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Collective Memory
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryActivist archiving in Toronto Lithgow, Michael Article 2013 People gather in Toronto to discuss what many hope will grow into a movement for archiving grassroots histories. The Arc of Justice and the Long Run: Hope, History, and Unpredictability Solnit, Rebecca Article 2013 North American cicada nymphs live underground for 17 years before they emerge as adults. Many seeds stay dormant far longer than that before some disturbance makes them germinate. Sometimes cause and ... The Battle of Chile: Chile, Obstinate Memory Guzman, Patricio (director) Film/Video 1975 The Battle of Chile is a documentary film directed by the Chilean Patricio Guzman, in three parts: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (1975), The Coup d'état (1976), Popular Power (1979). It is a chr... Bequests: Leaving a social justice legacy Article 2017 Many of us have made working for social justice a lifetime commitment. If you are thinking about leaving a legacy for social justice that will live on, you might want to consider leaving a bequest to ... Bhopal's Fight for Memory Abraham, Sara Article 2015 In December, 1984, unknown poisonous gases burst out from a Union Carbide pesticide plant located in a vicinity of the city of Bhopal in central India. The plant, scheduled for possible closure, was u... Burning History in San Salvador: Destruction of Historical and Human Rights Archives Maslin, Sarah Article 2013 On Thursday, Nov. 14, three armed men broke into the offices of Pro-Búsqueda. The attack on Pro-Búsqueda was not a random crime. We should be worried about what is happening in El Salvador. The Case for Grassroots Archives  Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Grassroots archives play a valuable role in what has been called "the battle of memory". People's history projects such as grassroots archives preserve and share stories of resistance, hidden historie... The Cochabamba Water War of 2000 in 2014: Today's Betrayers Will Not Erase Our Memory Olivera, Oscar Article 2014 Today's betrayers will not erase our memory: Fourteen years ago we won, today it seems like we lost, but we have to rise again to win, and we already know how to do it. From April 4 to 14 in the year ... Collective Memory, Archives, and the Connexions project: Michael Riordon interviews Ulli Diemer Diemer, Ulli; Riordon, Michael Audio 2012 An interview with Ulli Diemer about the Connexions project, collective memory, and the importance of archives and the challenges faced by those who work to preserve them. Collective Memory and Cultural Amnesia: Introduction to the December 17, 2017 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2017 Our society is obsessed with the short-term present. It devalues memories and the past. That's the nature of capitalism, especially the speeded-up hypercapitalism of today. The past is useless: profit... Connexions Library: History Focus Page Website 2009 Selected articles, books, documents and other resources on historical topics. Connexions Library: Oral History Focus Page Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on oral history. Connexions Mandate and Statement of Values Article A succinct summary of the Connexions project and the values that guide it. The Digital Dark Ages: Movies and Books Get Deleted as Selfies Pile Up Rall, Ted Article 2015 Historians and archivists call our times the "digital dark ages." The name evokes the medieval period that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire, which led to a radical decline in the recorded his... Galeano, Eduardo: Wikipedia article Article Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist (1940-2015). His best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, ... Germany and Britain: Memory and Myopia Malik, Kenan Article 2014 Ernst Barlach was one of Germany's great expressionist artists of the early twentieth century. A virulent nationalist in the run-up to the First World War, Barlach found that his experience of the Wes... How Truth Slips Down The Memory Hole Pilger, John Article 2007 John Pilger, applies to current events Orwell's description in '1984' of how the Ministry of Truth consigned embarrassing truth to a memory hole. He highlights the killing of a Palestinian cameraman b... Israel's road signs policy 'erases memory of place' Zabaneh,Rania;Hatuqa,Dalia Article 2015 Israeli authorities have long banned the Palestinian Authority (PA) from putting up its own road signs that refer to Palestinian towns and villages. Librarians and Palestine: An Interview with Vani Natarajan Jacobs, Ron Article 2013 Working to preserve Palestinian records and memory in the face of deliberate destruction by Israel. Memory Against Forgetting: the Resonance of Bloody Sunday Kernan, Mark Article 2017 The museum John guards is a physical manifestation of the moral necessity of remembering that day’s cataclysmic violence. An attempt to remember the silences imposed on peoples’ experiences by time an... Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of Memory: Preservation as subversion: Do grassroots archives have a future? Article 2012 CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). G... Memory of Fire: Genesis: Part One of a Triology Galeano, Eduardo Book 1985 A meditation on the clashes between the Old World and the New, and an an attempt "to rescue the kidnapped memory of all America." A fierce, impassioned, and kaleidoscopic historical experience that ta... Memory of Fire: Faces & Masks: Part Two of a Trilogy Galeano, Eduardo Book 1984 A view of the 'New World' in the making, from the 1700s to the end of the nineteenth century. Memory and Repression in El Salvador McAnarney, Alexandra Article 2013 The raid on Pro-Busqueda happened three days after the Salvadorean Supreme Court heard testimony from survivors of a 1982 raid carried out by government forces. Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone Galeano, Eduardo Book 2009 Open any history book and you'll learn about revolutionary leaders, decorated generals, genius scientists and passionate artists. What about the leaders’ assistants? The loyal soldiers? The helpful la... Museum of the World and Image Becerra, Diana C.S. Article 2013 Challenges the "official narrative" that re-writes the Civil War as a struggle of "national security" against an "internal communist threat," manifested in the form of unions, student groups, human ri... Nostalgia de la luz (Nostalgia for the Light) Guzmán, Patricio (director/writer) Film/Video 2010 In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers search the sky and explore the origins of the universe. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones murdered and dumped... One by One, South Sudan Tries to Name Its War Victims Turse, Nick Article 2016 In South Sudan, where a vicious civil war has been raging, no government office or nongovernmental organization has kept a tally of the names of those killed by government forces, rebels, and other ar... Oral history: Connexipedia Article Article The recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and recollections of the speaker. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 13, 2014: Libertarian Socialism Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 The topic of the week is Libertarian Socialism. Articles on no-state solutions in Kurdistan; right-wing dirty tricks used to attack labour and environmental groups; scientists unravelling the risks of... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2015: SYRIZA Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This week we're featuring the 40-point program which SYRIZA, the Greek coalition of the radical left, put forward to win the Greek election. Oliver Tickell writes about the mass media's latest campaig... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 12, 2015: Organizing Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 The focus of this issue is organizing. How can we challenge and overcome entrenched structures of economic and political power? Our own source of power is our latent ability to join together and work ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 16, 2016: Working class organizing Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Working to change things for the better, fighting to prevent things from getting worse, remembering the past to illuminate possibilities for the future: as always, that is the focus of Other Voices. I... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 17, 2017: Collective Memory and Cultural Amnesia Diemer, Ulli Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Our society is obsessed with the short-term present. It devalues memory and the past. But there are those who do remember, and who work to preserve and share our collective memory. But they have to co... Palestinian Memory and Hope Article 2015 A group of activists are working to create a Nakba Museum of Memory and Hope in Washington, D.C. The project aims to tell the Palestinian refugee story, one that has been silenced or ignored for too l... People's History, Memory & Archives Article 2017 A gateway to resources on people's history and grassroots archives. Politics and Memory in the Flint Sitdown Strikes: A comment on Historiography Lichtenstein, Nelson Article 1996 The General Motors strike of 1936-37 was the most important union victory of the 20th century, but the very meaning of its success was ambiguous indeed. Ragpicking Through History: Class Memory, Class Struggle and its Archivists Bhattacharya, Tithi Article 2017 Our current conjuncture invites a renewed rethinking of two historical imaginaries: first, what is class memory? To ask this question is really to reopen a discussion on what is class struggle – and, ... Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. The Slave Narratives: American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography Website Interviews with former slaves. Nearly all of the information presented here came from the WPA collection at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, in addition to the 232 boxes of unproces... "The struggle of memory against forgetting" Article 2008 This excellent address by filmmaker and journalist John Pilger reminds us all of an uncomfortable truth - that all the great breakthroughs in history, like the end of apartheid in South Africa, happen... The War on Memory Begins in Argentina Desimone, Arturo Article 2016 Within less than a month of the inauguration of the new Macri/Cambiemos government in Argentina, the new leadership, or gestión (management) as they prefer to be called, acted in a great sweeping hurr... Whatever Happened to High School History?: Burying the Political Memory of Youth, Ontario: 1945-1995 Davis, Bob Book 1995 A look at how high school history was taught between the 1940's and 1990's, and subsequent decline iof the discipline that used to be a core subject in Canadian secondary education. Sources LibraryCollective Memory - Archives: Ulli Diemer - Selected snippets & quotes from Radical Digressions Diemer, Ulli Hurricane Digital Memory Bank 2005 The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank contributes t... The Inner Light Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 Episode 25 Gendel, Morgan 1992 Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is struck with an energy beam from an alien probe. While minutes pass for the rest of the crew, Picard experiences 40 years as Kamin, a humanoid scientist who... The Memory Code: how oral cultures memorise so much information Hamacher, Duane W. 2016 Long before the ancient Celts, Aboriginal Australians were recording vast scores of knowledge to memory and passing it to successive generations. Aboriginal people demonstrate that their oral traditio... Oral history Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Oral history is the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker. Oral history preservation Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Oral history preservation is the field that deals with the care and upkeep of oral history materials, whatever format they may be in. Oral history is a method of historical documentation, using interv... Oral tradition Wikipedia article Cultural material and tradition transmitted orally from one generation to another. |
