Re: RES: [xmca] social memory

There is also a recent publication (book) called 'Field of Spears' by
Gregory Hadley. It is an account of the crash of a B-29 in Niigata
during WW2 just weeks before the Hiroshima bombing. (Niigata was one
of the cities initially targeted for the atomic bomb).

In this account, author interviews both sides of the survivors
(American plane crew) and the Niigata villagers and accounts their
reflections of that period of time. This happened over 60 years ago
and accounts from the families of those who died are also documented.

It isn't intended to be a scientific paper, but as a documentary to
outline what happens to those who 'survive' the war and the types of
people we become during times of war. The interviews throughout the
book are well documented and very thorough accounts of what happened.

I don't know how relevant this is, but I thought it would be an
interesting addition outside of the regular publications from journals.

Mark

On Dec 31, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Tony Whitson wrote:

> Paul,
>
> If he reads the Wineburg paper, he might want to get in touch with
> Sam (at Stanford now, I think -- he was at U. Washington - Seattle
> before), since he also interviewed members of the "Vietnam
> generation" as well as their children, so he might have tips to
> share re: whether the sequence matters, etc.
>
> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Paul Dillon wrote:
>
>> Joao,
>>
>> Thanks. Review articles are definitely very useful for getting the
>> lay of the land.
>>
>> I've been suggesting to my student that he select one event (e.g.,
>> the 1982 massacre in the neighboring community), interview those
>> alive who experienced it, and interview the younger generation.
>> I'm not sure if the order of the interviews matters. I'm also
>> planning to set up a viewing of Kurosawa's "Rashomon" to keep him
>> from jumping to conclusions :)
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> Joao Batista <jbmartin@sercomtel.com.br> wrote:
>> Paul, this text can help...
>>
>> Joao
>>
>> ______________________________
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>> -----Mensagem original-----
>> De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
>> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] Em nome
>> de Paul Dillon
>> Enviada em: domingo, 30 de dezembro de 2007 16:59
>> Para: xmc a xmx
>> Assunto: [xmca] social memory
>>
>> A general question for any bibliographic help .
>>
>> I am advising a student preparing his bachillerato (5 year program)
>> thesis. He wants to study how memories of significant events (in
>> this case
>> events during the period of political violence here during the 80s)
>> are
>> transmitted between the generation that experienced them and the
>> generation
>> following. He also would like to explore how this affects
>> "identity" but I
>> have suggested that he simply focus on the transmission of the
>> memories of
>> events that affected the entire group of community members with
>> whom he's
>> working. I suspect that questions of identity (us/them) will emerge
>> in the
>> process of exploring this process.
>>
>> So, could anyone help me with some biblio references in this
>> direction?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
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