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The Weekend When Violence Took Over: On Documenting a Memorial Site

2018; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 70; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/muse.12214

1468-0033

Birgitta Witting,

Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration

In this article, I begin by describing the course of events during two violent days in Helsingborg, Sweden, when the football clubs Djurgårdens (from Stockholm) and Helsingborgs () met for the season's first match in the Allsvenskan football league in March 2014. One man died amidst several cases of assault and vandalism and a remembrance place soon formed on the site where he was killed. The day after the match, the supporter club Kärnan organised a demonstration against violence, which was attended by several thousands of people. The second part of this article describes the Kulturmagasinet museum's response to the tragic events, and the challenges it faced in documenting the incident. More generally, I will look at how museums can respond to unforeseen, difficult circumstances, and the importance of collecting diverse material related to such incidents.