translator.
2025
HV6433.N8 F7813 2025
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Title
No man is an island : community and commemoration on Norway's Utøya / Jørgen Watne Frydnes ; translated by Wendy H. Gabrielsen.
Author
Frydnes, Jørgen Watne, 1984- author.
Uniform Title
Ingen mann er en øy. English
ISBN
9781685751234 electronic book
1685751237 electronic book
9781685751227 electronic book
1685751229 electronic book
9781625348494 hardcover
9781625348487 paperback
Published
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2025]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 188 pages)
Call Number
HV6433.N8 F7813 2025
Alternate Call Number
BIO010000 HIS037080
Dewey Decimal Classification
948.105/12
Summary
"On July 22, 2011, a white supremacist killed eight people at Oslo's Government Center in Norway and then terrorized the idyllic island of Utøya, where he executed sixty-nine more people, mostly teenagers. The country had never suffered such a massacre, and in the aftermath, the entire population was reeling. Utøya, the Norwegian Labor Party's summer camp for youth, a beloved place where many Norwegians learned about democratic values and processes, made lifelong friendships, and developed a vision for a just society, became mired in grief and discord. When Jørgen Watne Frydnes took on the daunting task of rebuilding the island and charting its future, he had to figure out a compassionate and just way forward. He made a radical decision: he set out to talk with each family of a murdered person, seeking to understand their needs and their hopes so that the future of the island could include their wishes and concerns. This emotionally grueling work, which was never considered in the scholarly literature on commemoration, led to a true renewal of Utøya, resulting in a meaningful memorial to those who were lost as well as beautiful surroundings for campers who come there to study democracy and peace. Frydnes's narrative, originally published in Norwegian, is structured around the seasons of the year and the landscape of the island, and tracks one person's account of learning how to remember, commemorate, and honor the dead, and acknowledge a mass tragedy, and yet also create a nurturing, aspirational space for hope. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Translation of: Ingen mann er en øy.
Translated from the Norwegian.
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Gabrielsen, Wendy H., translator.
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The first year
A small island of huge importance
The highlight of the summer-and hell on earth
Hate must never win
Two formidable tasks
Sanding walls and thinking of others
Difficult phone calls
Traumas and inconsolable grief
No experience of dealing with terrorism
I can't do this anymore
Commemoration, learning, and engagement
My travels up north
Conflicting wishes, impossible choices
Resistance from the local Progress Party
Protecting what is most important
Utøya rises from the ashes
The memorial on the island : the clearing
The national memorial
The importance of the national support group
The AUF comes home
Hegnhuset is finally built
Unfiltered sources
One of the most important new buildings in the world
How do you commemorate a life?
Building a workshop for democracy.

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