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Trajectories of resistance and historical reflections
Editeur(s)
Chaudhary, Nandita
Hviid, Pernille
Marsico, Guseppina
Villasden, Jacob
Maison d'édition
Singapore: Springer
Date de parution
2017
In
Resistance in Everyday Life: Constructing Cultural Experiences
De la page
49
A la page
63
Résumé
Collective memory, the one-sided and subjective vision the group holds of its own past, plays a central role in defining who we believe we are and what the world is supposed to be. As such, being able to challenge what is said of the past offers the possibility to imagine futures and build identities outside of what is commonly accepted in society, thus providing roots for resistance. This paper proposes to reconstruct the trajectories of two intellectuals and artists interviewed in Brussels to understand what may have led them to question traditional narratives of the past, and in some cases to actively resist them. It concludes that the encounter with several tools, such as historical books or the discovery of others’ alternative narratives, may foster resistance; they not only encourage individuals to question specific historical discourses, but participate in the construction of a “meta-memory”: a general representation of historical discourses.
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Autre version
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811035807#aboutAuthors
Type de publication
book part
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