This semester I had an elective about collective memory and political violence. Isabel Piper was my teacher in this matter. She has a long history of research in this field and it was very enriching to work under her guidance. The students had to prepare the exposition of a text on social memory each week, each one presented between 2 and 3 texts. This allowed for a fairly updated review of this subject, in addition to reviewing the main and traditional exponents.
The course was very interesting for me and I learned a lot about the different ways of understanding memory and the epistemological basis of each theoretical proposal. Particularly, I am interested in approaching memory in terms of social action, that is, memory as an action that has concrete effects on people's lives, in the way of producing the world, creating the past and enabling certain futures. At that point it is important to mention Felix Vásquez, who in 2001 published the book "Memory as social action", where he exposes the main background to come to conceptualize memory as action and social construction. The contributions of Tomás Ibáñez are also significant. Critical social psychology and social constructionism are the area and the epistemological basis, respectively. The subject is of all my interest because my doctoral research deals precisely with the memory of older women regarding the gender violence they have experienced. In this sense, the theme addressed in the memory course has been a contribution to deepen the concept of collective and social memory.
The course was very interesting for me and I learned a lot about the different ways of understanding memory and the epistemological basis of each theoretical proposal. Particularly, I am interested in approaching memory in terms of social action, that is, memory as an action that has concrete effects on people's lives, in the way of producing the world, creating the past and enabling certain futures. At that point it is important to mention Felix Vásquez, who in 2001 published the book "Memory as social action", where he exposes the main background to come to conceptualize memory as action and social construction. The contributions of Tomás Ibáñez are also significant. Critical social psychology and social constructionism are the area and the epistemological basis, respectively. The subject is of all my interest because my doctoral research deals precisely with the memory of older women regarding the gender violence they have experienced. In this sense, the theme addressed in the memory course has been a contribution to deepen the concept of collective and social memory.
How interesting is your topic Collective memory and political violence are fundamental issues that strengthen our doctoral training. In the area of education, the emblematic case of the national institute is a case of political violence where education is mixed with political powers that seek the end of public education
ResponderEliminarHi Clau, I must say that the topic of memory is very striking to me, especially in the field of political violence. It allows many people and societies to reconstruct the past but projecting into the future. It shows you how important its to learn from the past, so you can change the future!
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