CAS 506: Public Memory (Spring 2009)
Young: The Texture of Memory (1993)
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, Israel, and the United States. A few important takeaway thoughts: “[T]he ‘art of public memory’ [...]
guest blogging at the Blogora
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.
dance, commemoration, and remembrance of september 11
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 honor the heroes of 9/11: In this video (which can’t be embedded), the “9-11-01″ dance [...]
textually mediated memory
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 to its past, I thought I’d “bring in” this trailer to the film:
