Category Archives: CAS 506: Public Memory (Spring 2009)

Young: The Texture of Memory (1993)

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Michael

For our Public Memory and Rhetoric course we read James E. Young’s The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning, which was an enjoyable and intelligent investigation into the production and reception of various Holocaust memorials in Germany, Austria, Poland, … Continue reading →

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guest blogging at the Blogora

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Michael

Joe Sery and I have started guest blogging at the Blogora. Check out Joe’s first post on the 150th anniversary of Mill’s On Liberty. My first post, on remembering and forgetting 9/11 is up as well.

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dance, commemoration, and remembrance of september 11

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Michael

Some classmates and I are collecting YouTube videos incorporating dance and the remembrance of 9/11 for a pretty low-key presentation for our Public Memory course. In this first, one, the WAIT Team (Washington AIDS International Teens) choreographed and danced to … Continue reading →

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textually mediated memory

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Michael

Professor Browne has asked us to come to class with an artifact today dealing with public memory. Since I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Milk over the last few months, esp. in regards to queer activism and its relationship … Continue reading →

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