Essays about: "Collective memory"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 101 essays containing the words Collective memory.

  1. 21. How can we change what we think that we know? : Decolonial exploration in German schools to create counter memories

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Reichelt; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Education was defined as a human right in the declaration of human rights by the United Nations(UN) in 1948. In Germany, education counts as a public good and the primary responsibility is assigned to the state in the basic law. READ MORE

  3. 22. New Holocaust Literature: Third-Generation Identity, Memory, and the Reader in Hanna Rajs' Under Månen (2020)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Anna Hofman; [2022]
    Keywords : poetry; Holocaust literature; third generation; Jewish writing; collective memory; Hanna Rajs; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the functions of memory, collective identity, and communication of those same categories to the reader by means of the poetic form in Hanna Rajs’ poetry collection Under månen (2020). Situated or framed within a discussion on Holocaust Literature, Rajs’ poetry is considered in the light of a general historical purview of Holocaust writing, and her specific place within an authorial Jewish third-generation tradition in diaspora, specifically in Sweden and in Europe. READ MORE

  4. 23. Protecting the Self : Reproduction of Chinese Collective Memory through Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linus Jarhede; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective memory; national identity; master narratives; narrative analysis; People’s Republic of China; peacekeeping; robust peacekeeping;

    Abstract : Until the 1980s, the People’s Republic of China was principally opposed to United Nations peacekeeping, understanding the institution to be a thinly veiled excuse for powerful states to intervene in the sovereign affairs of others. However, the meaning the country attributes to peacekeeping has changed drastically since then. READ MORE

  5. 24. Ådalen - Craft in Continuation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Josefin Eleonor Antus; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The site of the project is located in Ådalen, a stretch along Ångermanälven in northern Sweden. A region that during the 19th century grew and flourished through the wood industry only to stagnate and be phased out in the middle of the 20th century. After that the region has been fraught with closures and population decline. READ MORE

  6. 25. What does memory look like?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Anna Fernsten Nilén; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective memory; Communicative memory; Cultural memory; Identity; Contemporary Scandinavian Art; Jakob Kudsk Steensen; Simon Stålenhag; Joar Nango; Jenni Hiltunen; Loji Höskuldsson.; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : What does memory look like? explores whether a nordic collective and cultural memory can be observed through carefully selected artworks created by five contemporary Nordic artists. Leveraging the theoretical collective/communicative and cultural memory frameworks of Professor of English and Literary Studies Aleida Assman, and Professor of Cultural Studies Jan Assman. READ MORE