Thursday, September 7, 2017

Social Memory: One Event...Two Stories

Do Black Lives Matter? Do Blue Lives Matter? Do Both Lives Matter?

  • That depends on your social memory.
  • What are the "stories" into which these same events are woven? 
  • What can the anthropological perspective tell us about why they are different?









Another example of social memory!

Protests in Charlottesville




How could we have such different meanings associated with statues???
AND......



A Storm Called Harvey? What about "natural disasters?"


Jesus's wrath or global climate change?





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