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20191209004524collective_memory__1_.pptxCollective Memory
Nature of Collective Memory
Memory is lodged in a number of kinds of groups.
Nature of Collective Memory
Memory is lodged in a number of groups
Memory can be a communal phenomenon (not just an individual phenomenon).
American Identity
Collective memory of an American identity is not a neutral activity.
Groups seek to position themselves in relation to one another.
Social Identity Theory—May be done by demeaning specific groups.
Museum at Little Big Horn in Montana
Decades ago, the museum at LBH initially displayed only Sioux artifacts that portrayed them as uncivilized.
Whites were memorialized as civilized and victims of the brutality of “savages.”
Now Custer is portrayed as a symbol of racism.
LBH
Changes came from decades of protests (sometimes violent) and lobbying on the part of the Sioux. Ongoing battle of LBH?
Rhea makes the point that changes that recognized minority rights came from resistance to oppression.
American Identity
There has never been change that came from a cultural drift towards pluralism.
Actions required in:
Civil Rights Movement
Women’s Movement
Changes in treatment of Latinas/Latinos
Changes enforced by law
Principles
Past is not simply there in memory, it must be articulated to become memory.
Collective Memory serves the present.
Memory is a function of messages that configure and refigure what has gone before.
Principles
One participates in a collective memory by acting in ways that support or challenge that memory.
Deborah Rudolph quote
A Look at Oklahoma City Memorial Museum
The Bomb
A Look at the Oklahoma City Memorial Museum: Places Involving Search and Rescue
Gates of Time
Reflection Pool
Field of Empty Chairs
Survivor’s Wall
Survivor Tree
Rescuer’s Orchard
Children’s Area
Fence
What is the memorial attempting to commit to memory?
